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Table 2‑18. Custom Properties for Networking Configuration (Continued)
Custom Property Description
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.PortID
Species the port ID to use for network device N when
using a dvPort group with a vSphere distributed switch.
VirtualMachine.NetworkN custom properties are
specic to individual blueprints and machines. When a
machine is requested, network and IP address allocation is
performed before the machine is assigned to a reservation.
Because blueprints are not guaranteed to be allocated to a
specic reservation, do not use this property on a
reservation. This property is not supported for on-demand
NAT or on-demand routed networks.
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.ProfileName
Species the name of a network prole from which to
assign a static IP address to network device N or from
which to obtain the range of static IP addresses that can be
assigned to network device N of a cloned machine, where
N=0 for the rst device, 1 for the second, and so on.
When you use the
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.ProfileName property, the
network prole it points to is used to allocate an IP
address. However, the provisioned machine is aached to
any network that is selected in the reservation using a
round-robin fashion model.
Changing this property value after the network is assigned
has no eect on the expected IP address values for the
designated machines.
With WIM-based provisioning for virtual machines, you
can use this property to specify a network prole and
network interface or you can use the Network section of
the Virtual Reservation page. You can also assign the
network interface to a virtual network using the
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.Name custom property.
The following aributes of the network prole are available
to enable static IP assignment in a cloning blueprint:
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.SubnetMask
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.Gateway
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.PrimaryDns
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.SecondaryDns
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.PrimaryWins
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.SecondaryWins
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.DnsSuffix
n
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.DnsSearchSuffixes
VirtualMachine.NetworkN custom properties are
specic to individual blueprints and machines. When a
machine is requested, network and IP address allocation is
performed before the machine is assigned to a reservation.
Because blueprints are not guaranteed to be allocated to a
specic reservation, do not use this property on a
reservation.
You cannot use this custom property to dene an on-
demand NAT or on-demand routed network prole name.
Because on-demand network prole names are generated
at allocation time (during provisioning), their names are
unknown when creating or editing the blueprint. To
specify NSX on-demand network information, use the
applicable network component in the blueprint design
canvas for your vSphere machine components.
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