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Table 1‑45. Custom Properties V Table (Continued)
Property Description
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.ProfileName and
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.NetworkProfileName
Specifies the name of a network profile 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 first device, 1 for the second, and
so on.
n
Use VirtualMachine.NetworkN.ProfileName to select any
network from the reservation regardless of whether it has a
corresponding network profile.
n
Use VirtualMachine.NetworkN.NetworkProfileName to only
select networks that have a corresponding network profile with the
same name.
The network profile that the property points to is used to allocate an IP
address. However, the provisioned machine is attached 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
effect 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 profile 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 attributes of the network profile 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 specific 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 specific reservation, do not use this property on a
reservation.
You cannot use this custom property to define an on-demand NAT or
on-demand routed network profile name. Because on-demand
network profile 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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