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By default, a machine has one network device congured with the VirtualMachine.Network0.Name property.
You can congure additional network devices by using the VirtualMachine.NetworkN.Name custom property,
where N is the network number.
N Network-specic custom properties that point to on-demand networks not supported. For example,
you cannot use network custom properties, such as VirtualMachine.Network0.NetworkProfileName, for on-
demand NAT and on-demand routed network components.
The numbering of network properties must be sequential, starting with 0. For example, if you specify
custom properties for only VirtualMachine.Network0 and VirtualMachine.Network2, the properties for
VirtualMachine.Network2 are ignored, because the preceding network, VirtualMachine.Network1, was not
specied.
Table 218. Custom Properties for Networking Configuration
Custom Property Description
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.Address
Species the IP address of network device N in a machine
provisioned with a static IP address.
For Amazon, see Amazon.elasticIpAddress.ipAddress.
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.MacAddressType
Indicates whether the MAC address of network device N is
generated or user-dened (static). This property is available
for cloning.
The default value is generated. If the value is static, you
must also use VirtualMachine.NetworkN.MacAddress to
specify the MAC address.
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.
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.MacAddress
Species the MAC address of a network device N. This
property is available for cloning.
If the value of
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.MacAddressType is
generated, this property contains the generated address.
If the value of
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.MacAddressType is static,
this property species the MAC address. For virtual
machines provisioned on ESX server hosts, the address
must be in the range specied by VMware. For details, see
vSphere documentation.
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.
Custom Properties Reference
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