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Table 3‑14. Custom Properties V Table (Continued)
Property Description
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.
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.Name
Species the name of the network to connect to, for
example the network device N to which a machine is
aached. This is equivalent to a network interface
card (NIC).
By default, a network is assigned from the network
paths available on the reservation on which the
machine is provisioned. Also see
VirtualMachine.NetworkN.AddressType.
You can ensure that a network device is connected to
a specic network by seing the value of this
property to the name of a network on an available
reservation. For example, if you give properties for
N= 0 and 1, you get 2 NICs and their assigned value,
provided the network is selected in the associated
reservation.
VirtualMachine.NetworkN custom properties are
specic to 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 can add this property to a vCloud Air or
vCloud Director machine component in a blueprint.
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.
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