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Table Of Contents
- vSphere Host Profiles
- Contents
- About vSphere Host Profiles
- Introduction To vSphere Host Profiles
- Using Host Profiles
- Access Host Profiles
- Create a Host Profile
- Attach Entities to a Host Profile
- Detach Entities from a Host Profile
- Check Compliance
- Remediate a Host
- Edit a Host Profile
- Duplicate a Host Profile
- Copy Settings from Host
- Host Profiles and vSphere Auto Deploy
- Import a Host Profile
- Export a Host Profile
- Copy Settings to Host Profile in the vSphere Web Client
- Configuring Host Profiles
- Recommended Host Profiles Upgrade Workflows
- vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.0 to 6.7 With Stateful ESXi Hosts Version 6.0 or Earlier
- vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.5 to 6.7 With Stateful ESXi Hosts Version 6.5 or Earlier
- vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.0 to 6.7 in Environment With Stateless ESXi 6.0 Hosts Only
- vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.5 to 6.7 in Environment With Stateless ESXi 6.5 Hosts Only
- Answer File Field and Host Profile Extraction
- Troubleshooting Host Profiles
Table 3‑4. Host Profile Options that Prompt for Networking User Input
Information to Request User Input For Setting the Host Profile Option
Prompt the user for the MAC address for a port group. You can
have the system prompt the user in all cases (User specified
MAC address...) or prompt the user only if no default is
available.
1 Select Edit Host Profile, click Networking configuration,
and click Host port group.
2 Click Management Network.
3 In the Determine how MAC address for vmknic should
be decided field, select how the system manages the MAC
address.
n
User specified MAC Address to be used while
applying the configuration
n
Prompt the user for the MAC Address if no default is
available
Prompt the user for the IPv4 address for each ESXi host to
which the profile is applied. You can have the system prompt the
user in all cases (User specified IPv4 address...) or prompt the
user only if no default is available.
1 Select Edit Host Profile, click Networking configuration,
and click Host port group.
2 Click Management Network and click IP address settings.
3 In the IPv4 address field, select how the system manages
the IPv4 address.
n
User specified IPv4 Address to be used while
applying the configuration
n
Prompt the user for the IPv4 Address if no default is
available
Prompt the user for the IPv6 address for each ESXi host to
which the profile is applied. You can have the system prompt the
user in all cases (User specified IPv6 address...) or prompt the
user only if no default is available.
1 Select Edit Host Profile, click Networking configuration,
and click Host port group.
2 Click Management Network and click IP address settings.
3 In the Static IPv6 address field, select how the system
manages the IPv6 address.
n
User specified IPv6 Address to be used while
applying the configuration
n
Prompt the user for the IPv6 Address if no default is
available
Prompt the user for the DNS name of the host. You can have the
system prompt the user in all cases (User specified host
name...) or prompt the user only if no default is available.
1 Select Edit Host Profile, click Networking configuration,
and click DNS configuration.
2 In the Host name field, select how the system manages the
DNS configuration.
n
Prompt the user for host name if default is not
available
n
User specified host name to be used while applying
the configuration
Prompt the user for the MAC address for a distributed switch, its
port group, or one of its services. Right-click the Host virtual NIC
folder icon and click the Add sub-profile icon to determine the
component to which the setting is applied.
You can decide to prompt the user in all cases or only if no
default is available.
1 Open Networking configuration.
2 Click Host virtual NIC.
3 In the Determine how MAC address for vmknic should
be decided field, select how the system manages the MAC
address for the distributed switch.
n
User specified MAC address to be used while
applying the configuration
n
Prompt the user for the MAC address if no default is
available
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