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Table Of Contents
- vSphere Management Assistant Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction to vMA
- Getting Started with vMA
- Hardware Requirements
- Software Requirements
- Required Authentication Information
- Deploy vMA
- Configure vMA at First Boot
- vMA Console and Web UI
- Configure vMA for Active Directory Authentication
- Configure Unattended Authentication for Active Directory Targets
- Enable the vi-user Account
- vMA User Account Privileges
- Add Target Servers to vMA
- Running vSphere CLI for the Targets
- Reconfigure a Target Server
- Remove Target Servers from vMA
- Modifying Scripts
- Configure vMA to Use a Static IP Address
- Configure vMA to Use a DHCP Server
- Setting the Time Zone
- Shut Down vMA
- Delete vMA
- Troubleshooting vMA
- Update vMA
- Configure Automatic vMA Updates
- vMA Interfaces
- Index
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Configure a Static IP Address from the Web UI
YoucanconfigureastaticIPaddressfromthevMAconsoleorthewebUI.
To configure a static IP address from the web UI
1LogintothewebUI.
2OpentheNetworkpageandclicktheAddresstab.
3 SelecttheUsethefollowingIPsettingsoptionandprovidetheIPaddressesforthefollowing:
IPAddress
Netmask
Gateway
PreferredDNSServer
AlternateDNSServer
Hostname
4ClickSaveSettings.
Configure vMA to Use a DHCP Server
YoucanreconfigurevMAtouseaDHCPserverinsteadofusingastaticIPaddress.
Configure vMA to Use a DHCP Server from the Console
To configure vMA to use a DHCP server from the console
1OnthevMAconsole,selectConfigureNetworkandpressEnter.
2AttheUseaDHCPserverinsteadofastaticIPaddressprompt,typey.
3Whenprompted,specifywhetheryouneedaproxyservertoreachtheInternet.
Ifyouansweryes,typetheIPaddressandportnumberofyourproxyserver.
Areviewofthenetworksettingsappears.
4Typeyifthevaluesonthereviewscreenarecorrect.
Configure vMA to Use a DHCP Server from the Web UI
To configure vMA to use a DHCP server from the web UI
1LogintothewebUI.
2OpentheNetworkpageandclicktheAddresstab.
3 SelecttheObtainconfigurationfromDHCPserveroption.
4ClickSaveSettings.
Setting the Time Zone
Bydefault,thevirtualhardwareclockismaintainedinCoordinatedUniversalTime(UTC),whichvMA
convertstolocaltime.Youcan,however,setittoalocaltime,whichisimportantfortheupdaterepositoryand
VMwarevCenterUpdateManager.