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Table 3‑6. Required Information During Stage 1 of the GUI Deployment Process (Continued)
Required for Deployment of Required Information Default Your Entry
For IPv4 version, a subnet mask as a
dot decimal notation or a network
prefix as an integer between 0 and 32
For IPv6 version, a network prefix as
an integer between 0 and 128
-
Default gateway -
DNS servers separated by commas -
All deployment types
Only if you use a DHCP
assignment with IPv4 version and
a DDNS server is available in
your environment.
System name (FQDN) -
Table 3‑7. Required Information During Stage 2 of the GUI Deployment Process
Required for Required Information Default Your Entry
All deployment types Time synchronization settings
You can synchronize the time of the
appliance either with the time of the
ESXi host or with one or more NTP
servers.
If you want to use more than one NTP
servers, you must provide the IP
addresses or FQDNs of the NTP
servers as a comma-separated list.
Synchronize time with
NTP servers
Enable or disable SSH access
Note vCenter Server Appliance high
availability requires remote SSH
access to the appliance.
Disabled
n
vCenter Server Appliance
with an embedded
Platform Services Controller
n
Platform Services Controller
appliance as the first
instance in a new domain
Name for the new vCenter Single
Sign-On domain
For example, vsphere.local.
-
Password for the administrator
account,
administrator@your_domain_name
n
Must be at least 8 characters, but
no more than 20 characters in
length
n
Must contain at least one
uppercase letter
n
Must contain at least one
lowercase letter
n
Must contain at least one number
n
Must contain at least one special
character, such as ampersand (&),
hash key (#), and percent sign (%)
-
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