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Linux Domain: The fact name for this setting is
resource.provisioner.autoprep.linuxglobal.Domain
The string value you enter here becomes the network domain name where the new VM is a
member.
5.1.2 Setting Autoprep Network Adapter Facts
The PlateSpin Orchestrate Development Client supports creating network settings (facts) for two
network interfaces or "adapters" on a VM. The first adapter is identified as zero (0), and maps to
, and the second adapter is identified as one (1), and maps to
eth0
settings for one or both of these interfaces, but you should always configure Network Adapter 0 first.
Although you can define individual static settings to be applied to these adapters, Autoprep can be
useful to provision multiple clones with unique, autogenerated MAC addresses and DHCP defined
IP addresses (even though the VM clones are copies of the same VM template OS image), thus
avoiding network conflicts.
The field names and the accompanying fact value settings for this section of the VM Autoprep
adapter information are listed below. Click Define to enable selection or data entry in each field.
MAC Address: The fact name for this setting is
resource.provisioner.autoprep.adapters[0].MACaddress
or
resource.provisioner.autoprep.adapters[1].MACaddress
This is the name for each NIC that represents the MAC Address for the interface. If you enter
an asterisk ( * ), PlateSpin Orchestrate automatically generates the MAC address. If you leave
this field undefined, the existing MAC address is re-used.
NOTE: When multiple clones are to be provisioned from a template, we recommend that you
regenerate the MAC Address for each clone to avoid possible ARP table conflicts.
Use DHCP: The fact name for this setting is
resource.provisioner.autoprep.adapters[0].UseDHCP
or
resource.provisioner.autoprep.adapters[1].UseDHCP
If you select this check box, the new VM retrieves its network settings from a DHCP server and
all other IP-specific adapter settings are ignored. If you do not select this check box, you must
define additional adapter settings (for example, IP address, Subnet Mask, and others).
IP Address: The fact name for this setting is
resource.provisioner.autoprep.adapters[0].IPAddress
or
resource.provisioner.autoprep.adapters[1].IPAddress
If you enter a legitimate string value here, it becomes the assigned static IP address for this
adapter. The setting is ignored if the Use DHCP check box is selected.
Subnet Mask: The fact name for this setting is
resource.provisioner.autoprep.adapters[0].subnetMask
or
.
. It is possible to define
eth1
.
.
.
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