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Information to Request User Input For, Setting the Host Profile Option
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Chapter 7 Installing ESXi Table 7‑14. 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 1 Select Edit Host Profile, click Networking can have the system prompt the user in all cases (User configuration, and click Host port group. specified MAC address...) or prompt the user only if no default is available. 2 Click Management Network. 3 In the Determine how MAC address for vmknic should be decided field, and 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 IPv4 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 1 Select Edit Host Profile, click Networking have the system prompt the user in all cases (User specified configuration, and click DNS configuration. host name...) or prompt the user only if no default is available. 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 VMware, Inc. 199