5.1

John Admin Assigns Segment ID Pool and Multicast Address Range to vShield
Manager
John Admin must specify the segment ID pool he received to isolate Company ABC's network traffic and the
multicast address range to help in spreading traffic across the network to avoid overloading a single multicast
address.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Inventory > Hosts & Clusters.
2 Select ABC_Datacenter from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Network Virtualization tab.
4 Ensure that you are in the Preparation tab.
5 Click the Segment ID tab.
6 Click Edit.
The Edit Settings dialog box opens.
7 In Segment ID pool, type 500-510.
8 In Multicast addresses, type 224.1.1.50-224.1.1.60.
9 Click OK.
John Admin Adds a Network Scope
The physical network backing a VXLAN virtual wire is called a network scope. A network scope is the compute
diameter spanned by a virtualized network.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Inventory > Hosts & Clusters.
2 Select ABC_Datacenter from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Network Virtualization tab.
4 Click the Network Scopes tab.
5
Click the Add ( ) icon.
The Add Network Scope dialog box opens.
6 In Name, type ACME Scope.
7 In Description, type Scope containing ACME's clusters.
8 Select Cluster1 and Cluster2 to add to the network scope.
9 Click OK.
John Admin Adds a VXLAN Virtual Wire
After John Admin prepares the VXLAN virtual wire fabric, he can add a VXLAN virtual wire. A VXLAN virtual
wire provides the necessary networking abstraction so that the vNICs of a VXLAN virtual wire always use a
VXLAN virtual wire for connectivity to outside world.
Prerequisites
1 ACME's network is prepared for VXLAN virtual wires.
Chapter 8 VXLAN Virtual Wires Management
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