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• Pod Name. A name for the pod.
• Reserved system gateway. The gateway for the hosts in that pod.
• Reserved system netmask. The network prefix that defines the pod's subnet. Use CIDR
notation.
• Start/End Reserved System IP. The IP range in the management network that CloudPlatform
uses to manage various system VMs, such as Secondary Storage VMs, Console Proxy VMs,
and DHCP. For more information, see System Reserved IP Addresses.
8. Configure the network for guest traffic. Provide the following, then click Next:
• Guest gateway. The gateway that the guests should use.
• Guest netmask. The netmask in use on the subnet the guests will use.
• Guest start IP/End IP. Enter the first and last IP addresses that define a range that
CloudPlatform can assign to guests.
• We strongly recommend the use of multiple NICs. If multiple NICs are used, they may be in a
different subnet.
• If one NIC is used, these IPs should be in the same CIDR as the pod CIDR.
9. In a new pod, CloudPlatform adds the first cluster for you. You can always add more clusters later.
For an overview of what a cluster is, see About Clusters.
To configure the first cluster, enter the following, then click Next:
• Hypervisor. The type of hypervisor software that all hosts in this cluster will run. If the
hypervisor is VMware, additional fields appear so you can give information about a vSphere
cluster. For vSphere servers, we recommend creating the cluster of hosts in vCenter and then
adding the entire cluster to CloudPlatform. See Section 8.5.3, “Add Cluster: vSphere”.
• Cluster name. Enter a name for the cluster. This can be text of your choosing and is not used
by CloudPlatform.
10. In a new cluster, CloudPlatform adds the first host for you. You can always add more hosts later.
For an overview of what a host is, see About Hosts.
Note
When you add a hypervisor host to CloudPlatform, the host must not have any VMs already
running.
Before you can configure the host, you need to install the hypervisor software on the host. You will
need to know which version of the hypervisor software version is supported by CloudPlatform and
what additional configuration is required to ensure the host will work with CloudPlatform. To find
these installation details, see:
• Citrix XenServer Installation and Configuration
• VMware vSphere Installation and Configuration