What knobs are available for configuring the IP Addresses of VMs in vsphere, without NSX, as compared to with NSX? I see in my VSphere clusters that
- VMs have multiple IPs
- These presumeably are randomly assigned by a DHCP host somehow
Is there a way to influence or lock down a specific IP for a VM in vsphere, or should we use nSX for this kind of behaviour?
You can assign ip addressing configuration to virtual machines the same as you would for physical machines; either static assignments or DHCP assignments. NSX isn't required.