You can use DHCP binding to bind a virtual machine's MAC address to an IPv6 address.

You can use DHCP binding in your environment for services that must keep the same IP address.

Starting with VMware Cloud Director 10.5.1, you can use IP addresses from the static IP pools that are available to the network to configure static bindings.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that you are an organization administrator, system administrator, or that you are assigned a role that includes an equivalent set of rights.

  • Verify that you have activated DCHP for your organization VDC network either in network or in gateway mode.

Procedure

  1. In the top navigation bar, click Networking.
  2. Click the name of the network that you want to edit.
  3. In the IP Management section, click DHCP.
  4. Under DHCP, click IPv6 Bindings.
  5. Click New.
  6. Enter a name and, optionally, a description for the new binding.
  7. Enter an IPv6 address to bind to a MAC address.
  8. Enter a MAC address to which to bind the IP address.
  9. Enter a lease time for the binding and click Next.
  10. (Optional) If you want to configure DNS through DHCP, enter up to two DNS servers.
  11. Click Next.
  12. (Optional) Enter up to two SNTP servers.
  13. Click Next.
  14. (Optional) Enter up to 6 domain names for the binding.
  15. Review your settings and click Finish.

What to do next

You can edit the IPv6 DHCP bindings as needed.