Hi guys,
I need some assistance / picking some brains on how to achieve 'full-on' network automation without the use of NSX, nor vSphere DHCP via vRA's network profiles, but via MS DHCP. I would have multiple VLANs where I can grab an addresses from and make use of reservations.
Here are a few questions / scenarios:
1) Can a build profile manage multiple hard-coded VLANs where it will auto-balance addressing? i.e once the VLAN fills up, it will move onto my next VLAN specified? Or what would be equivalent to this?
2) If one uses network profiles, can vSphere DHCP update the Microsoft DHCP server for which address was used and then reserve that IP and not make it available to anyone else?
3) How can I make 'intelligent' VLAN selection possible via the use of certain selection criteria? similar to a few posts to increment and make a unique hostname based on selection...i.e COMPANY/LOCATION/ENVIRONMENT. So if I choose COMPANY = Nike, LOCATION=EU, ENV=Dev, the name could be NEUDEVxx, and behind each selection, it will determine which VLANS are available to it for segmentation purposes. So if I choose Nike/EU/Dev, I have VLAN 1-10, if I choose Nike/EU/Test .... then i have VLAN 11-20 behind to choose from
Does this make sense? Any input would be appreciated
Thank you