Nutanix, the migration – IP Addresses

During all my planning, I haven’t thought about IP Addresses. Why? I was just going to reuse the existing IP Addresses. But then I realized, what about the names? I know, names should not dictate your IP numbering scheme, but..

esxi01 = 192.168.200.11
esxi02 = 192.168.200.12
esxi06 = 192.168.200.16

See what I had going on? Now, I could just reuse 192.168.200.13-.16 and name them NTNX01-04, but then there’s also the CVMs that need IPs. So instead of reusing, I’ve decided:

DNS NameIP Address
NTNX01192.168.200.101
NTNX02192.168.200.102
NTNX03192.168.200.103
NTNX04192.168.200.104
CVM01192.168.200.111
CVM02192.168.200.112
CVM03192.168.200.113
CVM04192.168.200.114
CVM192.168.200.110
PRISM192.168.200.100

So, 192.168.200.11-192.168.200.19 will still be reserved for ESXi hosts. 192.168.200.100-119 will be used for Nutanix. I do not see myself having more than 6 hosts at home at a time. Nested labs will use different spaces.

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