The overall network design usually falls to dedicated network engineers within the client organization since they know the complex network landscape best. In smaller organizations, the virtualization engineer or consultant may be called upon for the network design. Either way, it is important to at least know the networking requirements. This way, the virtualization environment can be planned accordingly, regardless of who will be responsible for the actual network component implementation.
Once the size of the network is determined, network options will need to be discussed and designed. The most basic element is the
default gateway. In most networks, this is the first address, such as 192.168.1.1, but that is not always the case. Some environments might use the last available address and others use a seemingly random address. The default gateway is used to forward traffic from this network segment to other parts of the network...