So I've downloaded the OVF and have tried to deploy the appliances (last 5.7.x version). When I first tried it said I need an IP pool. OK, so I guess ... well I'm not sure why I need an ip pool, but I created one and associated it with the correct vsphere portgroup/network. Now, I need to choose IP addressing - it prompts for manual/fixed assignment, or dhcp - of course I want to give servers fixed ip, but then it tells me "ip address cannot be in the ip pool range".
huh?
I don't get it - what is the purpose of the ip pool, if not to assign ip addresses to the appliances?