What I meant was:
My guests couldn't reach the network, so they never got an IP address
from DHCP server on the network. So, I manually set an address on the
guest. Only one NIC on the guest . My ESXI management interface (what
I called the host IP address) has a manually set IP address. I can get
to the host from the network and all network tests from the host passed
(pinging gateway, dns servers, dns lookup). The ESXI host machine has
two NICs, but only one was enabled.
The guest was able to ping the management address of the host, but
unable to ping anything else on the physical network. VM NIC is set as
"flexible".
This morning, I disabled the host machine's first NIC and enabled the
second NIC. Now I have normal connectivity and my guest VMs can now see
the physical LAN. I didn't change any settings on the host except for
disabling first NIC, enabling second NIC and restarting management
interface.
So, I'm guessing the issue is with the original NIC or the port that NIC
is connecting to on the physical switch.
Thanks.
Bill
Steven M. Caesare wrote:
What's your networking configuration in the ESXi configuration page?
What does "If i set a manual IP address, I can ping the host, but can't
get outside of the box." mean? Set a static IP on ESXi physical host?
Virtual guest? Ping what host? From where?
-sc
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 5:30 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: esxi guest network issue
Hi all,
I'm fairly newbish when it comes to VM stuff, so I'm hoping this is
easy. My google has failed me.
I've set up a couple of other ESXi boxes at clients and not had issues,
but this one is troublesome.
I have a HP Proliant DL380 G4 server that I installed ESXi on. Any
guest I create, whether from scratch or P to V can't connect to the
office LAN. If i set a manual IP address, I can ping the host, but
can't get outside of the box. This happens whether I am using esxi 3.5
or 4.
It has two NICs, but I am only using one.
any help would be much appreciated.
Bill
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