Cool. -sc
> -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 10:25 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: esxi guest network issue > > 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 > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
