Mike, We have been using the following script to add 'public' interface. You will need to adjust the vSwitch number and IP address etc to meet your need.
esxcfg-vswitch -a vSwitch1 esxcfg-vswitch -A 'Management Network Public' vSwitch1 esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic1 vSwitch1 esxcfg-vmknic -a -i 10.10.4.50 -n 255.255.255.0 -p 'Management Network Public' esxcfg-route 10.10.4.1 esxcfg-vswitch -A Public vSwitch1 John Ma Server Administrator Marist College From: Andy Kurth <andy_ku...@ncsu.edu> To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org Date: 05/24/2011 04:50 PM Subject: Re: VMware ESXi 4.1 We're using ESXi 4.1 with separate virtual switches for the public and private networks. Our hosts come up with the public interface receiving its IP address via DHCP using vSwitch0. It sounds like this is how yours is configured. The networking configuration panel has the following: Virtual Switch: vSwitch0 * Virtual Machine Port Group ** Name: Public * VMkernel Port ** Name: Management Network ** vmk0: <public IP address> To configure the private network virtual switch: -Add Networking -Connection Types: VMkernel -Create a virtual switch - select the private interface (vmnicx) -Network Label: VMkernel -Use the following IP settings: enter your private IP address and subnet mask -Finish -Click Properties next to Virtual Switch: vSwitch1 -Click Add -Connection Types: Virtual Machine -Network Label: Private -Finish ESXi doesn't like multiple interfaces receiving their addresses via DHCP so we have to configure a static IP address for the private interface. I would include a screenshot of our networking configuration in the vSphere Client but I doubt it will go through. Here is the output of the esxcfg-* commands after SSH'ing in: ~ # esxcfg-vswitch -l Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks vSwitch0 128 3 128 1500 vmnic1 PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports Uplinks Public 0 0 vmnic1 Management Network 0 1 vmnic1 Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks vSwitch1 128 3 128 1500 vmnic2 PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports Uplinks Private 0 0 vmnic2 VMkernel 0 1 vmnic2 ~ # esxcfg-vmknic -l Interface Port Group/DVPort IP Family IP Address Netmask Broadcast MAC Address MTU TSO MSS Enabled Type vmk0 Management Network IPv4 <public IP> 255.255.254.0 152.7.99.255 <public MAC> 1500 65535 true DHCP vmk1 VMkernel IPv4 <private IP> 255.255.240.0 10.10.15.255 <private MAC> 1500 65535 true STATIC -Andy On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Waldron, Michael H <mwald...@email.unc.edu> wrote: > Has anyone used the free version of VMware ESXi 4.1? > > I started playing with it to possibly use with our VCL after it's been > upgraded to 2.2.1, however I can't figure out how to get both our public and > private networks defined on it. After initial install on a blade, it > configures the public interface and I'm able to connect to it via the > vSphere client. But everytime I try to add the private network to it, it > configures a virtual mac address rather than using the mac address of the > physical interface like it's doing for the public interface. > > The result is this interface is getting a 169.254.0.1 IP address, rather > than the IP it should get from the DHCP server. I also enabled SSH on the > security profile, however it's not answering SSH connection attempts. > > Just wondering if anyone has had some experience with setting this up. > > Mike Waldron > Systems Specialist > ITS Research Computing > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > CB #3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509 > 919-962-9778
