RHEL3 on VMware Infrastructure

[Johnson, Roger]

Do you have the VLAN ID set for your "VM Network" configuration?  I
found (w/ RHEL3 and VMware ESXi 3.5) that even if the VLAN ID was
properly set that VM's would not connect.  Deleting the VLAN ID allowed
everything to work fine.  

 

Roger

 

> From: "Brian O'Mahony" <brian.omahony at curamsoftware.com>

> Subject: RHEL3 on VMware Infrastructure

> 

> 

> Ive installed rhel3 on a R900 running ESX3.5i

> 

> When I start up the OS, it fails to bring up the eth0. I try a service
restart once the OS is up and it says there > is no link present. I have
tried adding a second NIC, but that also fails to come up. This is using
DHCP. If I set > to static it says its ok, but the network connection is
unavailable when you do a ping, as you would expect with an > unplugged
NIC.

> 

> However the settings for the NIC have "Connected" and "Connect on
Startup" ticked. It is part of the Network Label > "VM Network".... It
is also showing as being connected to the Virtual Switch (which has all
4 R900 NICs connected

> to it)

> 

> 

> Any ideas here guys?

> 

> 

> B

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