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Re: Free ESXi Installed but won't connect to network

15. Aug 6, 2008 8:56 PM

in response to: eliston

Dave.Mishchen…

8,974 posts since
Nov 15, 2005

Thanks for the correction. It was the 82566DC.

Re: Free ESXi Installed but won't connect to network

16. Aug 7, 2008 4:26 AM

in response to: Thomas_Prophe…

andersons

8 posts since
Aug 6, 2008

Where/how do I disable/enable NIC in the BIOS?

Re: Free ESXi Installed but won't connect to network

17. Aug 7, 2008 7:56 AM

in response to: Dave.Mishchen…

andersons

8 posts since
Aug 6, 2008

When I use the lspci -v command, all it shows for a NIC is the following:

06:02.00 Network Controller: Bridgecom Inc. Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 model NC100

Class 0200:1317:0985

I don't see this in the list at http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/Hardware_support.php

Do I need to get a different NIC?

Re: Free ESXi Installed but won't connect to network

18. Aug 7, 2008 9:18 AM

in response to: andersons

Dave.Mishchen…

8,974 posts since
Nov 15, 2005

I'd give it a try - I usually go with an Intel Pro/1000 GT - here are a few other models that have been tested - http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3.5/Whiteboxes_SATA_Controllers_for_ESX_3.5_3i.htm#NICs

Re: Free ESXi Installed but won't connect to network

19. Aug 9, 2008 5:07 PM

in response to: Dave.Mishchen…

Formatter

230 posts since
Jul 27, 2008

Ok Help!!

I do the alt F1 and the unsupported password and lspci

it shows the card in there for the network. I am going to get the intel card soon but I am courious, if its in the list it should work shouldnt it?

So if it works till here? and I am getting just the nic not working? if I get he nic sorted out it will be ok?

Re: Free ESXi Installed but won't connect to network

20. Aug 11, 2008 7:53 AM

in response to: Dave.Mishchen…

andersons

8 posts since
Aug 6, 2008

Ok so I have determined that my onboard NIC is an Intel 82566 which should be supported according to that list. I know that the other NIC is not supported. But shouldn't I be able to set the computer to boot from the onboard NIC? When I go into the BIOS to try to set this, and go to Configuration>Peripheral Configuration> I have the onboard LAN enabled. I'm not sure if I need to change something else. Otherwise, I'll just switch out my CNET NIC for the Intel PRO/1000 GT.

Re: Free ESXi Installed but won't connect to network

21. Aug 11, 2008 3:05 PM

in response to: andersons

YLui-at-Resol…

9 posts since
Aug 1, 2008

I'm facing the exact same issue.

The machine is great, everything installed and running

Just the NIC card problem

It is able to detect and identify the NICs installed, but is not using either of them to get an IP

probably because the are not "compatible" ? although recognized and identified by the server?

One is a build in Realtek Giga LAN

and the other is another generic NIC

I'm trying to get some old 3Com and Intel NIC on it, to see if it works with those.

I just find it ironic, that it knows what is installed, but it wont use them?

Re: Free ESXi Installed but won't connect to network

22. Aug 18, 2008 5:58 AM

in response to: Dave.Mishchen…

andersons

8 posts since
Aug 6, 2008

YAY!!

I installed a new Intel Pro/1000 GT card & rebooted the computer & everything seemed to load correctly. I am configuring it with static IP, etc addresses but I'm not sure what the host name should be (default is localhost.localdomain). What should I fill in there?

Re: Free ESXi Installed but won't connect to network

23. Aug 18, 2008 6:03 AM

in response to: andersons

wizdude

66 posts since
Aug 5, 2008

put in the fully qualified name for the ESXi host, ie: esx1.andersons.com or esx.anderson.local

Re: Free ESXi Installed but won't connect to network

24. Aug 18, 2008 6:06 AM

in response to: wizdude

andersons

8 posts since
Aug 6, 2008

Where do I get that information. I have no idea what the name is.

Re: Free ESXi Installed but won't connect to network

25. Aug 18, 2008 6:11 AM

in response to: andersons

Jasemccarty

3,806 posts since
Apr 5, 2005

It can be anything you want really. It could be esxi.ramalamadingdong.com for that matter...

If you are doing this in an office, you will have to setup a DNS entry pointing at your ESXi's IP address.

If you are doing this at home, you probably won't have a DNS name for it. It really doesn't matter, and you can do everything you want/need to with it, by simply using the IP address.

Jase McCarty
http://www.jasemccarty.com
Co-Author of VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center
(ISBN:1420070274) from Auerbach

Re: Free ESXi Installed but won't connect to network

26. Aug 18, 2008 6:12 AM

in response to: andersons

wizdude

66 posts since
Aug 5, 2008

it's the name that you want to assign to the box.

what do you want to call it? esx1? virtual? mybox?
then add to that whatever domain you use on your local network. perhaps that might be andersons.com, or andersons.local, or somethingelse.com

you just need to assign a name to your box that preferably (but not essentially) will also resolve in a name server somewhere.

if this is just a local install on a home network, just give it a name like "esx1.home".