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Connect Ubuntu VM to a Fortigate VM within ESXi

Hello all,

   I am very new to VMs and ESXi. I have two VMs running on my ESXi host. When I built the VMs I created a new port group for each, but they are all connected to vSwitch0. One VM is an Ubuntu machine, and the other VM is a Fortinet Fortigate VM. I want to connect the Ubuntu VM to the Fortigate VM so I can use it as a firewall. Both VMs receive a DHCP IP address from my cable modem - so they are on the same network (10.0.0.0/24). But the firewall can be configured as a DHCP server - but again I don't know how to get the Ubuntu server to "connect" to the firewall in order for it to get an IP from the firewall. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks

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