Installing ESX 4.0 onto a VM on ESX 3.5 enviornment

[VMCRAZY]

Hi

I have installed ESX 4.0 onto a VM on ESX 3.5 enviornment everything seems to be fine but I cant ping the server or get the network connected. Need inputs please suggest.

[AntonVZhbankov]

Is network adapter E1000 for this VM?

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VMware vExpert '2009

http://blog.vadmin.ru

[VMCRAZY]

Hi

yes network card is e1000

I have created an isolated network switch for this machine. I have other 2 windows boxes communicating on the same switch . It does not have any physical adapter attached to it. Does it make sense to you.

Thanks for your reply

[AntonVZhbankov]

So, you are trying to ping ESXi from VM on the same isolated vSwitch?

What are network settings for Windows in this VM and ESXi? IP, netmask?

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VMware vExpert '2009

http://blog.vadmin.ru

[VMCRAZY]

Hi

I created a new switch only for internal communication. so no physical network cards connected to it. Total 3 machines connected to the vswitch.

1) Windows box : IP address : 192.168.100.1 ....255.255.255.0 ....

2) Windows box : IP address : 192.168.100.2 ....255.255.255.0 ....

3) ESX box : IP address : 192.168.100.5 ....255.255.255.0 ....

I can ping the 2 windows boxes from each other but cant ping the ESX box.from any of those.................

These all machines are on a ESX 3.5 Host and all are virtual machines

Thanks

[AntonVZhbankov]

Could you provide screenshot with ESXi network config?

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VMware vExpert '2009

http://blog.vadmin.ru

[TomHowarth]

can the host ping itself?

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[VMCRAZY]

Yeah the host can ping itself but cant ping the other servers.

[TomHowarth]

Do you have VLAN Tagging setup on the switch, if so have you configured it in the vSwitch on the vSwitch

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Contributing author for the upcoming book "[VMware vSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing ESX and the Virtual Environment|http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9780136083214]”. Currently available on roughcuts