I am having an issue similar to a previous discussion already answered (Re: Configure Management Network Greyed out in DCUI)
All my network options are greyed out (except for reset). When I try to reset the network config, I get "Auto-configuring network... Failed"
i tried the suggestions in the discussion, yet nothing seems to work.
Running esxcli network ip interface list returns nothing.
So I ran esxcli network ip interface add -i=vmk0 -p="Management Network" -M="<NIC MAC>" which also returned nothing. I rebooted the server - still not working.
Ideas?
Try the following: esxcli network ip interface add --interface-name=vmk0 --portgroup-name="Management Network"
Check the DCUI again and if still grayed out, do the following: esxcli network ip interface ipv4 set --interface-name=vmk0 --ipv4=ipaddress --netmask=netmask --type=static
Do you have a vSwitch configured on the host and with that port group name?
Please post the output of the following commands:
esxcli network vswitch standard list
esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware list
esxcli network nic list
esxcli network ip interface ipv4 get
Try the following: esxcli network ip interface add --interface-name=vmk0 --portgroup-name="Management Network"
Check the DCUI again and if still grayed out, do the following: esxcli network ip interface ipv4 set --interface-name=vmk0 --ipv4=ipaddress --netmask=netmask --type=static
TThanks mate all good now.
On another note, I still had all sorts of trouble getting to the host and its VMs. Turns out a storm caused a surge, blew a port on my switch, my Cat6 cable and the NIC in my Domain Controller. Once that was all fixed, everything seemed ok haha
The issue that i have to face is: i am unable to ping or access the assigned MGMT IP of ESXi IP. please assist me to fix this issue