VMNIC not taking DHCP

[MihirP]

hello,

We have 1 ESXi host 5.5

1 Standard vSwitch > 1 Management Port > 1 VM network Port Group

1 VMNIC > Connected to Physical Switch on VLAN 140

2 VMs on same ESXi host

Static IP is working is assigned from VLAN 140

But when using DHCP > VM's nic says "Unidentified network"

Please suggest.

Thanks.

[MihirP]

And when DHCP, IP of VM is from 169. range

[npadmani]

while your VM is running with static IP, did you check that it's able to reach to the host where DHCP services are running?

[MihirP]

Network works;

--> Static IP

--> Dynamic DNS

Network does not work;

--> Dynamic IP

--> Dynamic DNS

[MihirP · Accepted solution]

I figured out. DHCP is not configured for that VLAN, so only static IP.