lost connectivity to ESX after moving SC to new virtual switch

[pfunck1]

Hello ALL,

I am fairly new to the ESX world, so please excuse my stupidity!

I loaded esx 3.5 successfully on server with internal drives and only 1 nic plugged in , I added the new esx host inside already setup VI. I wanted to move the SC to its own nic, I created new VS for SC assigned ip add but I forgot that the second nic was not enabled in the bios. Now I am not able to access the ESX host. Can someone please walk me through in moving the SC to old Nic.

Thank you in advance...

Pfunck1

[IB_IT]

Can you still access the command line? Log in as root and use esxcfg-vswif --help for a list of commands. Look at what your vswif settings are and make sure they are correct...I think the command is esxcfg-vswif -l to see the details of your SC portgroup. To view the details of your vswitch type esxcfg-vswitch -l. Make sure all is well with the ip, subnet mask, etc on your original vswitch that holds your SC and make sure it is bound to the correct physical nic. You may also need to remove the 2nd vswitch that you created until you get that 2nd NIC working.

When finished, you will need to restart management services by typing: service mgmt-vmware restart

[ctfoster · Accepted solution]

If you need a command walkthrough.

From the console as root. List all the vswitches on your host - assuming vmnic0 is the one you need.

esxcfg-vswitch -l

Remove vmnic0 from your new vswitch (vSwitch2) - if you have assigned it there by mistake.

esxcfg-vswitch -U vmnic0 vSwitch2

Once vmnic0 is freed up add it back to vswitch0

esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic0 vSwitch0

...you get the idea.