ESX server is not reachable in Network

[pankaj_rudrawar]

Hello,

I have DELL 1850 poweredge server with ESX Server 3.5. Server is having two NIC card. We have one IP (network) with routed traffic and one IP (network) with non routed traffic. Routed network has VLAN ID.

First I tried to give routed IP to the NIC at the time of installation of ESX server with Gateway, Subnet Mask, DNS Server. ESX server was unreachable and server was not pinging.

Second I tried to give non routed IP to the NIC at the time if re-installation of ESX server with all details. Still the problem persists.

Can anyone help me to resovl this problem so that I can connect this ESX server to the Virtual Center.

[wondab]

It heavily relies on DNS. Check whether you have a DNS entry for the ESX server. Try a static host entry for the ESX server on the VC server.

[aldin]

could you post output of

esxcfg-nics -l

esxcfg-vswitch -l

[pankaj_rudrawar]

I have attached the output with this post.

[pankaj_rudrawar]

Hello,

ESX server is having both IP (Routed and NOn Routed) as static IP. Also I have given the DNS Entries for resolving the addresses.

[aldin]

add vmnic1 as uplink for vSwitch1 because vSwitch have not uplink

esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic1 vSwitch1

and restart network service

service network restart

post output of

esxcfg-vswif -l

esxcfg-vswitch -l

then try to ping esx by ip address. could you ping your gateway from esx or dns or service console ip address?

[pankaj_rudrawar]

HI Aldin,

Thanks for your quick response.

As per your post I have added the VMNIC1 in VSWIF1.

Now the output for VSWIF command is not changed. And for Vswitch it is showing as VMNIC1 in Uplink under Vswitch1.

I am not able to ping to the Gateway from ESX server. Also I am not able to ping to ESX server console from any machine in network.

[aldin · Accepted solution]

check out this document

you can try to remove your current service console and add the new one.

[pankaj_rudrawar]

Hi Aldin,

Thanks for your response.

I am still unable to ping the gateway and ESX server is still unreachable. I have followed all the steps as per the link mentioned in your earlier post.

Kindly help me more in this.

Regrads

[pankaj_rudrawar]

Hi Aldin,

Can you post me the DNS Settting resolve.conf file parameter also.

[aldin]

your Service Console 1 is 10.100.50.89 and it is on nic0, is it correct? and that is non routed network without VLANs.

check is that nic0 physicaly connected to 10.100.50.... network

[pankaj_rudrawar]

Kindly ignore my latest post and the problem is resolved with the Article sent by you.

Thanks a TON