changing the default gateway of the secondary service console.

[karthik_79]

I have installed an ESX 3.5.

I have configured a second service console with a completely different IP subnet (192.168.1.x). My first default service console is in the network (172.19.1.x). I am trying to change the default gateway of this secondary service console because its showing the default gateway as 172.19.1.1 because the second service console is sharing the default gateway with the first service console. Anyway, i can change the default gateway only for the second service console to 192.168.1.1?

Thanks for the replies.

[java_cat33 · Accepted solution]

Hi - you can only set one default gateway for a service console, the same goes for the vmkernel gateway.

[karthik_79]

So Even if I am creating a secondary service console in a completely different NIC and assiging that NIC port to a different network, I still cant use a different gateway?

Thanks for the quick reply.

[java_cat33]

Yes that is correct - only one service console gateway.

Secondary service consoles should be able to route to each other for redundancy as this is the heartbeat network for HA - In other words, all service consoles on all hosts should be able to communicate.

[Texiwill]

Hello,

As stated there is only one default gateway for the SC regardless of vSwif devices. If you are just trying to setup redundancy, then it is actually easier to use NIC Teaming. If this is for your iSCSI Network then you can not setup a default network however you may have to setup a new route for just the network in question.

If this is to get HA redundancy, that is best using NIC Teaming and not multiple vSwif devices.

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

VMware Communities User Moderator

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[karthik_79]

Thank you everyone for the quick reply.

[java_cat33]

Not a problem - don't forget to award points.

[BUGCHK]

The "default gateway" is a characteristic of the entire IP stack.

But you can add additional routes for specific subnets, here is a made-up example:

$ cat /etc/sysconfig/static-routes

any net 111.222.555.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 10.17.18.2

$

$ service network restart