Our current configuration for 8 ESX server is as follows:
vSwitch0 has vmnic0, vmnic1 and vmnic2 - this is the Service Console and the VMKernet
vSwitch1 has vmnic3, vmnic4 and vmnic5 - this is for the virtual machines
I am creating another virtual switch vSwitch2 and want to assign vmnic2 and vmnic5
The problem is that when this happens i lose the service console - cannot putty to and it greys out in virtualcenter. I can connect to it from the ILOM.
I changed the nic assignments via the following commands:
esxcfg-vswitch -U vmnic2 vSwitch0
esxcfg-vswitch -U vmnic5 vSwitch1
esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic2 vSwitch2
esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic5 vSwitch2
esxcfg-vswitch -l shows the changed assignments but i have lost connectivity to the service console
any help would be appreciated
