Hello,
who can I configure the network interfaces on ESX4, I did used the following methods but none were succeded
1) # ifconfig vmnic2 192.168.199.170 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
2) # cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
vi ifcfg-vmnic2
DEVICE=vmnic2
BOOTPROTO=static
DHCPCLASS=
HWADDR=00:30:48:56:A6:2E
IPADDR=10.10.29.66
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes
any help?
The vmnicX are interfaces for NIC managed by vmkernel.
You cannot configure them.
If you want to add a management console you must use esxcfg-vswif
Andre
ditto... You can't configure vmnicX directly. It doesn't make sense to do so either since they are really just switch ports. The settings for the service console vswif0 should have been configured when you installed ESX. If not, then use esxcfg-vswif as mentioned above. After the vswif0 is configured, you can use the vSphere client to do all the rest of the network setup.
