I thought I'd rattle this off to see if I was just screwing something up.
The vCenter server appliance will get wedged if you attempt to deploy the OVA on a non-internet connected network because of the RPM update process it launches not being able to download updates.
IP settings input during the OVA deployment process are discarded, you have to log in at the console to re-input them after the initial boot and self-setup processes are complete.
The Flash based UI cannot be accessed from Chrome if Chrome cannot connect to the internet (download failed or flash player out of date errors even if chrome and bundled flash are fully up to date).
