[virtualize] Re: Newbie Question

  • From: Tim_Walsh@xxxxxxx
  • To: virtualize@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:42:32 -0500

George,

In the inmterim, I have craeted a port group and assinged the vm to it.  No
luck.  The card is locked at 100MB/Full and the switch is tbe same

Thx

tw 

-----Original Message-----
From: George Yobst [mailto:george.yobst@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 12:19 PM
To: virtualize@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [virtualize] Re: Newbie Question

Hey Tim,
So what port group is being used on that new card?
What is the speed/duplex and can you lock down those
settings on your switch?  -George


On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:16:22 -0500, Tim_Walsh@xxxxxxx <Tim_Walsh@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>  
> 
> Hey all... 
> 
> I am a newbie with ESX and not a Linux guru either, so be gentle..lol 
> 
> I  set up a server, and was able, with one nic, to successfully share the
> nic between the service console and the vms.  
> 
> I added a second NIC, and rebuilt the server.  I setup a virtual switch
> using that second adapter, which shows as Outbound Adapter 0, and assigned
> it to the virtual machines.  The original NIC is dedicated to the Service
> Console. 
> 
> The lights on the Outbound NIC light, but the switch port never sees a
link.
>  Therefore, the VMs cannot see the external network.  I did not create a
> port group, since I am only testing with one VM right now, and I did not
> want to make it more complex than necessary. 
> 
> The Service Console shows the Outbound NIC as being connected. 
> 
> I am stumped...Is it something really simple I am missing? 
> 
> Thanks in advance 
> 
> Tw 
> 
> VmWare ESX Server 2.5 
> 
> Test Machine 
>  
> 
> IBM 6000R Server, 8GB RAM 
> 4 x700Mhz Xeon 
> Intel Pro/100 NIC for Service Console 
> Broadcom BCM5703 Gigabit Card 
>  
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