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Chapter 11 Networking
The!lines!you!add!to!/etc/rc.d/rc.local!would!be:!
insmod vmxnet_console devName=”vmnic1;vmnet_0”
ifup eth1
ifup eth2
Sharing the Service Console’s Network Adapter with Virtual
Machines
When!you!install!and!configure!ESX!Server,!the!VMkernel!is!not!loaded,!so!the!service!
console!needs!to!control!the!network!adapter!that!is!eth0.!When!you!configure!ESX!
Server,!assign!the!adapter!that!is!eth0!to!the!service!console.!
After!you!have!completely!configured!ESX!Server!and!rebooted!the!
machine,!the!
VMkernel!is!loaded.!
To share the Service Console’s network adapter with virtual machines
1Use!the!VMware!Management!Interface!to!reconfigure!the!server.
2On!the!Options!tab,!click!Startup!Profile!to!open!the!Startup!Profile!pane.!
3Find!the!table!row!that!lists!the!Ethernet!controller!assigned!to!the!console!and!
click!the!link!If!you!must!reassign!this!device,!click
!here.!
4 Select!Virtual!Machines!from!the!Dedicated!To!list.
5Click!OK!to!save!your!changes!and!reboot!the!machine!when!prompted.!
When!the!machine!reboots,!no!network!adapter!is!assigned!to!the!service!console,!
so!you!must!do!this!step!at!the!server.!
6Add!the!appropriate!lines!to!/etc/rc.d/rc.local.
For!
example,!if!eth0!is!the!only!network!adapter!that!you!intend!to!share!between!
the!VMkernel!and!the!service!console,!and!if!it!is!named!vmnic0!in!the!VMkernel,!
add!the!lines:
insmod vmxnet_console devName=”vmnic0”
ifup eth0
CAUTION To!share!the!adapter!that!is!eth0!on!the!service!console,!be!careful!as!you!
implement!the!following!steps.!To!configure!ESX!Server!initially,!you!must!
have!a!network!connection.!After!the!initial!configuration!is!set,!make!
several!changes.!At!one!point,!there!is!no!network!connection!to!the!service!
console,
!and!you!must!work!directly!at!the!server.!