December 2017
Beginner
598 pages
14h 7m
English
By default, ESXi is configured to receive the IP address for the management console through Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). If no DHCP server is present in your network, the hypervisor doesn’t obtain any IP and you won’t be able to connect.
Assigning a dynamic IP address to ESXi is not a recommended configuration because management and services are linked to specific IP addresses assigned to the server. If the IP changes (after rebooting the host or for an expired lease), some services may not work as expected. If the server has multiple physical NICs installed and the DHCP assigns an IP address to an NIC linked to a wrong vSwitch, you may experience connectivity issues that will impede the correct ...
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