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The Complete VMware vSphere Guide
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The Complete VMware vSphere Guide

by Mike Brown, Hersey Cartwright, Martin Gavanda, Andrea Mauro, Karel Novak, Paolo Valsecchi
November 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
768 pages
32h 29m
English
Packt Publishing
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Management network configuration

By default, ESXi is configured to receive the IP address for the management console through the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). If no DHCP server is present in your network, the hypervisor doesn't obtain an 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 network interface controllers (NICs) installed and the DHCP assigns an IP address to an NIC linked to a wrong vSwitch, you may experience connectivity ...

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