Configuring to use DHCP addressing
You can configure a virtual machine in a network to use a DHCP server for addressing.
Procedure
- Using the virtual machine console, log in to the virtual
machine with the default user name and password.
- localhost login: admin
- Password: !n0r1t5@C
localhost>
Note: The keyboard mapping of the vSphere Client terminal uses a US layout. If your workstation keyboard uses another layout, your login attempt might fail. - Assign the host name and IP address in the DNS server for
the following interfaces:
- Host name and IP address for the data interface
- Host name and IP address for the management interface
- Enter the following settings:
- MAC address for the data interface
- Hostname assigned to the data interface in the DNS server
- MAC address for the management interface
- Hostname assigned to the management interface in the DNS server
- Hostname assigned to the BMC interface in the DNS server
- Apply the network settings: localhost> net restart
- Monitor the status of the system, by repetitively issuing
the following command:localhost> system show status. As the network settings are applied, the network status transitions
through the following states:
- Up
- Stopping
- Starting
- Up
- Monitor the state of the network: localhost> net show status. The network settings have been applied when status of the Current activity lists Monitoring network.
- Verify the data and management interface network settings, using the following command: localhost> net show active
- Reset any address that is incorrect. If you run net show all, the EData display as disabled.
- Verify the connection to the management interface using the WMC.