I recently loaded ESXi 5.0 onto a server that is a few years old (not too bad but still). I would like to use it as a lab host and one to run our non mission critical systems on. That being said the issue I am running into is getting it to talk on my network.
here's the setup:
I have 3 hosts total including this one.
all three are connected to the same Dell Powerconnect 6248.
I took the current config of the ports used by the other 2 hosts and emulated it for the ports on the new host. Making the configuration look like this:
interface ethernet 2/g25
negotiation 1000f
description 'MASTER3'
spanning-tree portfast
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan add 1-7
exit
I set a static IP on my host within the vlan 2 network. Along with the default gateway.
the Lights are blinking on both ends ;-) I've tried rebooting most things. I'm at a little bit of a loss as to what i should try next so any help would be greatly appreciated.
thank you