How to configure Service console IP on ESX SERVER

1) List virtual network switches by

esxcfg-vswitch –l

2) It is better to remove existing configuration and add new by following steps

3) To remove virtual network switch use

esxcfg-vswitch –d vSwitch0

4) Add virtual network switch by

esxcfg-vswitch -a vSwitch0

5) Then Add port group by

esxcfg-vswitch -A "Service Console1" vSwitch0

6) Configure virtual interface by

esxcfg-vswif -a -i 10.217.60.24 -n 255.255.252.0 -p "Service Console1" vswif1

7) Add

GATEWAYDEV=vswif1 entry in /etc/sysconfig/network file

8) Disable interface by

esxcfg-vswif -s vswif1

9) Enable interface by

esxcfg-vswif -e vswif1

10) List out physical nics on machine by

esxcfg-nics –l (eg: vmnic0, vmnic1, vmnic2 etc..)

11) Link one of physical link to your virtual switch by

esxcfg-vswitch --link=vmnic2 vSwitch0