Jun 6

Change ESX Service Console IP

Category: VMware

For my record :

Task : Change Service Console IP addresss for ESX02 / sp-vm02

Server info:

  • SC ip = 168.xxx.1.12
  • Netmask = 255.255.255.0
  • Gateway = 168.xxx.1.3
  • fqdn = bla bla bla

Virtual Switch

  • vSwitch0 = vmnic4, vmnic0, vm network & service console
  • vSwitch1 = vmnic2, vmnic1, NetworkA
  • vSwitch2 = vmnic5, vmnic3, NetworkB
  • vSwitch3 = isolated network

$esxcfg-vswif -i 168.180.1.13 -n 255.255.255.0 vswif0

edit /etc/hosts (no need for esx 3.5 cause it’s auto correct)

edit /etc/sysconfig/network to change gateway & hostname

$service network restart

$esxcfg-vswitch -L

$esxcfg-vswitch –unlink=vmnic4 vswitch0

$esxcfg-vswitch –link=vmnic5 vswitch0

Problem solved!

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