Hello,
I have tried a very simple configuration: just one VM with CentOS 6.4 (64bit). My problem is that the ethernet will not get a link.
There is only one NIC on my system.
vmware.log shows this when I try to bring the link up:
vim-cmd vmsvc/device.connection 19 4000 true
2013-06-29T16:24:14.619Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS received request in VMX to set option 'synctime' -> '0'
2013-06-29T16:24:14.622Z| vmx| I120: VMXVmdb_SetCfgState: cfgReqPath=/vm/#_VMX/vmx/cfgState/req/#11/, remDevPath=/vm/#_VMX/vmx/vigor/setCfgStateReq/#11a/in/
2013-06-29T16:24:14.622Z| vcpu-0| I120: Msg_Post: Error
2013-06-29T16:24:14.622Z| vcpu-0| I120: [msg.ethernet.openFailed] Failed to initialize ethernet0.
On the guest system I have installed vmware tools. lsmod shows that the vmxnet driver is loaded.
lsmod -l | grep vm
vmci 85329 1 vsock
vmware_balloon 7199 0
vmxnet 18930 0
On the ESXi machine I see this:
# esxcfg-nics -l
Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
vmnic0 0000:00:0a.00 forcedeth Up 1000Mbps Full 00:19:66:d4:1c:b0 1500 nVidia Corporation nVidia NForce Network Controller
# esxcfg-vmknic -l
Interface Port Group/DVPort IP Family IP Address Netmask Broadcast MAC Address MTU TSO MSS Enabled Type
vmk0 Management Network IPv4 192.168.20.5 255.255.255.224 192.168.20.31 00:19:66:d4:1c:b0 1500 65535 true STATIC
vmk0 Management Network IPv6 fe80::219:66ff:fed4:1cb0 64 00:19:66:d4:1c:b0 1500 65535 true STATIC, PREFERRED
# esxcfg-vswitch -l
Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks
vSwitch0 128 4 128 1500 vmnic0
PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports Uplinks
VM Network 0 0 vmnic0
Management Network 0 1 vmnic0
I could not find any useful hints so far to find out what is wrong with my setup.
Any ideas?
Thank you.
Frank