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MAC address of VMware host, at console

This newly installed VMware ESXi 5.5 server cannot be connected to network unless I provide MAC address of mgmt NIC. I cannot find MAC address at the console. Should have been so easy... is there anyway to access command prompt?

Thanks for any help.

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Sagar Dhawan

Hi,

you can check and configure the mac for mgmt network in the esxi host network configuration.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1031111

Sagar Dhawan

Typical administration tasks on console include:

Reset ‘root’ password
Configure Lockdown mode
Configure, Restart, Test and Restore the VMware ESX Management Network
Restart Management Agents
Configure Keyboard
Troubleshoot
View System Logs
Reset System Configuration (Factory Reset)
Shutdown/Restart the VMware ESX Host

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Thanks, Andrew. When it comes to VMware, you are the man!

MacClean, your link will come handy some day. Thanks.

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

@Akuish Thanks for your kind comments.