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April 4th, 2018 09:00

VMware ESXi 6.0 doesn't lookup DHCP on my PowerEdge T460 server

Hi guys, i recently bought a PowerEdge T460 server but i've a big problem: i can't connect my vSphere client on the ESXi host installed in the server. I download from the official PowerEdge T460 download page, the ESXi 6.0 ISO (VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0.update03-5572656.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A04) but it says: Warning: DHCP lookup failed, http://169.254.65.224/ (Waiting for DHCP...)

I'm trying everything, i'm at home to test it so i would connect my host at my router. I tried to set IP manually:

IP: 192.168.1.200

SUBNET: 255.255.255.0

GATEWAY: 192.168.1.1 (my router with DHCP enabled)

DNS: obtain dns and hostname automatically

 

but it doesn't work, always the same warning, i can't ping 192.168.1.1 or other device and i can't ping 192.168.1.200 from other device too

 

any suggest? My NIC adapter is a BCM57416

 

Thanks!

 

PS: i tried even with VMware ESXi 6.5 but nothing happen

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April 4th, 2018 12:00

Hi,

Can you private message me the service tag so we can get some additional information?

Do you have a link light on the NIC? Which NIC port are you connecting to?

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September 17th, 2018 15:00

Hi, I'm seeing the same issue with the exact same setup. Please help. It keeps saying "DHCP lookup failed"

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September 17th, 2018 20:00

This typically means either the wrong NIC is plugged in (compared to which NIC is set for vmk0/management), or a vlan id is missing (default is untagged, so if the switch has the DHCP server handing out IP addresses on a certain tagged vlan, you need to add this vlan id to the management settings at the DCUI).

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May 9th, 2019 05:00

Hi, I have the same issue with the same NIC on ESXi 6.7 on DELL R640, could please share the solution you found, thank you.

 

September 25th, 2019 13:00

Presento el mismo problema con mi servidor PowerEdge T640, por favor una respuesta!

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