Performing Post-installation Configuration
Whether you are installing interactively from a mounted ISO or performing an unattended installation of ESXi using a kickstart script, when the installation is complete, several post-installation steps are necessary, depending on your specific configuration. We discuss these tasks in the following sections.
Reconfiguring the Management Network
During the installation of ESXi, the installer creates a virtual switch—also known as a vSwitch—bound to a physical NIC. The tricky part, depending on your server hardware, is that the installer might select a different physical NIC than the one you need for correct network connectivity. Consider the scenario shown in Figure 2.7. If, for whatever reason, the ESXi installer doesn't link the correct physical NIC to the vSwitch it creates, then you won't have network connectivity to that host. We'll talk more about why ESXi's network connectivity must be configured with the...