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provide access to them from the console operating system, you would use the

following command to install the vmxnet_console module.

insmod vmxnet_console devName=vmnic1,vmnet_0

The devName parameter is a comma-separated list of names of VMkernel network

adapters and virtual networks.

When you install the module, it adds the appropriate number of eth<n> devices on

the console operating system in the order that you list the VMkernel network adapter

and virtual network names after the devName parameter. In the example above, if

the console operating system already had a network adapter named eth0, when you

load vmxnet_console with vmnic1 and vmnet_0, vmnic1 is seen as eth1 on

the console operating system and vmnet_0 is seen as eth2.

Once the eth<n> devices are created on the console operating system, you can

bring the interfaces up in the normal manner. For example, if you want the console

operating system to use IP address 10.2.0.4 for the network accessed via the vmnic1

adapter, use the following command:

ifconfig eth1 up 10.2.0.4

If you want an easy way to see which eth<n> devices are added by the insmod

command, you can add the tagName parameter to the insmod command, as

shown in this example:

insmod vmxnet_console devName=vmnic1,vmnet_0 tagName=<tag>

In this case the vmxnet_console module adds the names of each of the eth<n>

devices that it created to /var/log/messages. Each message begins with the

string <tag>. To figure out the names of the devices that were added, use this

command:

grep <tag> /var/log/messages

Starting Shared VMkernel Network Adapters and Virtual

Networks when the Console Operating System Boots

There are two ways you can configure the console operating system to start VMkernel

network adapters when the console operating system boots. The simpler case

involves sharing a network adapter other than eth0. Sharing eth0 is more

complicated and is described later.

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