→ Applies to: VMware ESXi 6.5 and above

Step 1. Login to VMware ESXi GUI (replace <your_ip_address_or_hostname> with the correct ip/hostname)

https://<your_ip_address_or_hostname>

Step 2. Click on Virtual Machines, then click on the PXE VM

Step 3. Click on PXE VM Console

Step 4. Login to the PXE VM

Default credentials:

• Username: root
• Password: Syneto.Default1

Step 5. Check IP configuration for all network interfaces

ip -a

EXAMPLE OUTPUT

[root@localhost ~]# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: ens34: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:0c:29:93:30:e2 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
altname enp2s2
inet 192.168.101.144/24 brd 192.168.101.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute ens34
valid_lft 43069sec preferred_lft 43069sec
inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:fe93:30e2/64 scope link noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: ens35: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:0c:29:93:30:ec brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
altname enp2s3
inet 192.168.101.154/24 brd 192.168.101.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute ens35
valid_lft 43067sec preferred_lft 43067sec
inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:fe93:30ec/64 scope link noprefixroute
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever