I am new to using ESXi and vSphere, I currently have ESXi 5 running with a win 2008 server VM on it. I am trying to set it up so that the VM can access the internet by setting up NAT. I cannot find the option in vSphere and all of the documentation I have found doesn't offer much help. I don't really understand the virtual switches and port groups and things like that.
I know in vmWare it was as simple as bridging the virtual adapter to the physical one.
Sorry if this is too in depth of a question.
EDIT: Adding more information.
I currently only have the one vm on the server. In the future I might be adding more to it and I would like all VM based traffic to look like its coming from the ESXi ip address (through NAT).
Best Answer
The IP of the management interface has nothing to do with the IPs of the VMs on it. The fact that, in your setup, the vmkernel port may also be on the same physical port as the vmnetwork doesn't mean anything. Basically, you can't do what you think you can do.