Rebooting a guest causes IP address conflict

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We've been having issues while setting up a vSphere cluster, using 7 ESXi hosts, and running about 74 guests that are amongst the mess.

Our issue is that when we reboot a guest, Windows or Linux, they come back and report an IP Address conflict.

We do not run DHCP, all hosts have statically assigned IP addresses. All network connectivity has been tested on all of the guests, but recently this issue has started plaguing us.

Can anyone shed some light on this issue?

Best Answer

Have you cleared arp cache on the switch the ESX hosts are connected to? See, http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1008177