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David_Sudjiman_
Sep 13, 2016Nimbostratus
I've installed BIG-IP-11.3.0.39 on VMWARE Fusion (7.1.3) with details below.
Network Adapter (0) - Mgmt - VMNET 7 (10.1.0.0/24)
Network Adapter 2 - External - VMNET 6 (192.168.1.0/24)
Network Adapter 3 - Internal - VMNET 9 (10.2.0.0/24)
Network Adapter 4 - HA - VMNET 10 (10.3.0.0/24)
From My Mac (El Capitan), I've setup the VMNET as below:
Mgmt - VMNET 7 (10.1.0.0/24) - NAT (checked); Connect to Mac
External - VMNET 6 (192.168.1.0/24) - Connect to Mac (Just for testing)
Internal - VMNET 9 (10.2.0.0/24) - NAT (checked); Connect to Mac (Just for testing)
HA - VMNET 10 (10.3.0.0/24) - NAT (NOT CHECKED); Connect to Mac (NOT CHECKED)
So far, From my Mac I can ping
MAC - VMNET 7 10.1.0.1/24, I can ping BIG-IP Mgmt 10.1.0.145
MAC - VMNET 6 192.168.1.1/24, I CANNOT ping BIG-IP Ext 192.168.1.145
MAC - VMNET 9 10.2.0.1/24, I CANNOT ping BIG-IP Int 10.2.0.145
Double checking on my Mac, I can see the configuration is as below
vmnet6: flags=8863 mtu 1500
ether 00:50:56:c0:00:06
inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
vmnet7: flags=8863 mtu 1500
ether 00:50:56:c0:00:07
inet 10.1.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.1.0.255
vmnet8: flags=8863 mtu 1500
ether 00:50:56:c0:00:08
inet 172.16.50.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.50.255
vmnet9: flags=8863 mtu 1500
ether 00:50:56:c0:00:09
inet 10.2.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.2.0.255
Checking on my BIG-IP, the interfaces are configured as below.
HA inet addr: 10.3.0.145 mask: 255.255.255.0
eth0 inet addr: 10.1.0.145 mask: 255.255.255.0
eth1 inet addr: None configured
eth2 inet addr: None configured
eth3 inet addr: None configured
ext inet addr: 192.168.1.145 mask: 255.255.255.0 (Note. I CANNOT Ping this from Mac)
int inet addr: 10.2.0.145 mask: 255.255.255.0 (Note. I CANNOT Ping this from Mac)
Particularly on network 10.2.0.0/24 (Internal), I've also setup a server with IP of 10.2.0.11/24. I've put this interface on the same VMNET 9 10.2.0.0/24. My Mac can ping 10.2.0.11 and vice-versa.
And neither my server 10.2.0.11/24 CANNOT ping 10.2.0.145 either and vice-versa.
Below also my VMNET details
$ cat /Library/Preferences/VMware\ Fusion/networking
VERSION=1,0
answer VNET_10_DHCP no
answer VNET_10_HOSTONLY_NETMASK 255.255.255.0
answer VNET_10_HOSTONLY_SUBNET 10.3.0.0
answer VNET_10_VIRTUAL_ADAPTER no
answer VNET_1_DHCP yes
answer VNET_1_HOSTONLY_NETMASK 255.255.255.0
answer VNET_1_HOSTONLY_SUBNET 172.16.242.0
answer VNET_1_VIRTUAL_ADAPTER yes
answer VNET_2_DHCP no
answer VNET_2_HOSTONLY_NETMASK 255.255.255.0
answer VNET_2_HOSTONLY_SUBNET 172.16.1.0
answer VNET_2_VIRTUAL_ADAPTER yes
answer VNET_3_DHCP no
answer VNET_3_HOSTONLY_NETMASK 255.255.255.0
answer VNET_3_HOSTONLY_SUBNET 172.16.2.0
answer VNET_3_VIRTUAL_ADAPTER yes
answer VNET_4_DHCP no
answer VNET_4_HOSTONLY_NETMASK 255.255.255.0
answer VNET_4_HOSTONLY_SUBNET 172.16.3.0
answer VNET_4_VIRTUAL_ADAPTER yes
answer VNET_5_DHCP no
answer VNET_5_HOSTONLY_NETMASK 255.255.255.0
answer VNET_5_HOSTONLY_SUBNET 172.16.10.0
answer VNET_5_NAT no
answer VNET_5_VIRTUAL_ADAPTER yes
answer VNET_6_DHCP no
answer VNET_6_HOSTONLY_NETMASK 255.255.255.0
answer VNET_6_HOSTONLY_SUBNET 192.168.1.0
answer VNET_6_NAT no
answer VNET_6_VIRTUAL_ADAPTER yes
answer VNET_7_DHCP no
answer VNET_7_HOSTONLY_NETMASK 255.255.255.0
answer VNET_7_HOSTONLY_SUBNET 10.1.0.0
answer VNET_7_NAT yes
answer VNET_7_VIRTUAL_ADAPTER yes
answer VNET_8_DHCP yes
answer VNET_8_HOSTONLY_NETMASK 255.255.255.0
answer VNET_8_HOSTONLY_SUBNET 172.16.50.0
answer VNET_8_NAT yes
answer VNET_8_VIRTUAL_ADAPTER yes
answer VNET_9_DHCP no
answer VNET_9_HOSTONLY_NETMASK 255.255.255.0
answer VNET_9_HOSTONLY_SUBNET 10.2.0.0
answer VNET_9_NAT yes
answer VNET_9_VIRTUAL_ADAPTER yes
add_bridge_mapping en0 -1
add_bridge_mapping en4 -1
add_bridge_mapping en5 -1