ESXi Web Management without network adapaters?

[DeathPheonix]

 I'm trying to run OpenWRT on ESXi however I'd like to have all my ethernet ports as LAN/WAN, is there a way so that i can setup the web management so that i can access the management website from any computer connected to openwrt?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Use a virtual switch on esxi, so the lan port is switched to other vms and the management interface.

[Jarsky]

vSphere assigns its management network to vmnet0 by default. As long as thats attached to your vSwitch and shares any VLAN's you might have with the rest of your machines, you can access it. 

[DeathPheonix]

43 minutes ago, Jarsky said:

vSphere assigns its management network to vmnet0 by default. As long as thats attached to your vSwitch and shares any VLAN's you might have with the rest of your machines, you can access it. 

My management network is currently attached to vSwitch0, however I don't seem to be able to select vSwitch0 when adding a network adapter to my virtual machine

[leadeater]

6 hours ago, DeathPheonix said:

My management network is currently attached to vSwitch0, however I don't seem to be able to select vSwitch0 when adding a network adapter to my virtual machine

You need to at add a Port Group to the virtual switch, you don't assign VMs to virtual switches directly in ESXi.

[Jarsky]

6 hours ago, DeathPheonix said:

My management network is currently attached to vSwitch0, however I don't seem to be able to select vSwitch0 when adding a network adapter to my virtual machine

 

When you configured ESXi, it should have automatically created a default port group 'VM Network', which is VLAN 0. This port group is on vSwitch0, so you should be allocating it to that port group by default.