I'm tyring to install CentOS 7 on vSphere 5.1.0. First off, this version of vSphere didn't have an enrty for CentOS 7 in the Guest Operating System version dropdown. I tried using CentOS 4/5/6 (64 bit), as well as Other Linux (64 bit). I also tried installing CentOS 6, but the problem below is not resolved.
The NIC I have chosen is Repl, with the E1000 Adapter.
At the end of the installation, the VM can't connect to the Internet using the installed FireFox, or even ping via Terminal.
I haven't installed VMWare Tools yet, as that requires the internet.
I haven't done anything with Samba. My understanding is that it's only needed if I want the CentOS to be able to talk to the other computers in our Windows domain; it's not needed simply to connect to the Internet.
I'm assuming there's some Network configuration I need to do in Linux, maybe with DHCP or something. I thought it would work automatically, but apparently I was wrong.
Thanks in advance for you help.
Aaron