Linux CentOS - Enable Network Adaptor and Assign Static IP Address

To deploy OVA or OVF file, 

• Login to VCenter with the Administrator account
• Make sure to use FQDN in URL instead of IP Address
• In case image file cannot be recognized by the version of VCenter, run command shell as admin and issue the following command
• tar -xvf yourfilename.ova

Follow the link below to assign a static IP address to the network adaptor. CentOS may or maybe use eth0 as network adaptor name and could be something like: ens32

Use #ip a to see the network interfaces. more...