Hi Suresh:
1) I am testing via scp from a physical server (10.1.1.5) to the VM (10.1.1.42) server as root. The ping is successful, but the SCP is not. Which suggests there is a networking problem.
2) So using your suggestion, I ssh into the ESXi host (10.1.1.40). Do you see a problem in the output of "esxcfg-vmknic -l"?
~ # esxcfg-nics -l
Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
vmnic0 0000:01:00.00 tg3 Down 0Mbps Half 90:b1:1c:57:b7:aa 1500 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic1 0000:01:00.01 tg3 Down 0Mbps Half 90:b1:1c:57:b7:ab 1500 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic2 0000:02:00.00 tg3 Down 0Mbps Half 90:b1:1c:57:b7:ac 1500 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic3 0000:02:00.01 tg3 Down 0Mbps Half 90:b1:1c:57:b7:ad 1500 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic4 0000:42:00.00 ixgbe Up 10000Mbps Full a0:36:9f:3e:cb:cc 9000 Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller 10 Gigabit X540-AT2
vmnic5 0000:42:00.01 ixgbe Up 10000Mbps Full a0:36:9f:3e:cb:ce 9000 Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller 10 Gigabit X540-AT2
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~ # esxcfg-vmknic -l
Interface Port Group/DVPort IP Family IP Address Netmask Broadcast MAC Address MTU TSO MSS Enabled Type
vmk0 Management Network IPv4 10.1.1.40 255.255.255.0 10.1.1.255 a0:36:9f:3e:cb:cc 1500 65535 true STATIC
vmk0 Management Network IPv6 fe80::a236:9fff:fe3e:cbcc 64 a0:36:9f:3e:cb:cc 1500 65535 true STATIC, PREFERRED