no link present. Check Cable?
Solution:
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This is a known issue for VMWare, published on Knowledgebase Article 977:
Edit (for eth0):
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
check_link_down() {
return 1;
}
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
Then execute: $ifup eth0
Repeat the process for every NIC you need to use DHCP