1)Download the 'vmdk' file from the link in chrome or firefox browser . 2)Download the 'ovf' template from the link in chrome or firefox browser. 3)Now unzip the 'ovf' template. It will have two files .ovf and .mf 4)Now keep all the .vmdk,.ovf and .mf file in the same directory 5)Now Open the V-Center the and deploy the ovf template. The VM deployment should start. 6)Once the VM is deployed, assign the appropriate RAM and CPU cores. 7)Assign static ip address by using guest login, using the steps mentioned below: To assign IP address login as guest and run following script ./configure_ip.bash Example: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> guest@vunet-shipper:~$ ./configure_ip.bash 192.168.8.101 255.255.254.0 192.168.8.1 Validating 192.168.8.101 Validating 255.255.254.0 Validating 192.168.8.1 Extracting the Ethernet Interface Name..... [ 1.375202] e1000 0000:00:03.0 enp0s3: renamed from eth0 Interface name is enp0s3 Interface Name is : enp0s3 Following are the setting ETHERNET enp0s3 IPADDRESS 192.168.8.101 NETMASK 255.255.254.0 GATEWAY 192.168.8.1 Are you sure? [y/N] y Proceeding with the configuration changes ****Displaying the contents of interfaces file**** # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto enp0s3 #Set static IP iface enp0s3 inet static address 192.168.8.101 netmask 255.255.254.0 gateway 192.168.8.1 #dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 ****END Displaying the contents of interfaces file**** Is the settings of interfaces file correct Are you sure? [y/N] y Proceeding with the configuration changes IP configuration is done.. Reboot the server for the changes to take effect <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<