What version of vCenter Server did you deploy the VM to? What were the deployment steps that you took (e.g. did you just deploy clean and attempt to set networking information or did you try DHCP first and then switch to static, etc)?
While it is good you were able to get to set the information, it may get overridden on reboot so we would like to determine why it is not working. Can you generate a support bundle (go to Administration and select the Download support bundle from the health page) and upload it per the instructions here: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1008525 (no need to create a SR just create a folder called einstein-loginsight).
If anyone else is experiencing this issue - please reply to this thread and include the how you are deploying the VM including the exact version of vCenter Server and deployment steps.