Hi,

I have just managed to start ESXi 3.5 update 4 on Intel Mainboard DG45ID - Intel NIC 82567LF.

Initially, the problems described above observed.

What I did:

1) made ESXi bootable from USB Flash as described here;

Under Ubuntu:

2) mounted this usb flash drive;

3) downloaded oem_8086_10f5.tgz.tar  for Intel 82567LM Ethernet adapter (8086:10f5) from here;

4) unpacked it;

6) and replaced entries for 8086:10f5 to 8086:10cd (82567LF) in simple.map and pci.id;

5) followed instructions from  here to pack all modified stuff and replaced original oem.tgz by new one on Hypervisor1 partition of USB Flash drirve;

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6) Booted ESXi from prepared USB flash drive on DG45ID - Intel NIC 82567LF machine without any problems. Got access to ESXi server from Infrastructure client via network.