Check the links here for it - http://www.vm-help.com/esx40i/esx40_whitebox_HCL.php.




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Hi,

I have recently formatted an ESX 3.5 server which has been running without a reboot for over 400 days without problem with 6 NICS:

4 NetXtreme BCM5704

2 Intel® PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter

The 2 Intel NICs are used for NAS and everything was fine until I formatted and installed ESXi 4.0

Now I lose NIC connectivity every few minutes and the only way to restore connectivity is via a reboot!

Name PCI Driver Link Speed Description
vmnic0 01:01.00 tg3 Up 1000Mbps Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic1 01:01.01 tg3 Up 1000Mbps Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic2 06:01.00 tg3 Up 1000Mbps Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic3 06:01.01 tg3 Up 1000Mbps Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic4 15:00.00 e1000e Down 0Mbps Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
vmnic5 15:00.01 e1000e Down 0Mbps Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter

In the HCL the adapter is supported but with the following note: 1. e1000e version 0.4.1.7

There is a patch available for ESX ( http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014843 ) but I have found nothing for ESXi

I am downloading ESXi 4.0U1 (Build 208167) to see if the latest updates help.

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