vmnic0 0000:01:00.00 nx_nic Down 0Mbps Half 00:25:b3:00:a2:98 1500 NetXen HP NC522SFP Dual Port 10GbE Server Adapter
vmnic1 0000:01:00.01 nx_nic Down 0Mbps Half 00:25:b3:00:a2:9c 1500 NetXen HP NC522SFP Dual Port 10GbE Server Adapter
vmnic2 0000:08:00.00 e1000e Up 1000Mbps Full 00:1b:21:78:7e:01 1500 Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)
vmnic3 0000:08:00.01 e1000e Up 1000Mbps Full 00:1b:21:78:7e:00 9000 Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)
vmnic3.p1 0000:03:00.00 ib_ipoib Down 0Mbps Half 00:02:c9:21:11:ad 1500 Mellanox Technologies MT25208 InfiniHost III Ex
vmnic3.p2 0000:03:00.00 ib_ipoib Down 0Mbps Half 00:02:c9:21:11:ae 1500 Mellanox Technologies MT25208 InfiniHost III Ex
vmnic4 0000:09:00.00 e1000e Up 1000Mbps Full 00:1b:21:78:7e:03 1500 Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)
vmnic6 0000:09:00.01 e1000e Up 1000Mbps Full 00:1b:21:78:7e:02 1500 Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper)
vmnic7 0000:0b:00.00 igb Down 0Mbps Half 00:30:48:cc:f5:aa 1500 Intel Corporation 82575EB Gigabit Network Connection
vmnic8 0000:0b:00.01 igb Down 0Mbps Half 00:30:48:cc:f5:ab 1500 Intel Corporation 82575EB Gigabit Network Connection
I've added two Infiniband cards to each of my ESXi 4.1 servers but have been unable to get even a link light to come on although the cards show in ESXi. For the Mellanox cards I had to install some beta drivers I got from the company and that seemed to work without a problem. For the NetXen cards they seemed to be found by ESXi out of the box.
If I connect my iSCSI device to my switch by the same cables the link lights come on and everything seems to work but if I plug into the ESXi machines there is nothing. The only way I've yet got a link light out of them is by plugging the same cable into the two ports on the same card.
Is there something else I need to do?
Also, is there any way to cause the pnics to be listed in a more logical order and to stop moving around when I apply system patches? Something similar to Linux where you can assign a specific device MAC to an interface?
