Atom C3758/X553 GbE driver for ESXi 6.5/6.7

[daoyama]

A few days ago, I bought Atom C3758 based Mother Board.

Unfortunately, ESXi 6.5/6.7 have no inbox driver for X553 GbE.

So I build x553 only driver from ixgbe-5.3.6 linux driver.

I'm using it with following parts.

Asrock Rack C3758D4I-4L

Kingston KVR24R17D4K4/128

Intel ET Dual Port Server Adapter

(initial connection by igb inbox driver)

Transcend JetFlash 720S

SilverStone SST-CS280 / SST-ST45SF

I have tested with IPv4, MTU9000, no VLAN only. (mainly iSCSI connections)

Other setting may cause problems.

However, if you are interested in the driver, try it.

To use this driver:

# esxcli software acceptance set --level=CommunitySupported

# esxcli software vib install -v /tmp/net65-x553-5.3.6.x86_64.vib

[Scholler]

Hi all,

first let me say thank you daoyama for sharing the driver and the "howto" which let me at least install Hypervisor on my Supermicro A2SDi-16C-HLN4F Motherboard.

Basically the NICs are working but if I e.g. upload files to the ESXi datastore (iso files, VM files etc) - does not matter if I do this via the web console or via SSH, I only get a rate of 2 Mbit/sec.

Did I miss sth to configure or to pay attention on?

Any help is being appreciated, thank you 🙂

[Ubinewbie]

did you try checking speeds via other tests, like SMB file transfer between a VM and your PC over ethernet cable?

Try to isolate the issue

[Protogen]

first let me say thank you daoyama for sharing the driver...

... I only get a rate of 2 Mbit/sec

It sounds like you're using daoyama's driver (net65-x553) from post #1.  Others have reported speed problems when using it.

You need to use my driver (net-ixgbe_x553_7) which is posted above (Re: Atom C3758/X553 GbE driver for ESXi 6.5/6.7 ).

Try that and see how you go.

[Scholler]

Hi all,

for those who did not notice it by themselves:

https://my.vmware.com/de/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI67-INTEL-IXGBEN-1710&productId=746#...

:smileylaugh:

Best regards

[SlinkingAnt]

Although the driver does work for me, I'm having a lot of issues with my Supermicro A2SDV-16C-TLN5F board. Had to update the BIOS to the latest version to install 6.7U1, and since then a PSOD within an hour of booting, on both the old 6.5 install as on the new 6.7U1 .

[Wahmba]

I assume this driver would work for all Atom C3000 Series, correct?  I've got an Atom C3338 (super micro MB A2SDi-2C-HLN4F) that I plan to use for a small home lab.  I've used ESXi Customizer and added the driver to a custom ISO (made it bootable with ESXi 6.7 U3), but I can't seem to get it to recognize the 4 onboard 1Gb NICs when installing.  Any help is greatly appreciated!

[tuvwxyz]

I downloaded the latest driver as of Sep 2019,

Download VMware ESXi 6.7 ixgben 1.7.20 NIC Driver for Intel Ethernet Controllers 82599, x520, x540, x550, x552 and x553 family,

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI67-INTEL-IXGBEN-1720&productId=734

I applied extracted the zip and applied the zip/vib package using esxcli and it installs successfully. After reboot, all the internal NICs are listed:

(ignore vmnic0 to vmnic4 as those are nics from pci-e x4)

From the Release notes:

- Driver Version: 1.7.10

   Hardware Supported: Intel(R) Ethernet Controllers 82599, x520, x540, x550, and x552 family

   Supported ESXi releases: 6.0 and 6.7

   Compatible ESXi version: 6.5

   New Features Supported:

      - Added firmware recovery mode.

   New Hardware Supported:

      - X553 support

[jjchief]

You're a saviour!

For the record, this is where I downloaded the newest driver version:

Search ixgben version 1.7.20 for ESXi 6.7 U3 here:

VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search

Download from here:

Download VMware vSphere

Use ESXi customizer from here to inject the driver in an ISO:

https://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer-ps.html

Enjoy.

[Protogen]

I downloaded the latest driver as of Sep 2019,

Download VMware ESXi 6.7 ixgben 1.7.20 NIC Driver for Intel Ethernet Controllers 82599, x520, x540, x550, x552 and x553 family,

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI67-INTEL-IXGBEN-1720&productId=734

I am also using the ixgben driver now.

On 11th Oct 2019, I switched from using my own driver (net-ixgbe_x553_7) to using ixgben 1.7.20 (I also upgraded from 6.7.0 to 6.7.0U3 at the same time).

So far it has been working well.  I've had no problems and performance is great.

[leecheng]

can you give me a iso file with driver？I can't warppe this driver，I try many again，but it can not installed