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No Network Adapters - onboard 10GbE, motherboard: S2600WF (Intel Server System R1208WFTYS)

Hi All,

During installation I get following message "No Network Adapters". (in ESXi 5.5 versions)

In ESXi 6.7 versions server reboots while loading /sb.v00 or /s.v00.

Intel has only following driver to download i40en-1.3.1 but this driver is already included in custom images (HPE, Lenovo).

With best regards,

Ulukbek

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Hi all,

Managed to install HP's custom image "VMware-ESXi-6.7.0-9484548-HPE-Gen9plus-670.10.3.5.6-Sep2018"

by changing BIOS mode from UEFI to Legacy. After installation changed back to UEFI and added manually  "Boot option" (ESXi\EFI\BOOT\BOOTx64.efi).

With regards,

Ulukbek

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MikeStoica
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Are you using a custom image? Did you checked if your hardware is on the 6.7 supported list?

Check this https://www.v-front.de/2014/12/how-to-make-your-unsupported-nic-work.html

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u1ukbek
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Trying both custom from HP, Lenovo and VMware's original images but no luck.

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MikeStoica
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Why did you tried both from HP and Lenovo? Is your hardware HP or Lenovo? Did you checked on the supported hardware?

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u1ukbek
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I hoped that missing drivers will be in custom images.

In following link motherboard is marked as compatible with Fault Tolerance feature but not listed in main HCL.

https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=server&productid=43630&vcl=...

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Found onboard adapter name: Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GBASE-T

VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search

Please help to identify compatibility of motherboard and network adapter.

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Hi all,

Managed to install HP's custom image "VMware-ESXi-6.7.0-9484548-HPE-Gen9plus-670.10.3.5.6-Sep2018"

by changing BIOS mode from UEFI to Legacy. After installation changed back to UEFI and added manually  "Boot option" (ESXi\EFI\BOOT\BOOTx64.efi).

With regards,

Ulukbek

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