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    <title>topic Which driver to choose | ESXi 6.5 Elxnet in VMware vSphere™ Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi all,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I just wanted to download the latest driver for my ESXi hosts from vmware.com.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then I got a little bit confused, the version numbers of the Emulex driver 'elxnet' are decrementing.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Example:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;11.1.196.3&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Release Date&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2016-09-30&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;12.0.1115.0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Release Date&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2018-04-12&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;11.1.183.654&amp;nbsp; Release Date&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2018-06-08&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Which driver should I choose?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:20:51 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>stowny</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2018-09-03T15:20:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Which driver to choose | ESXi 6.5 Elxnet</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Which-driver-to-choose-ESXi-6-5-Elxnet/m-p/1382310#M13940</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi all,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I just wanted to download the latest driver for my ESXi hosts from vmware.com.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then I got a little bit confused, the version numbers of the Emulex driver 'elxnet' are decrementing.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Example:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;11.1.196.3&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Release Date&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2016-09-30&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;12.0.1115.0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Release Date&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2018-04-12&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;11.1.183.654&amp;nbsp; Release Date&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2018-06-08&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Which driver should I choose?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:20:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>stowny</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-09-03T15:20:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Which driver to choose | ESXi 6.5 Elxnet</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Which-driver-to-choose-ESXi-6-5-Elxnet/m-p/1382311#M13941</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Could you provide&amp;nbsp; the complete model name of adapter for which you are looking for drivers.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Gayathri&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:23:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>GayathriS</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-09-03T15:23:48Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Which driver to choose | ESXi 6.5 Elxnet</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Which-driver-to-choose-ESXi-6-5-Elxnet/m-p/1382312#M13942</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;We are using both Lenovo/IBM branded Emulex OneConnect OCe11100 and Emulex OneConnect OCe14000 in our hosts.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;According to the download page the same driver (elxnet) should be applicable to both models:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;This Emulex driver enables support for Emulex's OCe11x (DID:0710), OCe14x (DID:0720). Emulex VID:19a2/10df and SVID:10df.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;This driver also supports Emulex's equivalent OEM-Branded versions.&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;What citeria should i use to determin the latest driver? The release date or the version number...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2018 06:21:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>stowny</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-09-04T06:21:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Which driver to choose | ESXi 6.5 Elxnet</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Which-driver-to-choose-ESXi-6-5-Elxnet/m-p/1382313#M13943</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Since I have a similiar issue: check the supported driver version for the specific card!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php" title="https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php"&gt;VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;In &lt;A _jive_internal="true" href="https://communities.vmware.com/thread/608045"&gt;my case&lt;/A&gt; (HPE FlexFabric 554M card) I had to use an "older" driver (at least by version number); the latest driver is unstable (and not listed on VMware compatibility page).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If the 12* driver is listed, I would try it (the 11* is maybe a hotfix for an older driver branch).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2019 13:15:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>vmjoe</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-03-26T13:15:04Z</dc:date>
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