NIC issue after import

[brettcw23]

I imported an HP DL580 G2 box running win2k3 sp2 box and everything looks good except the NIC. It shows the AMD PCI NIC but says that it cannot start (has the yellow exclamation point next to it). The NIC on the physical box was a Broadcom adapter and we have HP teaming software on the box. What do I need to do in orcer for the adapter to work properly? I attached the message.

[IamTHEvilONE]

I thought I had seen something in the forums about this.

If I remember right, the solution was something like ... remove the 2 nics from device manager in the VM. Remove any teaming software in the VM that is left over from the physical server. power off the VM ... remove the nic hardware ... boot vm & power down VM ... add 1 nic back to the VM via edit settings.

I think the root cause was something to do with how the teaming works with the HP software.

However, I may be totally off base.

Maybe this thread might help:

http://communities.vmware.com/message/952973 - where i got my suggestion from.

[continuum]

I would uninstall both AMD nics - reboot - clean up any phantom nics and reboot another time. Then add one or more e1000 and see if you still have a problem

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[brettcw23]

How would I go about adding the NIC's back in? I removed it originally via device manager and then the plug and play automatically detected it as an AMD inc. So then I went into VC and added a nic via edit settings thinking that I could use the NIC drivers from the physical box., but the VM recognized that nic as an AMD nic, too.

[continuum · Accepted solution]

See http://sanbarrow.com/vmx/vmx-network.html

I'd first set

ethernet0.present = "false"

ethernet1.present = "false"

and clean up phantom nics after boot. Then shutoff VM and then I'd change back to

ethernet0.present = "true"

ethernet1.present = "true"

and add the lines

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

ethernet1.virtualDev = "e1000"

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[brettcw23]

Okay, I think we're moving in the right direction. I did what you stated and now I see an Intel NIC on the box when I go in through the console. Should I just go to edit settings now and add a NIC?

UPDATE: The NIC reappeared as an intel. I simply powered it on. Everything looks good.

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[continuum]

Do you need a second one ?

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[brettcw23]

Nope. We are cool with just one.

One other thing though...can I remove the HP management software since

the server is running virtual now? I'd think that I don't care about any

of the array config software and such.

[continuum]

> can I remove the HP management software

Yes - you may want to uninstall all hardware monitoring software as it makes no sense any more.

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