Intel ethernet connection (10) i219-v support

[mbaldi]

Hi,

i have tried to install esxi 6.7 u3 on my intel box but i am getting issue on network driver as it is not recognised. which option i have to solve it?

- 7.0u3 is not anymore available for free

- 8.0 is available only for 60 days free trial. what's happen after 60 days?

- is it possibile to create a custom esxi 6.7 with VIB e1000 drivers. i found reference only for 7.0

Regards,

Max  

[DCasota]

Hi Max,

Your question is weired. Let me explain why and please add an update.

You are here in the ESXi-on-Arm fling forum. So this is NOT for ESXi on x86_64 hardware. In Short: You can buy a NVidia Jetson, install ESXi on it and run arm64 Windows and Linux on it. Add some sensors and get an idea for AI/ML/inferencing.
On arm64 there is no commercial product version yet. The fling version ESXi-on-Arm 7.0 comes implicitly with a 180 day license. 

Your wish for a free license - VMware supports free x86_64 ESXi hypervisor. From other threads, I've learned that there is a weblink issue but some links have been fixed. I didn't know that it is still possible to get an ESXI 6.x free hypervisor license. So, check the forum.

On not-supported hardware typically you spend hours on learning. For Intel i219-v support on x86_64 ESXi, check the forums https://vibsdepot.v-front.de/ and https://flings.vmware.com/community-networking-driver-for-esxi .

Hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Daniel