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Enthusiast

10 Gb NIC driver install

Hi,

my issue is that I have addes a 10 Gb network card add to the esxi 5.5, it's normal to don't see it on network adapters before installing the driver!

so I have downloaded the .zip file for driver and extract the .vib to install it with the command: esxcli software vib install -v {VIBFILE}

but after all that I cannot see the network card on the list!!!!

what have I missed?!

please help!

regards,

Noura

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abhilashhb
VMware Employee
VMware Employee

Reboot the server once maybe?

Abhilash B
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vfk
Expert
Expert

I would refer to the vendor install instruction for the drivers, this should detail the expected out in each stage on the install.

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