Cannot find driver for Intel® Ethernet Controller i225-V to install esxi7.0U2a on NUC11PAHi5

[olympia5r5]

Is there any driver for "Intel® Ethernet Controller i225-V" to install esxi7.0U2a on NUC11PAHi5 ?

i managed to create customized iso from the following but still detect "no network adapter" during installation

VMware-ESXi-7.0U2a-17867351-depot.zip

Net-Community-Driver_1.2.0.0-1vmw.700.1.0.15843807_18028830.zip

Please kindly advise

[olympia5r5]

Hi, just for sharing. i managed to install and setup the Esxi. But noticed this behaviour,  not sure is it due to the network adapter driver. i cannot find the network adapter driver for Intel i225-V on Esxi. i was using "net-community" and always need to reboot NUC twice to use it.

Below is the scripts to create iso:

Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\nuc-esxi\VMware-ESXi-7.0U3-18644231-depot.zip
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\nuc-esxi\Net-Community-Driver_1.2.0.0-1vmw.700.1.0.15843807_18028830.zip

New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile "ESXi-7.0U3-18644231-standard" -name "ESXi-7.0U3-18644231-NUC" -Vendor "native"

Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile "ESXi-7.0U3-18644231-NUC" -SoftwarePackage "net-community"

Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi-7.0U3-18644231-NUC" -ExportToISO -filepath C:\nuc-esxi\ESXi-7.0U3-18644231-NUC.iso -NoSignatureCheck

[ahafiz89]

I have the same issue. Using the same script and driver. 

My solution is to sideload the USB fling driver + the “net-community” driver. Plug in the USB ethernet adapter on my NUC, and it detected both of my network adapter. 

If i restart and remove the USB ethernet, the network card is not detected as well unless if i plug in back the USB ethernet adapter., both are visible from the esxi console. Weird bug or issue.