Hi I've installed HP NC512m mezzanine cards in my BL685c gen1 blades, have a 10Gb Ethernet Switch in the enclosure and the ILO manager informs me that the adapters are mapped on the switch. All is good so far, the VMWARE HCL tells me that the nc512m is compatible with esxi 4.1u2 . I have a custom HP image with the driver installed :
/tmp # ipkg list_installed | grep nx-nic
vmware-esx-drivers-net-nx-nic - 400.4.0.550.1-2vmw.2.11.502767 -
I can see the devices :
~ # lspci | grep NetXen
000:068:00.0 Network controller: NetXen XG Mgmt
000:068:00.2 Network controller: NetXen NC512m Dual Port 10GbE Multifunction BL-C Adapter [vmnic8]
000:068:00.3 Network controller: NetXen NC512m Dual Port 10GbE Multifunction BL-C Adapter [vmnic9]
But the NICs aren't visible in the VSphere Client.
~ # esxcfg-nics -l
Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
vmnic4 0000:03:00.00 bnx2 Up 1000Mbps Full 00:19:bb:3b:cf:20 1500 Broadcom Corporation NC373i Integrated Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
vmnic5 0000:05:00.00 bnx2 Up 1000Mbps Full 00:19:bb:3b:cf:16 1500 Broadcom Corporation NC373i Integrated Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
vmnic6 0000:07:04.00 tg3 Up 1000Mbps Full 00:19:bb:3b:7c:dd 1500 Broadcom Corporation NC326i PCIe Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter
vmnic7 0000:07:04.01 tg3 Up 1000Mbps Full 00:19:bb:3b:7c:de 1500 Broadcom Corporation NC326i PCIe Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter
~ #
Any idea on how to enable them and use them ?
Thanks in advance.
