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ESXi 4.1 and Virtual Connect (Flex 10): No Network Stats

Hi there,

I am using ESXi 4.1 (build 348418) on HP BL460G6 servers (c7000 enclosure), with HP Virtual Connect.

I am happy with the set up, and everything seems to work. (vMotion, StoragevMotion, guest traffic etc)

However, when I look at the Performance charts in vCenter, the Network performance information shows nothing.

Every vNic, every statistic, is 0.

When I asked at the HP stand at vForum 2010 in Sydney, I found that theirs was the same! (but they didn't know why).

Has anyone else found and overcome this issue?

I have applied any and all patches that I can find, but it remains the same, and I'm WonderingWhy.

Thanks!

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Rajeev_S
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i had the issue and used bnx2x-1.62.15.v41, 2nd in the link.

It worked for me. Hope this helps!

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jcwuerfl
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I wonder if this applies?

http://t.co/qq0WHKm

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WonderingWhy
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Thanks for the response.

However, I don't think that database access is my issue because I also have a DL380G6 host that is part of the cluster, and I can see network stats for that one.

Any/All ideas welcome

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Does anyone have any other theories on this?

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VmFunda
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Hi There,

I have exactly the same issue, with same hardware, and i've seen it on more blogs and such...

no solution yet, i am going to do a support request...

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J-D
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Hey, we have the same issue on HP BL460c G6 and G7 blades.

G6: NC352i flex-10: driver included in vSphere 4.1 CD.

G7: NC553i and NC532m flex-10

in case of G7 we loaded the latest drivers at boot time.

Did you get a response from support? Any patch coming out?

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Hi J-D,

Thanks for your reply.

Could you tell me where you found the driver on the 4.1 CD and how you loaded it?

As I'm using ESXi I didn't think I could load a specific driver.

I appreciate your assistance,

Nick

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Rajeev_S
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Hello,

Please install the NW drivers in the below link,

http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/dt_esx41_broadcom_netxtremeii_032311/ZHcqYnR0anBiZCpwcA

Hope this helps!

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J-D
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I downloaded this driver:

http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/esxi4x_emulex_be10gb_dt/ZHcqYnRkKmpiZCpwcA==

VMware ESX/ESXi 4.x Driver CD for Emulex BladeEngine 10Gb Ethernet Controller

2.103.377.0

2011/02/10

I installed it at boot time. During install you'll get the question to add extra drivers.

I'll try the driver Rajeev suggested by using esxupdate and I'll let you know if that driver gives performance statistics.

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J-D
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in the iso that Rajeev suggested I found 4 driver-zips.

I installed the first with esxupdate --bundle /mnt/cdrom/offline-bundle/BCM-bnx2-2.0.22f.v41.2-offline_bundle-380522.zip update and rebooted

No changes in performance monitoring though.

Rajeev, any suggested which driverzip? Or was this a wild guess?

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Rajeev_S
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i had the issue and used bnx2x-1.62.15.v41, 2nd in the link.

It worked for me. Hope this helps!

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J-D
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Hi, no changes with that driver Smiley Sad

And in fact it's not suprising as it's a Broadcom driver.

The bl460c G7 has an NC553i adapter on-board and a NC532m mezzanine. On the latter I could get performance stats already.

According to the configuration pane that NC532m is a Broadcom adapter and for the NC553i it's "ServerEngines Corp".

so it's looking for a good driver for that NIC. We already have one because without it we wouldn't even see the NIC's but maybe there is a better one around.

We used vmware-esx-drivers-net-be2net_400.2.103.377.0-1vmw.2.17.249663.358277 and this one works but gives no performance statistics.

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My issue was solved by using the driver that Rajeev listed:  

BCM-bnx2x-1.62.15.v41.2-offline_bundle-380522.zip

Which I extracted from within this download:

vmware-esx-drivers-bnx2-bnx2x-cnic-bnx2i.380522.iso

I used the CLI to update the host (in maint. mode), using this command line:

vihostupdate.pl --server <ipaddress> --install --bundle "<path>\BCM-bnx2x-1.62.15.v41.2-offline_bundle-380522.zip"

Thanks to all who contributed!

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