Hello guys!
I'm new on VMware world, and I need some help.
I installed ESXi 6.7 U3 but my NICs aren't working correctly.
NIC 1: RTL8111C
0000:02:00.0 Network controller Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [vmnic0]
Class 0200: 10ec:8168
NIC 2: RTL8105E
0000:03:00.0 Network controller Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
Class 0200: 10ec:8136
After some research on the net, I found a driver (net55-r8168) for RTL8111C (10ec:8168) and how to integrate it on ESXi ISO.
It worked well for a couple of hours, then it suddenly disapeared from my system. Couldn't ping my server from my machine, neither ping from the server.
Then I rebooted and it come back... but again, after some time it's gone.
Now I don't know what to do with this two nics.
The RTL8111C don't work well as I said, and I couldn't find any driver for the RTL8105E. The last driver for RTL8105E only work up to ESXi 6.0.
Drivers used:
RTL8111C - net55-r8168 (https://vibsdepot.v-front.de/wiki/index.php/Net55-r8168)
RTL8105E - net-r8101 (https://vibsdepot.v-front.de/wiki/index.php/Net-r8101) - don't even integrate on ESXi 6.7
More info:
[root@srv-esxi:~] esxcli network nic get -n vmnic0
Advertised Auto Negotiation: true
Advertised Link Modes: 10BaseT/Half, 10BaseT/Full, 100BaseT/Half, 100BaseT/Full, 1000BaseT/Full
Auto Negotiation: true
Cable Type: Twisted Pair
Current Message Level: 51
Driver Info:
Bus Info: 0000:02:00.0
Driver: r8168
Firmware Version:
Version: 8.045.08-NAPI
Link Detected: true
Link Status: Up
Name: vmnic0
PHYAddress: 0
Pause Autonegotiate: false
Pause RX: false
Pause TX: false
Supported Ports: TP
Supports Auto Negotiation: true
Supports Pause: false
Supports Wakeon: true
Transceiver: internal
Virtual Address: 00:50:56:55:ed:6c
Wakeon: MagicPacket(tm)
[root@srv-esxi:~] esxcli network nic list
Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
------ ------------ ------ ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ----------------- ---- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
vmnic0 0000:02:00.0 r8168 Up Up 100 Full 00:e0:4c:68:26:4d 1500 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Could someone help me?
Thanks!
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This logs may help....
vmkernel.log
2020-01-08T20:42:36.066Z cpu0:2097208)NetqueueBal: 5035: vmnic0: device Up notification, reset logical space needed
2020-01-08T20:42:36.066Z cpu0:2097208)NetPort: 1580: disabled port 0x2000002
2020-01-08T20:42:36.066Z cpu3:2099953)NetSched: 654: vmnic0-0-tx: worldID = 2099953 exits
2020-01-08T20:42:36.066Z cpu0:2097208)Uplink: 11689: enabled port 0x2000002 with mac 00:e0:4c:68:26:4d
2020-01-08T20:42:36.066Z cpu1:2097208)NetPort: 1580: disabled port 0x2000002
2020-01-08T20:42:36.066Z cpu2:2099954)NetSched: 654: vmnic0-0-tx: worldID = 2099954 exits
2020-01-08T20:42:36.066Z cpu1:2097208)Uplink: 11689: enabled port 0x2000002 with mac 00:e0:4c:68:26:4d
2020-01-08T20:42:37.429Z cpu2:2097571)<6>r8168: vmnic0: link up
2020-01-08T20:42:41.067Z cpu3:2097208)NetqueueBal: 5035: vmnic0: device Up notification, reset logical space needed
2020-01-08T20:42:41.067Z cpu3:2097208)NetPort: 1580: disabled port 0x2000002
2020-01-08T20:42:41.067Z cpu2:2099955)NetSched: 654: vmnic0-0-tx: worldID = 2099955 exits
2020-01-08T20:42:41.067Z cpu3:2097208)Uplink: 11689: enabled port 0x2000002 with mac 00:e0:4c:68:26:4d
2020-01-08T20:42:41.067Z cpu1:2097208)NetPort: 1580: disabled port 0x2000002
2020-01-08T20:42:41.067Z cpu3:2099957)NetSched: 654: vmnic0-0-tx: worldID = 2099957 exits
2020-01-08T20:42:41.067Z cpu1:2097208)Uplink: 11689: enabled port 0x2000002 with mac 00:e0:4c:68:26:4d
2020-01-08T20:42:41.556Z cpu0:2097571)<6>r8168: vmnic0: link up
2020-01-08T20:42:46.628Z cpu1:2097571)<6>r8168: vmnic0: link up
2020-01-08T20:42:49.660Z cpu2:2097571)<6>r8168: vmnic0: link up
2020-01-08T20:42:51.692Z cpu2:2097571)<6>r8168: vmnic0: link up
2020-01-08T20:42:53.723Z cpu2:2097571)<6>r8168: vmnic0: link up
No connection after that... :smileycry:
syslog.log
2020-01-08T20:42:36Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:36Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:36Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:36Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:36Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:37Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:41Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:41Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:41Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:41Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:48Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:49Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:50Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:51Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:52Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
2020-01-08T20:42:53Z dcbd: [info] Ignoring vmnic0 link state change, no port found
Mensagem editada por: LukeHC
I am running into this same problem with a RTL8111G nic. Were you able to find a solution?
Greetings,
these are community supported drivers, so nothing that is officially supported, and your chances to find real help here are very limited.
The best thing you can try is to reach out directly to the authors of these drivers (see the Wiki pages for links) and ask them for help.
On the long run you should replace your NICs with models that are officially supported, because starting with 7.0 none of the existing community supported drivers will work, and there won't be any new community developed and supported drivers, because the new native drivers are no longer Open Source.
There are some affordable Intel NICs that are officially supported. Check the VMware HCL.
Regards
Andreas