Esxi v8 Configure a second networks card

[blondie63]

I've installed esxi V8 on this PC https://amzn.eu/d/fzbhiSH that have two network cards:

Realtek RTL8125
Intel I219-V

I've used the default Vmware VMware-VCSA-all-8.0.0-20519528.iso and the installer recognize only Intel card

I've asked to producer and they send me a custom iso with built-in Realtek drivers but they said me that i need to reinstall all 😞

Is there other simple way to configure Realtek card ?

Thanks for help

[a_p_]

I'm currently not aware of any Realtek network drivers for the latest ESXi versions.
What (which drivers, versions, etc.) exactly did you get from the vendor?

As a side note: You posted the image file name for the vCenter Server appliance rather the one for the ESXi host, that you've most likely used.

André

[DavoudTeimouri]

Ask vendor support to send you the name of driver files and if you can extract VIB file and install on your server. Actually, I guess that the way is an unsupported solution. You can also ask them to send the bundle offline file to add drivers to existing installation.

[blondie63]

Yes you are right, i've used VMware-VMvisor-Installer-8.0-20513097.x86_64.iso

I think the drivers is Realtek 8111E

They send me a custom version of VMware-VMvisor-Installer-8.0-20513097.x86_64.iso with drivers inside, i've tried to decompress iso and search realtek vib drivers but not found..

[a_p_]

Any chance that you compare the contents of that customized ISO image with those in the default image?
It would be interesting to see what has been added/changed.
Identifying the differences may also allow to install any additional drivers on your existing host, to avoid a reinstallation.

André

[blondie63]

It's little bit difficult to compare the two iso because there are many compressed files inside it..

[a_p_]

One option is to extract both ISO images using e.g. 7zip into 2 temporary directories.
Then run e.g.
robocopy directory-1 directory-2 *.* /l /mir
which will list the differences (note that the first option is a lower-case "/L").

André

[Jeoffrey]

You can use the wonderful WinMerge freeware to compare files or folders

[Jeoffrey]

Can you share this ISO with us ?