Good evening
I would like to know if there is an update available for the Ethernet Controllers I have installed in my system, but I'm not sure where to look for them. I have checked this link http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/esx40/ZHcqYmRkd3BidGR3#drivers_tools
but I can't find the Intel model or anything related to nVidia. Does anyone know if there's a model compatible for the Intel one?
These are the outputs of some commands that might help you help me:
[root@ssaesx1 ~]# vmware -v
VMware ESX 4.0.0 build-171294
[root@ssaesx1 ~]# lspci | grep Net
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation nVidia NForce Network Controller (rev a3)
80:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation nVidia NForce Network Controller (rev a3)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards...
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Driver updates are generally found in ESX(i) patches. Drivers are made available for hardware that is released after the ESX(i) or release or a particular patch level but should normally be included with the next patch. Is there a reason you need to update the drivers outside normal patching.
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Driver updates are generally found in ESX(i) patches. Drivers are made available for hardware that is released after the ESX(i) or release or a particular patch level but should normally be included with the next patch. Is there a reason you need to update the drivers outside normal patching.
Hi, thanks for the welcome and for your answer.
Actually I wanted to check first if an update for the drivers was available. If there is no driver update available, then I would probably leave the server as it is because besides some weird network issues it seems to be working fine.
I was instructed by my superior to find out if there was an update to the NIC's drivers and after looking for a long while I couldn't find the specific model anywhere, so that's why I asked.
Edit:
I found the version of the drivers I have installed
[root@ssaesx1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep e1000
Looking at the knowledge base I don't see a newer version
I did the update on the weekend following the instructions on this page:
http://communities.vmware.com/people/vmroyale/blog/2009/10/12/single-use-esxupdate-how-to-for-esx-4
and the drivers now show this
So they updated succesfully.
When checking driver versions its easier to use 'ethtool -i <vminicX>' to see what driver and firmware are in use.
The 'rpm' shows which driver rpms are installed but they may not be necessarly in use.