I have an updates ESXi 4.1 running on IBM 3550, for some reason, one of the port, of the dual ports NIC I have, disappeared and dont see it in the GUI any more, but I see it when I do lspci:
~ # esxcfg-nics -l
Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
vmnic0 0000:04:00.00 bnx2 Up 1000Mbps Full 00:14:5e:fc:06:7c 1500 Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T
~ # vmkchdev -v 000:006:00.0
vmkchdev failed with 0xbad0004
Try
#vmkchdev -l
to list device state
or
#vmkchdev -L
to list device state with details.
Here is what I got:
try to update nertwork drivers then it would works
Do you know how? I just updated the ESXi but that didn't help
Thanks for replying
Think you're having known issue.
Please refer below discusson history.
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1861400
Hope this could help of you.
I was looking at it, that doesnt help me, the options are not showing in the GUI
Contact with your hardware vendor and they will give you the updated versions for the ESXi 4.1 running on IBM 3550
did you solve the issue ?
No,not yet