VMWare ESXi 4 on Dell R710 does not show additional Intel Nic

[marcus1983]

Hi ,

i have installed VMWare ESXi 4 on a new Dell R710 Server with onboard Broadcom 4 Port NIC and an additional Intel 4 Port NIC. In the Vsphere Client now i only see the onboard Broadcom NIC.

The additional INTEL Nic is not shown up. But in the advanced settings VMDirectPath-Configuration i can see that VMWare ESXi 4 have recognized the Intel NIC.

Any help for this would be great.

Thanks

Marcus

[weinstein5 · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the Forums - if it is the Quad Intel NIC check this out http://virtublog.com/2010/01/24/esx-4-0u1-intel-quad-nic-issue/ - The drivers are located here - http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/esx_esxi40_intel_82575_82576_dt/ZHcqYmR0QGpidGR3

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[AndreTheGiant]

The DVD installer does not contain the drivers of the new quad nic of Intel sold by Dell.

See the link on the previos post to download the drivers.

Andre