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VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 - Unable to add secondary uplink/use onboard NIC.

Hi, this is my first time setting up ESXi hence please pardon me if I do not provide all the required details. I apologise beforehand.

I have a Dell Precision Workstation that is not part of the HCL. However, both of my NICs are certified as per the compatibility list. I am running VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7.0 free edition.

Here you can see both of the NICs being detected.

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Onboard NIC - Ethernet Connection I219-LM. I am able to see this in NIC in the system list but I am unable to add this as an uplink

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PCIe - Ethernet Server Adapter I210-T1. After installation, this NIC is where management interface starts automatically.

What am I doing wrong and How do I use both the NICs?

Thank you.

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parthmaniar
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Hi, Are you saying that I cannot use the onboard NIC at all?

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a_p_
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I'm afraid that this is the case with this NIC. I just searched the Internet, but wasn't able to find a driver for it. Sorry.

André

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parthmaniar
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Thank you very much for helping and I appreciate everyone's kind guidance.

So much for student loan. I should have checked before buying the hardware that I did. Smiley Sad

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abhilashhb
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The model is listed on the compatibility guide - VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search

Abhilash B
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abhilashhb
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Did you try injecting the VIB into the 6.7 ISO and install it?

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parthmaniar
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I actually couldn't find how to do it. I did install 6.7 patch 3.

Could you kindly guide me? I have the 6.7 ISO. How do I inject and where is the driver that I need to inject? I have installed PowerCLi. I need the link to the driver that you want me to try

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a_p_
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There are different I219-LM models on the HCL, but unfortunately not the one with the mentioned DID.


André

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parthmaniar
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Thank you very much to everyone who has helped me with this.

I wish you good health and safety. Smiley Happy

parthmaniar
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Hello,

I see in this post https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2020/08/enhancements-to-the-community-ne1000-vib-for-intel-nuc-10.ht...  that drivers for the NIC that I have are available, specifically:

8086:0d4c - Ethernet Connection (11) I219-LM:

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While the post mentions building new images to patch drivers, I was wondering if there was another way without formatting the ESXi host as I don't have access to vSphere.

Can this be done via SSH?

esxcli software profile update -d /vmfs/volumes/vsanDatastore/ISO/ESXi-7.0b-IntelNUC.zip -p ESXi-7.0b-IntelNUC10

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parthmaniar
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I am unable to edit the post. Here is the command I tried:

esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volumes/volunemae/Intel-NUC-ne1000_0.8.4-3vmw.670.0.0.8169922-offline_bundle-16654787.zip

I got the following output:

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parthmaniar
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Download driver using this link: https://download3.vmware.com/software/vmw-tools/Intel-NUC-ne1000_0.8.4-3vmw.670.0.0.8169922-offline_...

It supports:

  • 8086:0d4e - Ethernet Connection (10) I219-LM
  • 8086:0d4f - Ethernet Connection (10) I219-V
  • 8086:0d4c - Ethernet Connection (11) I219-LM
  • 8086:0d4d - Ethernet Connection (11) I219-V
  • 8086:0d53 - Ethernet Connection (12) I219-LM
  • 8086:0d55 - Ethernet Connection (12) I219-V
  • 8086:15fb - Ethernet Connection (13) I219-LM
  • 8086:15fc - Ethernet Connection (13) I219-V
  • 8086:15f9 - Ethernet Connection (14) I219-LM
  • 8086:15fa - Ethernet Connection (14) I219-V
  • 8086:15f4 - Ethernet Connection (15) I219-LM
  • 8086:15f5 - Ethernet Connection (15) I219-V
  • 8086:1a1e - Ethernet Connection (16) I219-LM
  • 8086:1a1f - Ethernet Connection (16) I219-V
  • 8086:1a1c - Ethernet Connection (17) I219-LM
  • 8086:1a1d - Ethernet Connection (17) I219-V

Update using ESXi CLI:

esxcli software vib install -d "path of the zip uploaded to your datastore"

THANK YOU EVERYONE!

ryantitus
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Anyone has the file? Download link seems to be broken 😞

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Leepee
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I know this is an old post but can you explain where you got that link. (its dead) or post a new one?  

 

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