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Vitaliy_Ovsyann
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networking issue on 5.1/5.5

Hello

some strange things are going on! here is my hardware for tests:

Supermicro PDSMi, Core Quad CPU, 4G RAM, Intel 82573L/ NIC

I installed ESXi 5.5. I realized what DHCP not working. Static network configuration not working too.

I tried to ping from the Test management network tool, but network sniffer doesn't see any packets from ESXi.

Then I installed 5.1. The same result.

finally, I installed 5.0 and it worked without any problems!!! upgrading it to 5.1 broke the network again

which way to dig? 😕

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Vitaliy_Ovsyann
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Contributor

Solved. Network driver incompatibility.

aszczupal
Contributor
Contributor

Hi !

Can You sent more detail ?

I have the same problem... which driver I need ?

Regards

Adam

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corvettefisher
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If you have the same network card as the OP you may want to see this blog on packaging the driver into the ISO

http://www.virten.net/2013/09/esxi-5-x-installation-on-intel-nuc-fails-with-no-network-adapters/

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aszczupal
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Great Smiley Happy

I got proper driver, and my ESXi "see" network..

THX

Regards

Adam

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