vmnic2 and vmnic2b?

[reverie72]

Hello!

I've installed a Chelsio T320, dual 10gb nic and the vmware signed vib, everything went well.  But, ESXi(5.1.0), only lets me use one of the two ports.  It shows both under network adapters(vmnic2 and vmnic2b).  But only vmnic2 is available for use under Networking->Add Networking.  I took a look at /etc/vmware/esxi.conf and lspci, and noticed that the Chelsio card puts both ports under the same PCI port, 00.05.0, rather than one on 00:05.0 and the other on 00:05.1.  At least that is the appearance.

Has anyone run into this before?  Is there a way to manually or forceably inject vmnic2b into the system as a useable device?

Thanks,

Brad

[Jayden56]

Hi

Welcome to the communities.

Please re verify network configuration .

""You must not lose faith in    humanity".

[reverie72]

The NIC shows status UP and the below is what I get when I run: esxcfg-nics -l

vmnic2  0000:05:00.00 cxgb3       Up   10000Mbps Full   00:07:43:09:7f:06 9000   Chelsio Communications Inc. T320 10GbE Dual Port Adapter
vmnic2b Pseudo        cxgb3       Up   10000Mbps Full   00:07:43:09:7f:07 1500   Unknown Unknown           

So as far as I can see, the nic is verifiably connected and online.  I'm not sure what Pseudo means, or why it doesn't know the nic type/vendor.

Thanks for you quick response!

Brad

[SolsticeGXP]

Were you able to find a fix Brad? I also have the same issue.