Nic's not displaying 3.5

[Giroevolver]

Hi All,

I have built an 3.5 ESX box and added in a new 4 port NIC. But when I have restarted the box it only shows as one network adapter not as 4.

Any ideas?

Cheers

[vmwearing]

What kind of NIC are we talking about here?

[aldin]

check is your NIC compatible with ESX, maybe you should update drivers.

check out this post http://communities.vmware.com/message/870495#870495

[Giroevolver]

It's an HP NC 150 4 switch adapter NIC. it seems to be on the compatibility list but it doesnt say its 4 port?

Any more ideas?

[aldin]

i have no experience with this device but it looks like you have one internal port (uplink) and four external, that is why you see only one nic.

i think you will always see one nic in esx

it is switch and you have one port for Proliant that host it and four for other devices

[Erik_Zandboer]

Hi,

A switch adapter is not preferable in ESX. It does not deliver extra bandwidth, nor does it add failover capacity. Wouldn't you be better off using a true quad port Gbit adapter?

[Giroevolver]

Yes it is preferable. I had this card given to me and didnt realise it was a switch not a nic. I have changed this for a true 4 port nic and all is fine now.

Thanks for you help everyone!