anybody already tried the new e1000 E virtual network card ?

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in WS 8 we now have the choice between

ethernet0.virtualDev = "vlance"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000e"

did anybody tried the new e1000E yet ?
if yes - how does it perform compared with te other options ?

[AWo · Accepted solution]

No, not me.

Not helpful but it answers you question.

AWo

[continuum]

good - easy points earned :smileycool:

[rickardnobel]

The e1000e virtual nic should be available in ESXi 5 too, but there seems to be no GUI way to add it through vSphere Client and very little information regarding any differences as to the ordinary e1000 card.

[continuum]

yes - its new with virtual hardware version 8

there are a few more interesting new details of virtual hardware 8 - especially with regards to network cards - but unfortunately all of them undocumented yet

[Troy_Clavell]

here's some information

http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2011/07/2-hidden-virtual-machine-gems-in.html

[continuum]

Hi Troy
the other "new" features mentioned in that article are not really new - we had those in virtualhardware 7 already

some yet undiscovered things are

ethernet0.wifi.enabled

and a whole bunch of related entries- I dont know how to use them yet ???

[rickardnobel]

Ulli Hankeln wrote:

there are a few more interesting new details of virtual hardware 8 - especially with regards to network cards - but unfortunately all of them undocumented yet

The E1000e is mentioned a on a slide in the official What's New vSphere 5 course, but unfortunately with very little other information..

"Virtual hardware version 8 supports the improved network driver for the E1000e network adapter, provided by VMware Tools."

At least we know it is improved.