Hi Everyone,
I used to have a Dell R710 server with a Brocade-1010/1020/1007/1741 10G PCIe Ethernet Adapter and VMware 5.5, all working well except for some disks. I moved all the VM, replaced the media, and finally, the brilliant idea of making a new installation of VMware 6.5. Everything works well, but I cannot use the two 10G interfaces. This is my scenario.
Spoiler (Highlight to read) [root@localhost:~] lspci -v | grep -A1 -i ethernet 0000:01:00.0 Ethernet controller Network controller: QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T [vmnic0] Class 0200: 14e4:1639 -- 0000:01:00.1 Ethernet controller Network controller: QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T [vmnic1] Class 0200: 14e4:1639 -- 0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller Network controller: QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T [vmnic2] Class 0200: 14e4:1639 -- 0000:02:00.1 Ethernet controller Network controller: QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T [vmnic3] Class 0200: 14e4:1639 -- 0000:05:00.2 Ethernet controller Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic BR-1010/1020/1007/1741 10G PCIe Ethernet Adapter [vmnic4] Class 0200: 1657:0014 -- 0000:05:00.3 Ethernet controller Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic BR-1010/1020/1007/1741 10G PCIe Ethernet Adapter [vmnic5] Class 0200: 1657:0014 -- [root@localhost:~] esxcfg-nics -l Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description vmnic0 0000:01:00.0 bnx2 Up 1000Mbps Full d0:67:e5:ef:38:f8 1500 QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T vmnic1 0000:01:00.1 bnx2 Up 1000Mbps Full d0:67:e5:ef:38:fa 1500 QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T vmnic2 0000:02:00.0 bnx2 Up 1000Mbps Full d0:67:e5:ef:38:fc 1500 QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T vmnic3 0000:02:00.1 bnx2 Up 1000Mbps Full d0:67:e5:ef:38:fe 1500 QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T
[root@localhost:~] lspci -v | grep -A1 -i ethernet0000:01:00.0 Ethernet controller Network controller: QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T [vmnic0]Class 0200: 14e4:1639--0000:01:00.1 Ethernet controller Network controller: QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T [vmnic1]Class 0200: 14e4:1639--0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller Network controller: QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T [vmnic2]Class 0200: 14e4:1639--0000:02:00.1 Ethernet controller Network controller: QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T [vmnic3]Class 0200: 14e4:1639--0000:05:00.2 Ethernet controller Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic BR-1010/1020/1007/1741 10G PCIe Ethernet Adapter [vmnic4]Class 0200: 1657:0014--0000:05:00.3 Ethernet controller Network controller: QLogic Corp. QLogic BR-1010/1020/1007/1741 10G PCIe Ethernet Adapter [vmnic5]Class 0200: 1657:0014--[root@localhost:~] esxcfg-nics -lName PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Descriptionvmnic0 0000:01:00.0 bnx2 Up 1000Mbps Full d0:67:e5:ef:38:f8 1500 QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-Tvmnic1 0000:01:00.1 bnx2 Up 1000Mbps Full d0:67:e5:ef:38:fa 1500 QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-Tvmnic2 0000:02:00.0 bnx2 Up 1000Mbps Full d0:67:e5:ef:38:fc 1500 QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-Tvmnic3 0000:02:00.1 bnx2 Up 1000Mbps Full d0:67:e5:ef:38:fe 1500 QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T
I installed this two drivers but the NICs still are not presented to the ESXi host.
Brocade BIOS version 3.0.3.0 - There is more info about the card on the image POST
Spoiler (Highlight to read) bna version 3.2.4.0https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=io&productid=14051
Spoiler (Highlight to read) bfa version 3.2.6.0https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=io&productid=38222%3C/li%3E%3Cli%3EFirmware
If someone could help it would be much appreciated!
Thank you!
Best,