82583V driver for ESXI 6.5

[vjekobalas]

I'm playing around with a fanless i3/7100U 16GB mini pc with 6 82583V gigabit lan ports

and wanted to install ESXI 6.5 but get the message "No network adapters"

If I login and double check the controller via: lspci -v | grep "Class 0200" -B 1,

it shows 6 82583V vmnics with Class 0200: 8086:150c.

If I check in the VMware compatibility Guide, I see that it is supported via device

drivers ne1000 version 0.8.0-9vmw. What am I missing ?

[AeroH]

Download both the ESXi650-201803001.zip and the ESXi600-201803001.zip to your desktop and launch a PowerShell session.

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Add-EsxSoftwareDepot .\ESXi650-201803001.zip,.\ESXi600-201803001.zip

Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Name net-e1000e

New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile "ESXi-6.5.0-20180304001-standard" -name "ESXi-6.5.0-20180304001-standard-82583v" -Vendor vGhetto

Remove-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile "ESXi-6.5.0-20180304001-standard-82583v" -SoftwarePackage "net-e1000e"

Remove-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile “ESXi-6.5.0-20180304001-standard-82583v” -SoftwarePackage “ne1000”

Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile "ESXi-6.5.0-20180304001-standard-82583v" -SoftwarePackage "net-e1000e 3.2.2.1-2vmw.600.3.57.5050593"

Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile "ESXi-6.5.0-20180304001-standard-82583v" -ExportToISO -filepath ESXi-6.5.0-20180304001-standard-82583v.iso

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