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Ravinred
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NIC MAC Address Error on Boot after Installation in VMware vSphere ESXi 6.x build update

Hello Everyone,

Can you help me on this please.

Issue :

After installing VMware vSphere ESXi 6.x, you see an error message during boot :

"There was a problem with the Network Device specified on the command line. Error: No NIC found with MAC address."

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diegodco31
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What's the model of Blade?

Are you using the HPe customized ESXi image?

Diego Oliveira
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Ravinred
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Hi Diego,

Thanks for your reply.

Model of the blade: HP ProLiant BL460c Gen9

Yes, we are using HPE customized Esxi Image( 6.5 build 8294253)

Thanks

ravi

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diegodco31
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Have you ever tried to update the firmware?

What's the model/type of NIC?

Diego Oliveira
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Ravinred
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Yes,we updated the firmware on Esxi host.

Esxi 6.5 u1g to esxi 6.5 EP 15  we updated build on host.

After upgrading to 6.5 update 3 on HP blades we are losing nic, causing the host to become unresponsive

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ioanpenu
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Hello, I know the post is very old, but have you found a solution?

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