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andvm
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cheap PCIe nic card for ESXi 6.5

Hi,

Anyone can suggest a cheap PCIe nic card (dual port ideally) that I can make it work with ESXi 6.5?

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daphnissov
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Anything on this list, if it says it's compatible with 6.5, will work.

VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search

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admin
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you will get good  idea in VMware Compatibility Guide for compatible NIC for esxi host .

VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search

you can compare with other hardware vendor as per your current hardware .

Regards,

Randhir

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Dave_the_Wave
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I actually have a difficult time using the Guide to find a concrete list of 10Gb nics that are friendly.

And I certainly don't want anything 10Gb to be "cheap".

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andvm
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found one having model 39Y6127 instead of 39Y6126, do you think it would still work?

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daphnissov
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Don't know, but I probably wouldn't roll the dice if I were you. Get the exact model as stated.

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