upgrade one of our server from Esxi 6.5 U1 to 6.5U2. this server is equiped with some PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapters , and those using ne1000 driver. during the next boot, it gives a purple screen. i noticed the problem occurs right after it loads ne1000, and the ne1000 driver is updated to 0.8.3-7vmw.650.2.50.8294253, i belive this new driver is the cause of this problem.
this is the information of NICs from this server (MAC is masked)
esxcli network nic list
Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
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vmnic0 0000:0a:00.0 e1000e Up Up 100 Full xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 1500 Intel Corporation 80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vmnic1 0000:0a:00.1 e1000e Up Down 0 Half xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 1500 Intel Corporation 80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vmnic2 0000:05:00.0 ne1000 Up Down 0 Half xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
vmnic3 0000:05:00.1 ne1000 Up Down 0 Half xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
vmnic4 0000:04:00.0 ne1000 Up Down 0 Half xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
vmnic5 0000:04:00.1 ne1000 Up Down 0 Half xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
vmnic6 0000:03:00.0 ne1000 Up Down 0 Half xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter
vmnic7 0000:03:00.1 ne1000 Up Down 0 Half xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter
vmnic8 0000:02:00.0 ne1000 Up Down 0 Half xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter
vmnic9 0000:02:00.1 ne1000 Up Down 0 Half xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 1500 Intel Corporation PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter
by the way , those nics are working fine with
0.8.0-16vmw.650.1.26.5969303