https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/problem-with-Broadcom-BCM57416-NetXtreme-E-dual-p...

https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Broadcom-BCM57412-quad-port-can-t-get-w...

It seems to be the case most similar to the problem I am experiencing.
But in my case and the firmware version is also different.
Is it also a firmware issue of the NIC?

Are there more examples like this?

thank you