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IBM HS21 Nic Problem
I've got some IBM HS21 ESX boxes initially with 2 nics, the bus is orderd is as follows
vmnic0 04:00.0
vmnic1 06:00.0
If it then add an extra 2 nics with esx pre-installed I get this
vmnic0 04:00.0
vmnic1 06:00.0
vmnic2 0c:04.0
vmnic3 0c:04.1
so far so good.
however if I rebuild the esx server with the 4 nics attached the bus order changes
vmnic0 0c:04.0
vmnic1 04:00.0
vmnic2 06:00.0
vmnic3 0c:04.1
I would have thought that the bus order should correspond to vmnic numbering, this is a real pain. I think it is the esx install that is enumarating the pci devices in the wrong order.
Does anyone know how to specify the vmnicx -> pci slot mapping during install (this is a scripted install)