I've tried multiple versions of esxi and the bnxtnet driver. All fail to recognize in esxi. I swapped the Broadcom 57406 with an Intel X540 and it was recognized and worked perfectly in all o...
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I've tried multiple versions of esxi and the bnxtnet driver. All fail to recognize in esxi. I swapped the Broadcom 57406 with an Intel X540 and it was recognized and worked perfectly in all of the servers. Bottom line, the BCM57406 card is on the VMware HCL but it clearly does not work correctly in the PowerEdge R730 and I don't have time to troubleshoot further. I hope this helps someone else avoid a 6+ hour Dell tech support call. *** FOLLOW UP *** Dell escalation team has confirmed that the BCM57406 has issues with Linux SLI and esxi. They have agreed to swap mine for Intel X550-T2 cards.