Hi there,
I have an issue with a installation - with no solution yet. I wonder if there isn't anyone else who experienced this behaviour?
So - just for giving you an idea of the installation:
1x IBM Bladecenter H
4x HS21 Blade servers
3x HS22 Blade servers
HP EVA6400 Storage.
So, the plan for the upgrade were to use VMware Update Manager, create a host upgrade baseline, attach the ISO for ESX 4 update 1, and remediate the ESX 3.5 hosts.
And i was successful doing this for the HS21 Blade servers. however for the HS22 i am experiencing some interesting behaviour. The upgrade do complete, however there is no network connectivity any more.
Doing some research on the host i can verify that it has the proper vswif0 ip settings, esxcfg-nics shows my nics with status up for my nics.
I have tried to change the duplex settings for the NICs with same result.
The NIC vendor/type for the blades are as follows:
HS21: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-SX
HS22: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-SX
Apparently if i boot the old ESX 3.5 installation on the HS22, i have network connectivity - when i boot in ESX 4, i looses the network connectivity.
This sounds to me as a driver issue.
Any input for this would be higly appreciated.
Regards,
IMO
