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Editor to share with you how to install the network card driver on VMware ESXi 5. I hope you will get something after reading this article. Let's discuss it together.

A new Intel 82580 gigabit network card was added to the ESXI5 server. After restarting the server, the network card was not automatically found in the network adapter. I checked the official website of VMware and said that another driver needed to be installed.

Download the network card driver from the official website of VMWare

Go to the official VMWARE website, enter the name of the driver you want to find, and click SEARCH to find it.

Click MANUALLY DOWNLOAD to download.

2. Upload the driver to the / vmfs/volumes directory of the VMware ESXi server through SCP

After logging in to the VMware ESXi server using ssh, use the unzip command to extract the driver package, and you will get a driver file with the suffix .vib:

# unzip internh82580eb.zip

Archive: internh82580eb.zip

Inflating: index.xml

Inflating: vendor-index.xml

Inflating: metadata.zip

Inflating: vib20/net-igb/Intel_bootbank_net-igb_3.2.10-1OEM.500.0.0.472560.vib

To ensure the stability of the server, note that you need to enter ESXI maintenance mode to do the following to install the network card driver

There are two ways to enter maintenance mode:

1 interface method

When you exit maintenance mode, you can click "exit maintenance mode" from this menu

2 command mode

Enter maintenance mode

# vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter

Exit maintenance mode

# vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit

Then use the esxcli command line to install the vib driver and check to see if the installation is successful:

# cd / vmfs/volumes/datastore1

/ vmfs/volumes/5061ce54-5696f0d2-084e-000c29c4a7c6 # ls

Internh82580eb.zip net-igb-3.2.10-1OEM.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib

Win2008 linux5

/ vmfs/volumes/5061ce54- 5696f0d2-084e-000c29c4a7c6 # esxcli software vib install-v / vmfs/volumes/5061ce54-

5696f0d2-084e-000c29c4a7c6/net-igb-3.2.10-1OEM.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib

Installation Result

Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.

Reboot Required: true

VIBs Installed: Intel_bootbank_net-igb_3.2.10-1OEM.500.0.0.472560

VIBs Removed: VMware_bootbank_net-igb_2.1.11.1-3vmw.500.0.0.469512

# esxcli software vib list

Name Version Vendor Acceptance Level Install Date

Net-igb 3.2.10-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 Intel VMwareCertified 2012-09-25

Ata-pata-amd 0.3.10-3vmw.500.0.0.469512 VMware VMwareCertified 2012-09-25

Ata-pata-atiixp 0.4.6-3vmw.500.0.0.469512 VMware VMwareCertified 2012-09-25

Ata-pata-cmd64x 0.2.5-3vmw.500.0.0.469512 VMware VMwareCertified 2012-09-25

Ata-pata-hpt3x2n 0.3.4-3vmw.500.0.0.469512 VMware VMwareCertified 2012-09-25

Ata-pata-pdc2027x 1.0-3vmw.500.0.0.469512 VMware VMwareCertified 2012-09-25

Ata-pata-serverworks 0.4.3-3vmw.500.0.0.469512 VMware VMwareCertified 2012-09-25

Ata-pata-sil680 0.4.8-3vmw.500.0.0.469512 VMware VMwareCertified 2012-09-25

Ata-pata-via 0.3.3-2vmw.500.0.0.469512 VMware VMwareCertified 2012-09-25

Block-cciss 3.6.14-10vmw.500.0.0.469512 VMware VMwareCertified 2012-09-25

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# reboot

Restart VMware ESXi after the installation is successful, and then use the LSPCI command to check whether the Nic driver is correctly identified:

# lspci | grep 'Network controller'

000:004:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T [vmnic0]

000:004:00.1 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T [vmnic1]

000:024:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection [vmnic2]

000:024:00.1 Network controller: Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection [vmnic3]

000:024:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection [vmnic4]

000:024:00.1 Network controller: Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection [vmnic5]

After logging in to VMware ESXi using the vSphere Client client, the Network Adapters on the Configuration page should see the newly installed vmnic4 and vmnic5 Nic interfaces.

Or use the command line interface directly on ESXi:

# esxcfg-nics-l

Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description

Vmnic0 0000:04:00.00 bnx2 Up 1000Mbps Full 34:40:b5:b0:ba:2c 1500 Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T

Vmnic1 0000:04:00.01 bnx2 Up 1000Mbps Full 34:40:b5:b0:ba:2e 1500 Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T

Vmnic2 0000:18:00.00 igb Up 1000Mbps Full 00:1b:21:d1:78:de 1500 Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection

Vmnic3 0000:18:00.01 igb Up 1000Mbps Full 00:1b:21:d1:78:df 1500 Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection

Vmnic4 0000:18:00.00 igb Up 1000Mbps Full 00:1b:21:d4:83:dj 1500 Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection

Vmnic5 0000:18:00.01 igb Up 1000Mbps Full 00:1b:21:d5:83:dk 1500 Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection

From here we can see that the new network card interface has been displayed normally.

After reading this article, I believe you have a certain understanding of "how to install network card drivers on VMware ESXi 5". If you want to know more about it, you are welcome to follow the industry information channel. Thank you for your reading!

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