Esxi Nic Drivers

I had several folks ask me about an updated for ESXi 6.5, similiar to what I had created for. There were some changes that came with ESXi 6.5 and thanks to Songtao, I was able to build a new driver.

Aug 30, 2018 - By default, if ESXi identifies a native driver for a device it will be loaded instead of Linux derived. Esxcli network nic stats -n.

For those of you who are not familiar with this particular driver, I highly recommend you give this article a read before proceeding any further. If you are interested in Realtek driver for ESXi 6.5, be sure to check out Jose's blog for more info. UPDATE (04/23/18) - For folks who plan to upgrade or install ESXi 6.7, you can continue using the 6.5 driver.

I've had several folks reach out and share there have not been any issues and upgrades will preserver the USB NIC driver or you can perform a fresh install and follow the steps below. To to use this new driver for ESXi 6.5, there are some additional steps that is required. Below are the instructions on how to install this on an ESXi 6.5 host. Step 0 - Download the or and upload it to your ESXi host.

Step 1 - If you are upgrading from an existing ESXi 5.5 or 6.0 environment, the first thing you will want to do is uninstall the old driver by running the following command (specify the correct name of the driver): esxcli software vib remove -n vghetto-ax88179-esxi60u2 Step 2 - Install the VIB by running the following ESXCLI command to install: esxcli software vib install -v /vghetto-ax88179-esxi65.vib -f Step 3 - Next, you will need to disable the USB native driver to be able to use this driver. To do so, run the following command: esxcli system module set -m=vmkusb -e=FALSE Step 4 - Lastly, for the changes to go into effect, you will need to reboot your ESXi host. Once your system has rebooted, it should now automatically load the USB Ethernet driver and you should see your USB Ethernet Adapter as shown in the screenshot below. William thanks for the great info and driver support. Hp ewa keygen downloader. I did use the earlier version when I built my first NUC 6th Gen and all went well running ver6.0. Now I am planning to upgrade to 6.5 and still new to managing the esx environment.

You show above how to uninstall the old driver and install the new for 6.5. My two questions I have are this, should those steps be done pre or post upgrade to 6.5 from 6.0?

And second question which I could probable search for and find elsewhere but I will still ask, I have run upgrades before only from local keyboard,screen and booting from cdrom. Can you share the steps to do the upgrade to 6.5 from 6.0 remotely if possible or a link to an article post you like or wrote that shows those steps for newbs like myself? Thanks again. Hello i am still facing this issue, i think i am missing something, i am a begginer on esxi.

When you say “-f switch” you mean this command: esxcli software vib install -v -f switch this is what i get [:~] esxcli software vib install -v -f [InstallationError] (‘virtuallyGhetto_bootbank_vghetto-ax88179-esxi65_6.0.0-1.0.0’, ‘The VIB virtuallyGhetto_bootbank_vghetto-ax88179-esxi65_6.0.0-1.0.0 does not contain a signature.’) vibs = virtuallyGhetto_bootbank_vghetto-ax88179-esxi65_6.0.0-1.0.0 Please refer to the log file for more details. Hi I’m trying to load the vghetto-ax88179-esxi65.vib on esxi6.7 and I’m getting the below error when executing this command ‘esxcli software vib install -v /vghetto-ax88179-esxi65.vib -f’ [InstallationError] (‘virtuallyGhetto_bootbank_vghetto-ax88179-esxi65_6.0.0-1.0.0’, ‘The VIB virtuallyGhetto_bootbank_vghetto-ax88179-esxi65_6.0.0-1.0.0 does not contain a signature.’) vibs = virtuallyGhetto_bootbank_vghetto-ax88179-esxi65_6.0.0-1.0.0 Please refer to the log file for more details. Can you help me please as I’m pulling my hair out.