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I'm running a fresh install of ESXi 4.1 and the server has a dual port Intel
NIC which is recognised by the installer. I'm trying to add a quad port Intel
i340-T4 quad port NIC to the server and that's where things go horribly wrong.
The NIC is on the HCL for ESXi 4.x and after a bit of digging online I found
out what chipset it was using, I found the driver
"http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/esx40_intel_82580_dt/ZHcqYmQqKmpidGR3" I
burned the iso, put it in the server's drive, installed the vSphere CLI tools
and proceeded to try and mount the CD.
Roadblock #1 The CD will not mount attempting to mount results in ...
/dev/cdrom /mnt I get /mnt failed: Bad address. I exit maintenance
mode, fire up a VM and it can see the disc perfectly, so the hardware works.
Roadblock # 2 Other forums suggest using SCP to upload the .zip to the host
and use the terminal to install. After fighting with the firewall to
allow connections, I managed to get the file uploaded; I typed in "esxupdate --bundle INT-intel-lad-ddk-igb-2.1.9.8-offline_bundle-246732.zip update" and get greeted by:
Id -
Message - No buletins for this platform could be found. Nothing to do
Errno - 13
Description - No matching bulletin or VIB was found in the metadata.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to get the driver installed, it would be greatly appreciated
