I have an Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I340-T4 that was recognized in ESXi 4.1 and just recently upgraded to ESXi 5.0.
In the new version of ESXi, the same NICs (it's a quad port card) were not present, so I tried installing the driver update "igb version 3.2.10". Still no dice, the vmnics are not present in the ESXi client or when I do a "esxclient network nic list".
The system does have knowledge of the NICs (82580 below) existence though:
~ # lspci | grep 825
000:000:25.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
000:001:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection [vmnic0]
000:001:00.1 Network controller: Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection [vmnic2]
000:001:00.2 Network controller: Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection [vmnic3]
000:001:00.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection [vmnic4]
000:004:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection [vmnic1]
And the vib was installed:
~ # esxcli software vib list
Name Version Vendor Acceptance Level Install Date
-------------------- ---------------------------------- ------ ---------------- ------------
net-igb 3.2.10-1OEM.500.0.0.472560 Intel VMwareCertified 2011-11-04
ata-pata-amd 0.3.10-3vmw.500.0.0.469512 VMware VMwareCertified 2011-10-31
And the module appears to be loaded:
~ # vmkload_mod -l | grep igb
igb 0 136
But for some reason, the igb driver is not claiming any devices:
/var/log # less vmkernel.log | grep igb
2011-11-04T22:29:17.517Z cpu0:2048)VisorFSTar: 2405: net-igb.v00 for 0x3ec08 bytes
2011-11-04T22:29:26.564Z cpu2:2626)Loading module igb ...
2011-11-04T22:29:26.567Z cpu2:2626)Elf: 1862: module igb has license GPL
2011-11-04T22:29:26.568Z cpu2:2626)skb_mem_info mempool for module igb created - max size 23068672
2011-11-04T22:29:26.568Z cpu2:2626)module heap vmklnx_igb: creation succeeded. id = 0x41000b600000
2011-11-04T22:29:26.568Z cpu2:2626)PCI: driver igb is looking for devices
2011-11-04T22:29:26.568Z cpu2:2626)PCI: driver igb claimed 0 device
2011-11-04T22:29:26.568Z cpu2:2626)Mod: 4015: Initialization of igb succeeded with module ID 26.
2011-11-04T22:29:26.568Z cpu2:2626)igb loaded successfully.
2011-11-05T00:18:14.517Z cpu0:2048)VisorFSTar: 2405: net-igb.v00 for 0x3ec08 bytes
2011-11-05T00:18:23.614Z cpu1:2626)Loading module igb ...
2011-11-05T00:18:23.617Z cpu1:2626)Elf: 1862: module igb has license GPL
2011-11-05T00:18:23.618Z cpu1:2626)skb_mem_info mempool for module igb created - max size 23068672
2011-11-05T00:18:23.618Z cpu1:2626)module heap vmklnx_igb: creation succeeded. id = 0x410015620000
2011-11-05T00:18:23.618Z cpu1:2626)PCI: driver igb is looking for devices
2011-11-05T00:18:23.618Z cpu1:2626)PCI: driver igb claimed 0 device
2011-11-05T00:18:23.618Z cpu1:2626)Mod: 4015: Initialization of igb succeeded with module ID 26.
2011-11-05T00:18:23.618Z cpu1:2626)igb loaded successfully.
Is there something I missed?
Thanks,
Antonio