Friday 1 June 2018

Replace ESXi ixgben driver with ixbge (for Intel 82599 card)

HPE ESXi throws errors after upgrade from 6.5 to 6.7.

Alarm 'Host error' on xxxxxx triggered by event 30413 'Issue detected on xxxxxx in OMC: (unsupported) Device 10fb does not support flow control autoneg

To fix - replace ixgben driver with ixgbe as per:

https://www.alihassanlive.com/e2k3/2018/3/29/10fb-does-not-support-flow-control-autoneg-vmware-esx-65
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1013413
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/52044

1. Download the latest version of ixgbe driver from VMWare web site (I found 4.5.3)

2. Copy the .vib file to the ESXi host and install it:

# esxcli software vib install -v /tmp/bcrtc/net-ixgbe_4.5.3-1OEM.600.0.0.2494585.vib

3. Reboot

4. Enable the new ixgbe drive and disable the ixgben driver:

# esxcli system module set -e=true -m=ixgbe
# esxcli system module set -e=false -m=ixgben

5. Reboot

6. Check that the new driver is active:

# esxcfg-nics -l 

vmnic4  0000:04:00.0 ixgben      Up   10000Mbps  Full   5c:b9:01:8f:d0:9c 1500   Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X540-AT2
vmnic5  0000:04:00.1 ixgben      Up   10000Mbps  Full   5c:b9:01:8f:d0:9d 1500   Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X540-AT2
vmnic6  0000:05:00.0 ixgben      Up   10000Mbps  Full   00:11:0a:6c:7f:1c 1500   Intel(R) 82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection

vmnic7  0000:05:00.1 ixgben      Up   10000Mbps  Full   00:11:0a:6c:7f:1d 1500   Intel(R) 82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection

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