Vmnic0 06:04.00 tg3 Up 100Mbps Full 1500 Broadcom Corporation Broadcom BCM5715 Gigabit Ethernet Vmnic2 00:09.00 forcedeth Up 100Mbps Full 1500 nVidia Corporation nVidia NForce Network Controller
NVIDIA NFORCE NETWORK CONTROLLER DRIVERS DRIVER
Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MTU Description The ESX Server shows all controllers as UP: After an ifdown, ifup, I'm able to ping the IP of the nvidia controller and also connect to it via ssh.īut when I add a virtual maschine to this vSwitch, it has no network connection, again. I created another vSwitch, added a nvidia controller there and built a Service Console with that controller. what does the network controller driver do 2. As soons as I add a nvidia controller to the vSwitch, the virtual maschines using this switch won't have any network connection. In addition to being a chip that controls network communications on the motherboard, NVIDIA nForce Networking Controllers are also used to manage Internet connectivity through the use of Internet protocols. The ESX server works fine, as long as I only use the 2 Broadcom controllers. After finishing the installation I had no network connection, so I reinstalled using a broadcom controller. The Broadcoms work fine, but the Nvidia controllers act strange.ĭuring the first installation, I chose one nvidia controller in the graphical installtion wizzard. It contains 2 Broadcom and 2 Nvidia network controllers. I installed ESX 3.5 on a Sun Fire x2200 M2.