Hello!
Recently I first time installed ESXi 6.5 with Net55-r8168 driver added to ISO. I have 3 NICs in the computer, but I see only two of them, vmnic0 is missing. Here is console output:
[root@localhost:~] lspci -v | grep -A1 -i ethernet
0000:03:00.0 Ethernet controller Network controller: D-Link System Inc DGE-560T PCI Express (x1) Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [vmnic2]
Class 0200: 1186:4300
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0000:04:00.0 Ethernet controller Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. P8P67 and other motherboards [vmnic1]
Class 0200: 10ec:8168
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0000:06:00.0 Ethernet controller Network controller: D-Link System Inc DGE-528T PCI Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [vmnic0]
Class 0200: 1186:4300
[root@localhost:~] esxcfg-nics -l
Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
vmnic1 0000:04:00.0 r8168 Down 0Mbps Half 00:0b:0e:0f:00:ed 1500 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. P8P67 and other motherboards
vmnic2 0000:03:00.0 r8168 Up 1000Mbps Full c4:a8:1d:7d:a0:fa 1500 D-Link System Inc DGE-560T PCI Express (x1) Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
I thought Net55-r8168 has a driver for D-LinkDGE-528T, the card has the same class as DGE-560T... So I don't understand what's going on, cause I have little to no experience with ESXi and *nix in general. How to get it working from here?
Still have no machines in this installation, so it could be easily reinstalled.