atheros ar8171 vib driver

[stefanhollenste]

hi All

I installed ESXi on a Asrock X99 Extreme6 mainboard. Everything works fine except the Atheros network interface.

I allready tried the Atheros AR8161 VIB Driver and

• net-atl1: Attansic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet driver
• net-atl1e: Driver for Atheros(R) AR8121/AR8113/AR8114/AR8131/AR8132/AR8152 PCI-E Ethernet NICs

Does anyone has a VIB driver file for the atheros ar8171 interface?

Thanks,

Stefan

[roberto2lini]

Hi,

I am running into the same issue. Where you able to find a VIB?

Best,

Roberto

[liberoxp]

I'm running the same issue as well. Would be great if someone can help with this. :smileysad:

Cheers,

YiMin

[robocopo]

Try "offline bundle" - i.e. you need to install *.zip instead *.vib: http://vibsdepot.v-front.de/depot/bundles/net-atl1e-1.0.1.14-1-offline_bundle.zip‌ or http://vibsdepot.v-front.de/depot/bundles/net-atl1-2.1.3-1-offline_bundle.zip

[timothevs]

Hi, stefanhollenstein‌, did you ever figure out a solution? I am trying to install ESXi on my motherboard with the verdammt AR8171, and have gone through pretty much the same steps you did. Curious if you found a solution to this.

[Eddie_in_ATX]

Does the above linked vib work for everyone for the Qualcomm Atheros AR8171/8175 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller?

I'm unable to try it out as the server is still in FedEx's hands.

Trying to find out if I need to run down to Fry's and pick up a known-compatible PCIe 1Gb NIC or not.

[Eddie_in_ATX]

Well, I got the nic driver "installed" and LSPCI shows the NIC as vmnic2.  But it does not show up in my adapters list and I cannot configure it.

So, it's a fail with ESXi 6.5 it seems.

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[root@localhost:~] esxcli software acceptance set --level=CommunitySupported

Host acceptance level changed to 'CommunitySupported'.

[root@localhost:~] esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/net-atl1e-1.0.1.14-1-offline_bundle.zip

[DependencyError]

VIB Atheros_bootbank_net-atl1e_1.0.1.14-1 requires com.vmware.driverAPI-9.2.0.0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the Im                       ageProfile.

VIB Atheros_bootbank_net-atl1e_1.0.1.14-1 requires vmkapi_2_0_0_0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.

Please refer to the log file for more details.

[root@localhost:~] requires com.vmware.driverAPI-9.2.0.0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.

-sh: requires: not found

[root@localhost:~] esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/net-atl1e-1.0.1.14-1-offline_bundle.zip -f

Installation Result

   Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.

   Reboot Required: true

   VIBs Installed: Atheros_bootbank_net-atl1e_1.0.1.14-1

   VIBs Removed:

   VIBs Skipped:

[root@localhost:~] esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/net-atl1-2.1.3-1-offline_bundle.zip -f

Installation Result

   Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.

   Reboot Required: true

   VIBs Installed: Atheros_bootbank_net-atl1_2.1.3-1

   VIBs Removed:

   VIBs Skipped:

[root@localhost:~]

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[Ivan2018]

I have the same issue.  Does switching to 6.7 help ?

[CoryPechon]

I'm having the same problem. I'm on ESXi 6.5 and trying to install the Atheros driver for the ASRock x99 Extreme 6. I get the same complaints from ESXi about dependencies.

[root@GILESX01:/tmp] esxcli software vib install -d /tmp/net-atl1e-1.0.1.14-1-offline_bundle.zip

[DependencyError]

VIB Atheros_bootbank_net-atl1e_1.0.1.14-1 requires vmkapi_2_0_0_0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.

VIB Atheros_bootbank_net-atl1e_1.0.1.14-1 requires com.vmware.driverAPI-9.2.0.0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.

Please refer to the log file for more details.