ESXI 6.7u3 and Ethernet Connection (12) I219-V onboard card PCIID 80860d55

[Mikhail Stakhanov]

Hello All,

I have b460m d3h motherboard with i9-10900 proc + 2 pci nics (r8168+ne1000) + lsi 9240 raid controller(megaraid_sas)

My esxi build 24514018, ne1000 0.8.4-2vmw.670.2.48.13006603

1.PCI Gigabit CT2 Desktop Adapter PCIID 808610d3 work fine with ne1000 dirver

also installed 

net-e1000    Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver    8.0.3.1-5vmw.670.3.112.16701467        
net-e1000e    Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-E Network Driver    3.2.2.1-2vmw.670.0.0.8169922

Ethernet Connection (12) I219-V  worked on ESXI 7.0.3, i tried to install 6.5 but 6.5 not found my card.

is it possible to add PCIID  to /etc/vmware/default.map.d/ne1000.map ? or how to do what will work ?

Mybee i something do wrong ?

[Andrea Consalvi]

Hey Mikhail,

It looks like your Intel I219-V (PCIID 80860d55) isn't natively supported on ESXi 6.7U3, which isn't too surprising since VMware has been phasing out support for a lot of consumer-grade NICs. That being said, you might still have a few options to get it working.

First, it's worth checking if there's a custom VIB driver that supports your NIC. Sometimes community-maintained drivers, like those from VMware Flings or vFront, can help in these cases. If you haven't already, you might want to take a look there.

Another possible approach is manually adding the PCI ID of your NIC to the ne1000 driver. This involves modifying ESXi's default mapping files so that it recognizes the card, then reloading the module. It's not a guaranteed fix, but if your NIC worked on ESXi 7.0.3, there's a chance it could work in 6.7U3 with a bit of tweaking.

If nothing else works, a simple workaround could be using a USB Ethernet adapter along with the USB Network Native Driver for ESXi, which you can find on VMware Flings. It's not ideal, but at least it would get you up and running.

[Mikhail Stakhanov]

Hello Andrea,

How to manually add the PCI ID for Intel I219-V in ne1000 map file ? Mybee ESXI verify crc or anything else ?