Installing HP NC365T (Intel 82580) Network Driver to VMware vSphere ESXi 4

Scenario:

Newly built VMware vSphere ESXi 4.1 host on HP ProLiant DL360 G7 hardware, fails to see the installed HP NC365T quad-port gigabit ethernet adapter

Walkthrough:

With VMware vSphere CLI (free download) already installed

1: Download the driver from VMware's website

Go to:


Or

Go to:

→ Datacenter Downloads VMware vSphere 4
→ Scroll down the webpage to Drivers & Tools

Expand Driver CDs and click on the Download button by -

VMware ESXi/ESXi 4.x Driver CD for Intel 82576 ,82580 and I350 Gigabit Ethernet Controller

- and follow the prompts to download the iso file.

2: Obtain the offline_bundle driver file from the iso

Three suggested ways to do this:

i: Use software like 7-Zip (free download) to extract file from iso (preferred method)
ii: Use software like daemon tools (free download) to mount the CD to client device
iii: Burn the iso and mount in the physical CD drive (least preferred method)

The desired file is called something like – INT-intel-lad-ddk-igb-3.0.18-offline_bundle-396986.zip
Place this in the “Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin” folder

3: Put VMware host to be updated into maintenance mode

4: Use the VMware vSphere CLI installed on a client device (laptop or workstation) to install the drivers

With this command:

vihostupdate.pl --server HOST_IP_ADDRESS --username root --install --bundle NAME_OF_OFFLINE_BUNDLE

Example:


Note: If you stay connected to the ESXi host with the vSphere client you will see the Install and Check complete


5: Reboot the host

The End!


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Comments

  1. What a helpful post, really save my day here.
    Thank you!

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  2. Thank you for the kind comment Anonymous!

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  3. I found this article several months ago and used it to make my life easier. Now I have had issues with the ESX server, had to blow it away and reinstall. I forgot all about the external NICs. I didn't book mark this page like I should have. It took me forever to find it again, because I knew it worked.

    Thank you so much for saving my rear end TWICE!

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  4. Hi Basalix, thank you very much for the comment. Cheers!

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  5. Ditto... Thanks for sharing Vivad

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    1. Hi Anonymous, thank you for the comment. Cheers!

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  6. Very clear and helpful.

    Thank you!

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