Install P5E-VM HDMI NIC driver on Vmware ESXI 5.1
(Backup Knowledge….)
First, you need to know the motherboard PCI-Device number,
If the number is like 1969:10XX…than you just follow the steps, or you can refer link to find the suitable driver
Solution 1.
Find the Vmware driver you needed, and repack in bootable Esxi CD
you can use esxi-customizer to do this.
Solution 2,
Step 0.
use an Esxi-HCL NIC CARD and install Esxi,
like this net-atl1-2.6.26.x86_64.vib
than reboot your machine.
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If you cannot install driver, you can login to console mode
#ls -l /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/
find atl1c
#lspci -p
check log
grep atl1c /var/log/vmkernel.log
or check the physical mac address of physical NICS
#esxcfg-nics -l
http://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer.html
http://blog.xuite.net/itwiz/learning/62861647
http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3494&start=70
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