Comments on: HP Blade Quad Port Nics and VMWare

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:39:47 +0000

I have 12 680C blades for an implementation I am doing right now, and this issue has caused me some headache. The NC325m is the Broadcom version, which works well. The thing about this card is that it has the same chipset as the IBM Intel OEM Pro 1000 Card….which is supported with the e1000 driver.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:27:22 +0000

for those that did not notice this yet, vmware fixed the issue with the quad-port nics..

By: Aaron Delp

Aaron Delp — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:08:46 +0000

I just saw that the other day. I agree that could be pretty nasty until VMWare fixes the problem!

Thanks again!

By: duncan

duncan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:20:29 +0000

And before using a quad-port nic, check if it’s not the one affected by the driver bug: http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/01/27/intel-quad-port-nic-and-vst/

By: Aaron Delp

Aaron Delp — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:45:00 +0000

Not a problem at all! Thanks for taking the time to comment!

By: Duncan

Duncan — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:38:00 +0000

Thanks for the tip!

By: Aaron Delp

Aaron Delp — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:22:00 +0000

Sounds great! In our case the cards were not seen by ESX when we installed them even though they were seen by the Onbard Administrator. I knew we did quad ports in another account so we then did the research with the VMWare Compat guide and then confirmed with our local HP technical rep.

Turns out we used the 325's in on account and the 364's in the other.

Thanks for coming by!

Aaron

By: vinf

vinf — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:36:00 +0000

Mmm, I have 4 of these arriving on Monday - might have to rethink that one then.

I did have it vetted by HP, but that's not always 100%

Will post up my findings