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Several commands related to VMware upgrading the driver of esxi Network Card

Shulou Source: shulou.com Published: 2022-06-03 06:29:18 11月14日 Update

1. Upload the downloaded driver to the esxi storage to be upgraded

2. Enable the SSH function of the esxi host

3. List the status of all NICs on the current ESXi host

Esxcli network nic list

4. Check the driver version and firmware version of the network card

Esxcli network nic get-n vmnic2

Advertised Auto Negotiation: false

Advertised Link Modes: 10000baseT/Full

Auto Negotiation: false

Cable Type: FIBRE

Current Message Level: 7

Driver Info:

Bus Info: 0000:03:00.0

Driver: ixgbe

Firmware Version: 0x800003df

Version: 3.7.13.7.14iov-NAPI

Link Detected: true

Link Status: Up

Name: vmnic2

PHYAddress: 0

Pause Autonegotiate: true

Pause RX: false

Pause TX: false

Supported Ports: FIBRE

Supports Auto Negotiation: false

Supports Pause: true

Supports Wakeon: false

Transceiver: external

Wakeon: None

5. Enter maintenance mode

Vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter

6. Upgrade

Esxcli software vib update-d "* .zip"

7. Restart

Esxcli system shutdown reboot-r "reboot"