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EVGA X58 SLI & ESXi 4.1 702113 with Realtek NIC

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Tilo Joined: Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:20 am Posts: 11	EVGA X58 SLI & ESXi 4.1 702113 with Realtek NIC - Board: EVGA X58 SLI Part Number: 132-BL-E758-TR BIOS 83xx - Southbridge: Intel 82801JR (ICH10R) rev. 00 - NIC: On Board Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) (PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_816810EC&REV_02) - CPU: Intel Core i7 920 Quad Core Processor LGA1366 2.66GHZ 8MB L3 Cache - HDD: 2x WD6401AALS-00L3B2 (Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 7200RPM 32MB) - RAM: 24 GB (6x 4GB G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL) BIOS -SATA mode: AHCI -Enable VT (under "CPU Feature" from the "Frequency/Voltage Control") -Continue on Keyboard error (to boot without keyboard) Use the RTL8111_8168-8.018.00_P55_integr_SATA_Ctrl.(AHCI).oem.tgz from viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1272&p=9462#p9462 But didn't work. Was kind of half working, e.g when I open google got: "400 Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request. That’s all we know." This one by frutis viewtopic.php?f=12&p=7412#p7412 oem-r8169-esx4.1.tgz worked but slow, I changed the network port and now seems to be fast. I report back in case goes slow again. I fix only the NIC driver after the install (copies VM and the vSphere client worked fine) 1) cd tmp 2) mkdir oem 3) cd oem 4) cp /bootbank/oem.tgz oem.tgz 5) gzip -d oem.tgz 6) tar -xvf oem.tar 7) rm oem.tar Make your changes (copy r8169.o and rename to r8168.o) 8) tar -cvzf oem.tgz etc lib sbin usr var 9) cp oem.tgz /bootbank/oem.tgz 10 reboot Also in vSphere the board only shows up as OEM First try Realtek Driver viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1272&p=9462#p9462 Code: ~ # esxcfg-nics -l Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description vmnic0 0000:07:00.00 r8168 Up 1000Mbps Full 00:1f:xxx 1500 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller vmnic1 0000:08:00.00 r8168 Down 0Mbps Half 00:1f:xxx 1500 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller ~ # ethtool -i vmnic0 driver: r8168 version: 8.018.00 firmware-version: bus-info: 0000:07:00.0 Second try Realtek Driver frutis viewtopic.php?f=12&p=7412#p7412 Code: ~ # esxcfg-nics -l Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description vmnic0 0000:07:00.00 r8169 Up 1000Mbps Full 00:1f:xxx 1500 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller vmnic1 0000:08:00.00 r8169 Down 0Mbps Half 00:1f:xxx 1500 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller ~ # ethtool -i vmnic0 driver: r8169 version: 2.2LK-NAPI firmware-version: bus-info: 0000:07:00.0 Still highly recommend to not bother with the on Board and go for a supported Intel NIC !!!
Tue May 29, 2012 1:51 pm

Tilo Joined: Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:20 am Posts: 11	Re: EVGA X58 SLI & ESXi 4.1 702113 with Realtek NIC /var/log/messages has a lot of these. But copy via vCenter Converter gives me ~25 MB/s Code: May 29 21:02:20 vmkernel: 0:00:01:02.443 cpu0:4129)<3>RTNL: assertion failed at vmkdrivers/src26/drivers/net/r8169/r8169.c (1078) May 29 21:02:20 vmkernel: 0:00:01:02.465 cpu3:4129)<3>RTNL: assertion failed at vmkdrivers/src26/drivers/net/r8169/r8169.c (1078) May 29 21:02:40 vmkernel: 0:00:01:22.204 cpu0:4129)<3>RTNL: assertion failed at vmkdrivers/src26/drivers/net/r8169/r8169.c (1078) May 29 21:02:40 vmkernel: 0:00:01:22.226 cpu3:4129)<3>RTNL: assertion failed at vmkdrivers/src26/drivers/net/r8169/r8169.c (1078) May 29 21:03:00 vmkernel: 0:00:01:42.206 cpu2:4129)<3>RTNL: assertion failed at vmkdrivers/src26/drivers/net/r8169/r8169.c (1078) May 29 21:03:00 vmkernel: 0:00:01:42.227 cpu1:4129)<3>RTNL: assertion failed at vmkdrivers/src26/drivers/net/r8169/r8169.c (1078) May 29 21:03:20 vmkernel: 0:00:02:02.207 cpu0:4129)<3>RTNL: assertion failed at vmkdrivers/src26/drivers/net/r8169/r8169.c (1078) May 29 21:03:20 vmkernel: 0:00:02:02.229 cpu3:4129)<3>RTNL: assertion failed at vmkdrivers/src26/drivers/net/r8169/r8169.c (1078) May 29 21:03:40 vmkernel: 0:00:02:22.206 cpu2:4129)<3>RTNL: assertion failed at vmkdrivers/src26/drivers/net/r8169/r8169.c (1078) May 29 21:03:40 vmkernel: 0:00:02:22.228 cpu1:4129)<3>RTNL: assertion failed at vmkdrivers/src26/drivers/net/r8169/r8169.c (1078) May 29 21:04:00 vmkernel: 0:00:02:42.206 cpu2:4129)<3>RTNL: assertion failed at vmkdrivers/src26/drivers/net/r8169/r8169.c (1078) May 29 21:04:00 vmkernel: 0:00:02:42.228 cpu1:4129)<3>RTNL: assertion failed at vmkdrivers/src26/drivers/net/r8169/r8169.c (1078) May 29 21:04:20 vmkernel: 0:00:03:02.207 cpu2:4129)<3>RTNL: assertion failed at vmkdrivers/src26/drivers/net/r8169/r8169.c (1078)
Tue May 29, 2012 3:08 pm

Tilo Joined: Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:20 am Posts: 11	Re: EVGA X58 SLI & ESXi 4.1 702113 with Realtek NIC well today was the day when I got a Intel for my box. the Realtek even with the "frutis" driver was too unstable. Now running Code: esxcfg-nics -l vmnic2 0000:03:00.00 e1000e Up 1000Mbps Full 68:05:ca:09:21:94 1500 Intel Corporation Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter detail Code: ~ # ethtool -i vmnic2 driver: e1000e version: 1.1.2-NAPI firmware-version: 1.8-0 bus-info: 0000:03:00.0 again the rule came true. don't mess with non OOTB driver and stick to a Intel nic (the $30-40 are well worth the less trouble) cheers
Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:01 pm
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