#ESXI REALTEK 8168 DRIVERS#
#ESXI REALTEK 8168 UPDATE#

All detected A-OK.Д«eginning to end in a summed up form would beвЂ¦.Д©650SE_9690SA_firmware_9.5.5.1codeset_fw4.10.00.027.zip

#ESXI REALTEK 8168 UPDATE#

I realized I had misread the firmware number and I had one just before the 2TB+ compatibility, so I had to update the firmware to FE9X 4.10.00.027В to work. I thought it was weird so I put in a WD 3TB drive that was known for sure to be compatible (although I found someone using the Seagates), but it was the same. Later I found out, that the drives werenвЂ™t being detected properly as they showed as 746GB drives.

#ESXI REALTEK 8168 DRIVERS#

After some tinkering I managed to get the RAID drivers loaded, had to load a newer aacraid driver in addition to the LSI drivers. After 24 hours of letting it sit in the desktop with the power cord connected (still off) it was detected but didnвЂ™t load anything properly (no drives). After creating a new ISO including the new Realtek drivers and the LSI raid driver, I managed to get the NICs working but the RAID card wasnвЂ™t detected stillвЂ¦ Actually, the RAID card was shipped and I figured maybe the battery was dead or something wasnвЂ™t letting it detect properly. It also didnвЂ™t detect the Realtek daughter-board nor the RAID card.ДЄn aside: ESXi 5.1u1 seemed to get some of the functionality working for the Realtek nics.ДЇound out that the Realtek daughter-board needed the Realtek 8168 driver package from ESXi 5.1/5.0, the LSI 9650SE also is an async driver which means I have to load it into the ISO or afterwards as well. Out-of-box I believe ESXi detected the Intel GigE NICs but only mounted one of them. Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard (NAS and DLNA server)

PSU: Seasonic 350W 1U PSU (doesnвЂ™t fit the case, but good enough)Д¬ase: U-NAS 8-bay with USB 3.0 front module RAM: 2 xВ Corsair Vengeance CMSX8GX3M1A1600C10 8GB This is just a mini work-log of how I got my ESXi server running for use at my home.

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