Hello,
I was running esxi 5.1 on my DELL r420, installed through the DELL customized disc (VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.1.0-799733.x86_64-Dell_Customized_RecoveryCD_A00.iso) that included the DELL network driver for the broadcom nics.
It was working properly until I installed the patch/upgrade ESXi510-201210001 downloaded from the vmware website.
The patch installed successfully but after reboot the network cards were not recognized anymore.
It seems that the patch uninstalled the DELL driver coming from the customized CD.
What do you suggest?
Is there a network driver that I can download and install for my DELL?
Should I revert the patch (or reinstall the DELL CD with the previous build)?.
How should I patch esxi? Should I always wait for the customized ISO from DELL in order to keep all the driver compatibilities?
What are the best practices?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards
Daniele