Identify currently running NIC Card Driver Version on ESXi Host with below esxcli command line.
Stack Exchange network consists of. How to find out driver and firmware version of my ESXi Fiber Channel HBA? (ESXi is installed with the VMWare iso with. From time to time as a vSphere ESX/ESXi administrator you may need to quickly find out what firmware levels and driver versions are present on your ESX (or ESXi) host in regards to your Network and Storage interface cards. Our video today shows you how!
Login to ESXi Host through SSH.
Run below command to obtain the Network driver type:
Command:-
# esxcfg-nics -l
or
# esxcli network nic list
Output:-
Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
vmnic0 0000:04:00.00 be2net Up 10000Mbps Full 80:c1:6e:7b:e6:b8 1500 Emulex Corporation HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB Adapter
vmnic1 0000:04:00.01 be2net Up 10000Mbps Full 80:c1:6e:7b:e6:bc 1500 Emulex Corporation HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB Adapter
Run the ethtool -i command to check the NIC Driver version:-
Command:-
# ethtool -i vmnic0
Output:-
driver: be2net
version: 4.1.334.48
firmware-version: 4.1.450.7
bus-info: 0000:04:00.0
Run below command to get list of all NICs present in ESXi Host.
Command:-
# for a in $(esxcfg-nics -l|awk '{print $1}'|grep [0-9]) ;do ethtool -i $a;done
Output:-
driver: be2net
version: 4.1.334.48
firmware-version: 4.1.450.7
bus-info: 0000:04:00.0
driver: be2net
version: 4.1.334.48
firmware-version: 4.1.450.7
bus-info: 0000:04:00.1
To identify suitable driver, we must obtain the Vendor ID (VID), Device ID (DID), Sub-Vendor ID (SVID), and Sub-Device ID (SDID) using the vmkchdev command:-
Command:-
# vmkchdev -l |grep vmnic0
Output:-
000:004:00.0 19a2:0710 103c:337b vmkernel vmnic0
Values are:
VID = 19a2
DID = 0710
SVID = 103c
SDID = 337b
Run this command to obtain vendor information for all NICs in the system using:
Command:-
# for a in $(esxcfg-nics -l |awk '{print $1}' |grep [0-9]) ;do vmkchdev -l |grep $a ;done
Output:-
000:004:00.0 19a2:0710 103c:337b vmkernel vmnic0
000:004:00.1 19a2:0710 103c:337b vmkernel vmnic1
# Open VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide to find out compatible driver Drivers and Firmware.