If your controller is NOT detected by the ahci driver then we cannot get it to work with ESXi 5.5 right now, sorry!If you already successfully installed ESXi 5.5 (on a USB drive or other disk controller) then just run steps #3 and #4 and check if your AHCI controller is detected then. I can provide a VIB file for that if you let me know the PCI ID.6b. If your controller and the attached disks are now detected then you are lucky: We just need to add the PCI ID from step #4 to the mapping table of the ahci driver. Switch back to the installation screen with Alt-F2 and continue the installation wizard6a. Run 'lspci -v more' to list PCI devices and IDs.

Run 'vmkloadmod ahci' to load the ahci driver4. When the first menu appears, press Alt-F1 to switch to a console window.

How to add Realtek NIC driver support into esxi 6.5 Posted on by fredmerc Realtek network interface card used to be supported in older esxi releases but in newer versions, the chipset was removed from hardware compatibility list.īoot the computer from the installation CD2. In previous post we have already see how add custom drivers to an ESXi installation ISO and how use ImageBuilder to make custom ESXi ISO, but in other cases you may need to define some custom settings during the installation or add custom vib files. You might also need to create a custom ESXi 6.5 ISO when you need to integrate other than the stocked VMware drivers, say you have a NIC card which has. The resulted image was then exported as ISO or it can be used for AutoDeploy scenarios. So in my lab, I was able to add custom drivers and remove drivers from the original VMware ESXi 6.5 ISO. To anyone who is trying to get his SATA AHCI controller to work with ESXi 5.5 - please try the following:1.

In my I warned that VMware has removed some drivers for officially unsupported NICs (Realtek and Marvell) from ESXi 5.5 (compared to ESXi 5.1 and 5.0 that still included them).These drivers still work with ESXi 5.5, and if you upgrade an ESXi 5.1 host to 5.5 then you can just keep and continue using them.

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