Intel x540-t2 vmware driver

Jan 7, 2014 1 nicholasfarmer Limp Gawd Messages: 228 Joined: Apr 19, 2007 I need some extra Brains here. Hardware: ESXi Server with a ton of resources. CPU/ Mem running below 10% Intel x540- T2 - connected via Cat7 cable to Netgear Pro Safe XS708 E. Running ESXi 5. 820. One VM on ESX Server with local SSD array (trust me, its not an IOPS or GBPS issue from the disk.) VM is running Windows 2012 Server with a VMXNet3 nic driver. Hardware V10 and tools are updated. Four Physical Desktops with SSDs as local drive. Test 1) I can start a file copy from the VM to each local desktop, one at a time, and get full saturation on the physical desktop NIC. (99%. 113 MBps flat line) All four desktops can receive the full 1 Gb stream. Each desktop has its own network port on the netgear switch. Issue : When I start multiple flows (copy data to two PCs at once) the bandwidth goes to insanity. Network bandwidth will spike to 224 Mbps then flop down to 5 Mbps. Very random, very poor throughput. Its actually faster to copy one at a time then to attempt multiple flows. Test 2) I found an updated driver for ESXi 5.5. A VIB LIST showed 5.5 came with driver ver 3.7.x.x and I updated it to ixgbe-. New issue: I can still hit saturation when doing a single flow to a single physical PC, but now when I attempt multiple flows (one flow per Physical PC it perfectly balances the flows. 113 MBps will drop down to two flows at 56 Mbps to two PCs. Four file transfers will drop down to 28 Mbps each to four PCs. So the random, up and down speed went away but now the NIC/ Driver is balancing the flows at a 1 Gb limit. No QOS, im using standard switches so no v DS control issues. I want to keep adding more info to help narrow it down but if this gets too long you will all ignore it! Please help! I hope someone has exp with this Nic and can help with a quick config or command to get me up to full.
Article ID: Last Reviewed: 03- Mar-2016 Intel® Ethernet devices are widely supported in various versions of VMware* ESX Server. VMware, Inc., maintains hardware compatibility guides for various versions of VMware ESX Server. However, you should contact your system hardware vendor directly before adding an Intel® Ethernet Adapter to a certified system. How do I find Intel Ethernet Adapters and drivers in the VMware Compatibility Guide? Go to the VMware Compatibility Guide: I/ O Device Search. Select Product Release Version: Pick the product version (optional). Select Brand Name: Intel. Select I/ O Device Type: Network. In Keyword, enter part of the device name in quot;s. For example, “ ET2 Quad” or “ X520- DA2”. Optional for SR- IOV: In Features, select SR- IOV. In the Search Results, click on the adapter name in the model column. In the Model Release Details, you'll see a list of all releases and compatible device drivers. To see details on the release and driver, including a link to the driver download site, expand the row by clicking on the “ ”. Hints for finding and downloading the driver Copy the Device Driver(s) information before following the link for VMware downloads. You can paste this information into the downloads search box to find the correct driver to download. Example: ixgbe version Check the title in the download search results for your VMware operating system version to find the link for the correct driver. Note Driver types are inbox or async: The inbox driver is the version that is included by VMware in the ESX/ ESXi ISO image. The async driver is posted on the VMware driver support site and provides updates to the inbox driver. Where do I get technical support? Technical support for VMware driver and operating system issues are provided by VMware Support or through the VMware Communities. Intel does not provide technical support for VMware.
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