[root@ESXi01:~] esxcli network nic list
Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
------ ------------ ------ ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ----------------- ---- -----------
vmnic0 0000:00:1f.6 ne1000 Up Up 1000 Full 1c:69:7a:6b:a3:e5 1500 Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (10) I219-V
vusb0 Pseudo cdce Up Up 100 Full 00:e0:4c:68:05:48 1500 Realtek USB 101001000 LAN
If see the above, my USB network port is only at 100GB...
The solution is provided here:
Installer can be found here:
Note, when installing, you need to put the zip file in / or else you will get this error:
[root@ESXi01:/vmfs] cd volumes/XPG\ SX8200\ PRO/software/
[root@ESXi01:/vmfs/volumes/5f1c7304-77d00f04-ad0f-1c697a6ba3e5/software] esxcli software vib install -d ./ESXi700-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-34491022-component-15873236.zip
[MetadataDownloadError]
Could not download from depot at zip:/var/log/vmware/ESXi700-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-34491022-component-15873236.zip?index.xml, skipping (('zip:/var/log/vmware/ESXi700-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-34491022-component-15873236.zip?index.xml', '', "Error extracting index.xml from /var/log/vmware/ESXi700-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-34491022-component-15873236.zip: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/vmware/ESXi700-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-34491022-component-15873236.zip'"))
url = zip:/var/log/vmware/ESXi700-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-34491022-component-15873236.zip?index.xml
Please refer to the log file for more details.
If if you in /, it will work:
[root@ESXi01:/vmfs/volumes/5f1c7304-77d00f04-ad0f-1c697a6ba3e5/software] esxcli software vib install -d /ESXi700-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-34491022-component-15873236.zip
Installation Result
Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.
Reboot Required: true
VIBs Installed: VMW_bootbank_vmkusb-nic-fling_0.1-4vmw.700.1.0.34491022
VIBs Removed:
VIBs Skipped:
You need to use esxcli again to configure the virtual switch after each reboot.
To do so, you can modify the /etc/rc.local.d/local.sh script. By default this script is not doing anything, you can copy this shell script inside:
VDS_NAME="DSwitch 2-VLAN10"
VDS_PORT_ID=12
vusb1_status=$(esxcli network nic get -n vusb1 | grep 'Link Status' | awk '{print $NF}')
count=0
while [[ $count -lt 20 && "${vusb1_status}" != "Up" ]]
do
sleep 10
count=$(( $count + 1 ))
vusb0_status=$(esxcli network nic get -n vusb1 | grep 'Link Status' | awk '{print $NF}')
done
if [ "${vusb1_status}" = "Up" ]; then
esxcfg-vswitch -P vusb1 -V ${VDS_PORT_ID} "${VDS_NAME}"
fi
You need to configure:
VDS_NAME ===> This is the name of your Distributed Switch
VDS_PORT_ID ===> This is the uplink port number
vusb# ===> This is the network card you want to configure (I have 2, so the script configure 2 “vusb: vusb0 and vusb1)
A last reboot to verify it’s working and your set!
I am not sure why but it took some time (about 3hrs) before my vusb0 got up to 1000MB/s:
[root@ESXi01:~] esxcli network nic list
Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
------ ------------ ------ ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ----------------- ---- -----------
vmnic0 0000:00:1f.6 ne1000 Up Up 1000 Full 1c:69:7a:6b:a3:e5 1500 Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (10) I219-V
vusb0 Pseudo uether Up Up 1000 Full 00:e0:4c:68:05:48 1500 Realtek USB 101001000 LAN
[root@ESXi01:~] esxcli network nic get -n vusb0 | grep 'Link Status' | awk '{print $NF}'
Up
[root@ESXi01:~] esxcfg-nics --list
Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
vmnic0 0000:00:1f.6 ne1000 Up 1000Mbps Full 1c:69:7a:6b:a3:e5 1500 Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (10) I219-V
vusb0 Pseudo uether Up 1000Mbps Full 00:e0:4c:68:05:48 1500 Realtek USB 101001000 LAN
This is what I get at the beginining:
[root@ESXi01:~] esxcli network nic list
Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
------ ------------ ------ ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ----------------- ---- -----------
vmnic0 0000:00:1f.6 ne1000 Up Up 1000 Full 1c:69:7a:6b:a3:e5 1500 Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (10) I219-V
vusb0 Pseudo uether Up Up 100 Full 00:e0:4c:68:05:48 1500 Realtek USB 101001000 LAN
[root@ESXi01:~] esxcfg-nics --list
Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
vmnic0 0000:00:1f.6 ne1000 Up 1000Mbps Full 1c:69:7a:6b:a3:e5 1500 Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (10) I219-V
vusb0 Pseudo uether Up 100Mbps Full 00:e0:4c:68:05:48 1500 Realtek USB 101001000 LA
OK.. I found out that the trick is to take out and out back the network cable and the speed will go up to 1000MB/s .. weird.. see below (before and after):
[root@ESXi01:~] esxcli network nic list
Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
------ ------------ ------ ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ----------------- ---- -----------
vmnic0 0000:00:1f.6 ne1000 Up Up 1000 Full 1c:69:7a:6b:a3:e5 1500 Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (10) I219-V
vusb0 Pseudo uether Up Up 100 Full 00:e0:4c:68:05:48 1500 Realtek USB 101001000 LAN
[root@ESXi01:~] esxcli network nic list
Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
------ ------------ ------ ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ----------------- ---- -----------
vmnic0 0000:00:1f.6 ne1000 Up Up 1000 Full 1c:69:7a:6b:a3:e5 1500 Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (10) I219-V
vusb0 Pseudo uether Up Up 1000 Full 00:e0:4c:68:05:48 1500 Realtek USB 101001000 LAN
Any for Frost Canyon there are additional instructions:
