100M only for Realtek USB Driver ?

 [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:

https://tech-addict.fr/home-lab-usb-network-adapters-for-esxi/

Installer can be found here:

https://flings.vmware.com/usb-network-native-driver-for-esxi?download_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdownload3.vmware.com%2Fsoftware%2Fvmw-tools%2FUSBNND%2FESXi700-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-34491022-component-15873236.zip

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:

https://flings.vmware.com/usb-network-native-driver-for-esxi#instructions