This device appears to no longer be supported in ESXi 7.0u2, but was supported as recently as 6.7. Is there any way to enable support for this NIC? I can probably get a new NIC, but would rather not wait a week for it to arrive by slow boat nor do I want to lose one of my PCIe slots.
In the past I do remember having to slipstream a community supported driver for a Realtek GB NIC, and that process was .... painful. Can I simply drag and drop the community driver onto my USB installer?
A tangential but important question is whether it's actually worth it to use 7.0 vs 6.7. I know Kubernetes is the latest hotness, but it's not something I know or care much about at this point. Aside from that, is there any reason to install 7.0?
In the past I do remember having to slipstream a community supported driver for a Realtek GB NIC, and that process was .... painful. Can I simply drag and drop the community driver onto my USB installer?
A tangential but important question is whether it's actually worth it to use 7.0 vs 6.7. I know Kubernetes is the latest hotness, but it's not something I know or care much about at this point. Aside from that, is there any reason to install 7.0?
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