Bizarre problem with intel pro/1000 dual port NIC?

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dswartz

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Jul 14, 2011
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So I got two of these new off ebay for fairly cheap. Intent was to use both ports to connect one to each LAG port on my 2 new stacked 7250-24 switches. Clients are two vsphere servers. First one came off without a hitch. Second one would not work at all. Both ports showed in fastiron prompt as BLOCKED. I even tried plugging them into non LAG ports on either of the 7250s. The lights came on on the switch ports, but vsphere insisted 'link down'. I'm suspecting either the card is hosed, or maybe some kind of chinese counterfeit? I only paid like $40 for each, so it's not really worth trying to return them. I plunked in a pair of CT desktop adapters, and boom, off to the races. Kinda annoyed, but oh well...