Observed symptoms are different that this post so I am starting a new thread.
I purchased 3 systems recently from Natex, 2 x S5520HC and 1 x S2600CP.
Both S5520HC boards have a problem with their on-board NICs.
Short Answer: Perform a BIOS recovery! not just a reflash/upgrade
I suspect the BIOS NVRAM on these systems was modified to remove the NICs from being visible.
Symptoms:
You do not actually need to remove the system from the rack and open it up to perform the BIOS recovery. The jumper method is only needed when you can't boot to the EFI. In this case, you should be able to boot into the EFI.
After this I booted into ESXi 6.0 U2 and both NICs were available and connected.
I will see if this fixed other issues like the windows install issue.
I could prioritize this if someone wants but my next step is to get the Mellanox Infiniband up and running on these boxes and test things like diskless boot.
I purchased 3 systems recently from Natex, 2 x S5520HC and 1 x S2600CP.
Both S5520HC boards have a problem with their on-board NICs.
Short Answer: Perform a BIOS recovery! not just a reflash/upgrade
I suspect the BIOS NVRAM on these systems was modified to remove the NICs from being visible.
Symptoms:
- NIC enable/disable does not appear in BIOS
- NIC only visible in BMC portion of BIOS
- Both NICs light up to display activity
- You can ping the BMC NIC only
- NICs do not appear to ESXi 5.5 or 6.0
- lspci will not find the NIC in ESXi or Ubuntu 14.04
You do not actually need to remove the system from the rack and open it up to perform the BIOS recovery. The jumper method is only needed when you can't boot to the EFI. In this case, you should be able to boot into the EFI.
- Download BIOS recovery package 61
- Place contents of package in the root of a USB drive
- Boot to EFI and BIOS should be restored to factory fresh.
- Cycle AC power. I removed the power cord
- Remember to let the BIOS finish POST the first time it boots.
After this I booted into ESXi 6.0 U2 and both NICs were available and connected.
I will see if this fixed other issues like the windows install issue.
I could prioritize this if someone wants but my next step is to get the Mellanox Infiniband up and running on these boxes and test things like diskless boot.