Resolve No Network Adapters Issue on ESXi

by Davoud Teimouri · Published 05/01/2018 · Updated 13/07/2023

No network Adapter issue actually will be happened during installation, if the server has no adapter or the adapter driver is not loaded or the image is not contains of any compatible adapter driver, ESXi installer does stop installation and prompt:

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List of Affected Network Adapters

It might be happened even after installation cause of upgrade firmware to an incompatible version. Now, if you are using HPE ProLiant servers and the servers are configured with the below hardware:

HP ConvergedSystem 900 FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630FLB Adapter
HPE StoreFabric CN1100R 10GBASE-T Dual Port Converged Adapter
HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 530FLR-SFP+ Adapter
HPE Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 530FLB Adapter
HP Flex-10 10Gb 2-port 530M Adapter
HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 530SFP+ Adapter
HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 530T Adapter
HPE FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 533FLR-T Adapter
HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLB Adapter
HPE FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534FLR-SFP+ Adapter
HPE FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 534M Adapter
HPE StoreFabric CN1100R Dual Port Converged Adapter
HPE FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630FLB Adapter
HPE FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630M Adapter
HPE FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 536FLB Adapter

Your server is affected by an incompatibility issue between adapter firmware and adapter driver.

The issue occurs AFTER upgrading the driver to version 2.713.30 contained in the Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) 2017.07.1 and the July HPE Custom Images.

The below versions are affected by the issue:

VMware vSphere 5.5.
VMware vSpehere 6.0.
VMware vSphere 6.5.

Solution

The issue might be happened for any server from any vendor but if you have HPE servers, upgrade HPE BNX2X VMware drivers with older or newer firmware image.

https://www.hpe.com/global/swpublishing/MTX-ab64eccfe90a485e821b0e9e12

Also, if you have plan to add new server or upgrade current installation, use the below image or newer: