How to locate drivers for my Oracle 40gb NEM for Vmware ESXi 5.1

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Update Date:	2017-09-18
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Solution 1517627.1 : How to locate drivers for my Oracle 40gb NEM for Vmware ESXi 5.1

Applies to:

Sun Blade 6000 System - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

How to locate drivers for your ESXi Installation for the Oracle 40gb NEM

Solution

This example talks about x3-2B blades but the methodology is the same.

VMware keeps a compatibility matrix between systems and their respective supported Vmware O/S's.

In our example:

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=server&productid=21818&deviceCategory=server&releases=171&keyword=x3-2&page=1&display_interval=10&sortColumn=Partner&sortOrder=Asc

To help you with the installation you can either download:

Patch 14114434: X6270 M3 SW 1.1.0 - OS PACK VMWARE_ESXI_5

Which contains;

SunBlade 6000 Virtualized 40GbE NEM Driver
Version: 5.0.0.2
Location: VMware/ESXi/5/Drivers/sxge

Or you can get;

Patch 12918641: SUN BLADE 6000 VIRTUALIZED 40 GBE NEM LINUX/SOLARIS10/WINDOWS

Which will redirect you directly to VMware page:

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=io&productid=20053&deviceCategory=io&keyword=20053&page=1&display_interval=10&sortColumn=Partner&sortOrder=Asc

Make sure you always check My Oracle Support for the latest package for your blade if you choose to download this patch.

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This document assumes that the chassis and blades are compatible with the 40gb NEM

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