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ESX Server 3.0.2, ESX-1001908, e1000 Driver Upgrade, Support for New Network Interface Card (NIC)

Details

Release Date: 10/29/07
Document Last Updated: 2/26/08

Download Size:
9.3 MB
Download Filename:
ESX-1001908.tgz
md5sum:
16d49f07eea3a163a4643a66c3cbffb8
 

 

Product Versions

ESX Server 3.0.2*

Patch Classification

General

Supersedes

None

Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required

Yes

ESX Server Host Reboot Required

Yes

PRs Fixed

 

Affected Hardware

Sun X7284A-Z PCI Express Quad Port GbE UTP ExpressModule

Affected Software

 

RPMs Updated

VMware-esx-drivers-net-e1000,
kernel-vmnix

Related CVE numbers

 

Summary

This patch provides an update to the e1000 driver to enable the Sun X7284A-Z PCI Express Quad Port GbE UTP ExpressModule.  Please review the I/O Compatibility Guide for ESX Server 3.x  for detailed, up to date information on the compatibility of devices that use the e1000 driver. This patch updates the driver to VMware-esx-drivers-net-e1000-7.3.15.1vmw-61618.

*This patch is included in ESX Server 3.0.2 Update 1 release. For more information about this update, see the ESX Server 3.0.2 Update 1 release notes at http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/releasenotes_esx302_update1.html.

Solution

Symptoms

There are no symptoms available for the updates provided by this patch.

Deployment Considerations

N/A

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:

1.      Download patch ESX-1001908 from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches.html .
 
2.      Log in to the ESX Server service console as root.
 

3.      Create a local depot directory.

# mkdir -p /var/updates

Note: VMware recommends that you use the updates directory.

4.      Change your working directory to /var/updates.

# cd /var/updates

5.      Download the tar file into the /var/updates directory.
 
6.      Verify the integrity of the downloaded tar file:
# md5sum ESX-1001908.tgz
The md5 checksum output should match the following:
16d49f07eea3a163a4643a66c3cbffb8 ESX-1001908.tgz
7.      Extract the compressed tar archive:
# tar -xvzf ESX-1001908.tgz
8.      Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-1001908:
# cd ESX-1001908

Installation Instructions

After you download and extract the archive, and if you are in the directory that you previously created, use the following command to install the update:

# esxupdate update

To run esxupdate from a different directory, you must specify the bundle path in the command:

# esxupdate -r file://<directory>/ESX-1001908 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate -r file://depot/var/updates/ESX-1001908 update

During the update process, logs appear on the terminal. You can specify the verbosity of esxupdate logs by using the -v option as shown below.

# esxupdate -v 10 file://<directory>/ESX-1001908 update

For more information how to use esxupdate, see the Patch Management for ESX Server 3 tech note at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_esxupdate.pdf .

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