Intel Xeon D-1540 10GbE X552/X557 driver/VIB for VMware ESXi 6 on Supermicro 5028D-TN4T/X10SDV-TLN4F now available!
Nov 02 2015 update - The driver was apparently never available, even for commercial vSphere license holders who have a My VMware account#. I'm very sorry for any confusion my misguided VMware Support information may have caused. I do have an active SR# opened now for this missing driver download URL investigation, detailed in the discussion below. I also used the "feedback" button on the X552 download list site to report the issue. Others with commercial vSphere licenses have kindly pitched in over the weekend and opened their own tickets into this as well.
6:15pm eastern time
It appears JBBERLIN77777 has located the 5.5 version now, which may work for 6.0, this is good news!
9:45pm eastern time
It works. Install instructions are now available here at TinkerTry:
See also tweets here.
Original post below:
Breaking news - The driver is apparently now available for commercial vSphere license holders in their "My VMware" account. Many will also be happy to see that the download overview page includes both ESXi 6.0 and 5.5:
Curerently, I can't get to the download URL VMware points to for all versions of this VIB:
- http://www.vmware.com/download/vsphere/drivers_tools.html
You do not have access to an Account. Check with your Super User, Procurement Contact or Administrator.
I'm still investigating my options, as I'd obviously very much love to test this driver out on my cluster of 2 X552-equipped SYS-5028D-TN4T SuperServers that are already at ESXi 6.0 Update 1a. With my Samsung 950 PROs arriving very soon, this will make one heck of an (unsupported but fun) all-flash vSAN, ROBO Edition!
Despite my current frustration, and days of "My VMware" issues, it sure seems best to get the good word out there right away, for others to give it a go then hopefully drop their comments below. Only then can I drop the question mark from this post's title.
For the full story and updates to this still unfolding story, this link will jump you right over to just the right spot in the original post here:
See also
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Thanks for the feedback Darryl.
Which VIB file are you talking about, the 5.5 version, detailed here:
https://tinkertry.com/how-to-install-intel-x552-vib-on-esxi-6-on-superserver-5028d-tn4t
or did you find a different version?
the vib work great
I have the vib for 10G
I have SR# 15792374711 now assigned to this issue, and am told I will likely hear back by tomorrow, or maybe even today. The support representative I just spoke with completely agrees this is a web site issue with the link doing a redirect to a generic driver landing page and no actual X552 VIB download, and was NEVER an entitlement issue of any kind, anybody can download drivers, I was simply misinformed Saturday. There was also profuse apologies that I was ever told otherwise, and an offer of an investigation, which I politely declined, since I don't have the name of the representative I was speaking with in VMware support (I usually note that, I didn't this time, my bad).
I'll keep folks posted here, and of course, when I actually get the VIB, I'll also send out a tweet from my @paulbraren account.
If folks want to open their own SR# (which probably isn't really going to get this fixed any faster at this point, since others have their own SR#s too, as I've learned from an email this AM), here's the steps, from a form email I received:
====
"How
do I file a support request now?"
"Filing a licensing support request on My VMware,"
"Log into ""My
VMware""."
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/login
"On the main menu, hover over Support and click
Get Support."
"Choose an option from Product Licensing or
Account and follow the on screen instructions."
"You can also file your support request with us ""over
the phone"”."
https://www.vmware.com/support/policies/file-sr-phone.html
===
In this case, it would seem
my vmware/Get Support/General Inquiry/Downloads
would be the best menu selection for this situation.
Tier 2 support has reopened a recent somewhat related case, and I'm told I will be contacted back tomorrow (Sunday EST), since Tier 2 doesn't work on Saturdays.
All the details of this issue have been transmitted for my contact to review.
Thank you for giving it a try Benjamin, I'll keep trying to reach support about their website error.
Hi,
It's just say "no drivers available". I just tweet a screenshot with the list of drivers : https://twitter.com/paulbraren/status/660123084121358337
I'm able to download the ESXi 6.0u1a, but no drivers for the 10Gbit Intel^^
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Hi Paul, I just discovered your site (great site by the way with invaluable contents) and was interested in getting the super server in the future. I think the link is broken, I wanted to find out how much it will cost me.
Any chance you are able to open a ticket to inquire? They won't even talk to me about the issue (can't get past entitlement), but now that I know nobody can get to it, I'll try (valiantly) again, reporting it as a web site issue. Can you screenshot the error you're seeing, and share it here? I strongly suspected what support was telling me was completely wrong, you've helped confirm that. Thank you Benjamin!
I have already a full licence to vSphere 6. But I can't download the vid, it's unavailable, anyone to upload it online ?
Thanks ;)
Well, give it a try, especially if you have a full vSphere 6.0 license registered in your My VMware account.
I'm as surprised as anybody that it's (currently) not an easy download for everybody, this is silly.
Great! thanks again for your efforts on this subject Paul.
As far as I understand we can't download it yet though right?
BR
darryl
I have the vib that work 6.0 version