Comments on: Installing Realtek Driver on ESXi 6.7

By: GigaTech IT

GigaTech IT — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:51:21 +0000

I know this is old, but it took me WAY TOO LONG to find the solution and this thread helped… Thanks

I found the Realtek 8125 2.5GBe driver here
https://pan.chiphello.com:40272/?dir=/%E9%A9%B1%E5%8A%A8/RTL8125

– Login to vSphere Web UI
– From the left hand side under ‘Navigator’
– Select ‘Host’
– Click ‘Actions’ from the top menu then ‘Services’ >> ‘Enable Secure Shell (SSH)’
– Copy the .vib file to a datastore
– SSH into the ESXi server
– Open CMD
– ‘SSH root@~IP ADDRESS~’
– it will then ask for your root password, type it in
– Run these commands, be sure you have configured a working gateway and DNS server to connect to the internet
– `esxcli software acceptance set –level=CommunitySupported`
– `esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient`
– `esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r dns`
– Now Install the driver
– `esxcli software vib install -v /vmfs/volumes/datastore2/…/net-r8125-9.006.04-1.vib`
– It should come back with something like:
– Installation Result
– Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.
– Reboot Required: true
– VIBs Installed: net-r8125-9.006.04-1
– VIBs Removed:

Reboot ESXi and job done ;)

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 02:15:38 +0000

In reply to Michel.

[root@localhost:~] esxcli software vib install -d https://vibsdepot.v-front.de -n net55-r8168
[DependencyError]
VIB Realtek_bootbank_net55-r8168_8.045a-napi requires com.vmware.driverAPI-9.2.2.0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
VIB Realtek_bootbank_net55-r8168_8.045a-napi requires vmkapi_2_2_0_0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
Please refer to the log file for more details.

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By: Jim Chrystal

Jim Chrystal — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 01:41:26 +0000

Awesome.

By: Kelsson Santos

Kelsson Santos — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 03:23:28 +0000

Obrigado, ajudou um cara do outro lado do oceano. No interior da Bahia no Brasil.

By: mastassociatisrl

mastassociatisrl — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:41:50 +0000

VIB Realtek_bootbank_net55-r8168_8.045a-napi requires vmkapi_2_2_0_0

VIB Realtek_bootbank_net55-r8168_8.045a-napi requires com.vmware.driverAPI-9.2.2.0

By: Ricardo Carlos Wielewski

Ricardo Carlos Wielewski — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 20:12:17 +0000

Doesn’t work…

[root@localhost:~] esxcli software vib install -d https://vibsdepot.v-front.de -n net55-r8168
Installation Result
Message: Host is not changed.
Reboot Required: false
VIBs Installed:
VIBs Removed:
VIBs Skipped: Realtek_bootbank_net55-r8168_8.045a-napi

[root@localhost:~] esxcli software vib list | grep 8168
net55-r8168 8.045a-napi Realtek CommunitySupported 2020-02-08

any suggestion?

By: Örs

Örs — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 20:17:10 +0000

Thanks a lot! Worked like a charm.

By: DOM

DOM — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:45:01 +0000

Top!

By: Michel

Michel — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:01:54 +0000

In reply to ludufre. Hi Ludufre, did you get any error message?