Hi,
I have a new DELL R240 with a BCM5720 and the latest version of vmware esxi 6.7u2 installed.
Actually I only get 100Mbit.
Switch and cable would already be changed.
Switching the driver from ntg3 to tg3 dosen't change anything
Drivers
| net-tg3 | 3.137l.v60.1-1OEM.600.0.0.2494585 | BRCM | VMwareCertified 2019-06-21 |
| ntg3 | 4.1.3.2-1vmw.670.1.28.10302608 | VMW | VMwareCertified 2019-06-08 |
| Name | PCI | Driver | Link Speed | Duplex MAC Address | MTU | Description |
| vmnic0 0000:04:00.0 ntg3 | Down 0Mbps | Half 6c:2b:59:XX:XX:XX1500 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet | ||||
| vmnic1 0000:04:00.1 ntg3 | Up 100Mbps | Full 6c:2b:59:XX:XX:XX1500 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet |
esxcli network nic get -n vmnic1
Advertised Auto Negotiation: true
Advertised Link Modes: Auto, 1000BaseT/Full, 100BaseT/Half, 100BaseT/Full, 10BaseT/Half, 10BaseT/Full
Auto Negotiation: true
Cable Type: Twisted Pair
Current Message Level: 7
Driver Info:
Bus Info: 0000:04:00:1
Driver: ntg3
Firmware Version: bc 1.39 ncsi 1.5.1.0
Version: 4.1.3.2
Link Detected: true
Link Status: Up
Name: vmnic1
PHYAddress: 0
Pause Autonegotiate: true
Pause RX: true
Pause TX: true
Supported Ports: TP
Supports Auto Negotiation: true
Supports Pause: true
Supports Wakeon: true
Transceiver: internal
Virtual Address: 00:50:56:XX:XX:XX
Wakeon: MagicPacket(tm)