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8 VMware Driver Software
This chapter covers the following for the VMware driver software:
 Introduction
 “Packaging” on page 63
 “Download, Install, and Update Drivers” on page 64
 “FCoE Support” on page 87
 “iSCSI Support” on page 89
Introduction
This section describes the VMware ESXi drivers for the Marvell BCM57xx and
BCM57xxx PCIe 1/10GbE network adapters. It provides information on
downloading, installing, and updating VMware drivers, describes the driver
parameters and defaults, provides information on unloading and removing drivers,
and describes driver messages.
The VMware ESXi drivers are listed in Tabl e 8- 1 .
NOTE
Information in this chapter applies primarily to the currently supported
VMware versions: ESXi 6.5 and ESXi 6.7. ESXi 6.7 uses native drivers for
all protocols.
Table 8-1. Marvell BCM57xx and BCM57xxx VMware Drivers
VMware Driver Description
bnx2 VMware legacy driver for the BCM57xx 1Gb network adapters. This driver directly
controls the hardware and is responsible for sending and receiving Ethernet pack-
ets on behalf of the VMware host networking stack. The driver also receives and
processes device interrupts, both on behalf of itself (for Layer 2 networking) and on
behalf of the C-NIC driver (for iSCSI offload).