Have you applied the ESX patches. I don't run ESX, but ESXi, and there was a firmware patch that addressed some networking issues on Linux systems. Might give that a try if you have not already.
On 2/19/10 3:52 PM, LEdouard Louis wrote: > Has anyone experience problems using Intel 10 Gb NIC on VMware (AMD) ESX > 4.0? > > > > Some VM's are experiencing intermittent network drop issues even though > the actual VM is online. The VM are unable to ping out or respond to > ping and sometime unable to ping VM-to-Vm on the same physical server. > > The problem is only on some VM's on the same ESX host. We move the vms > to another ESX 4.0 with same Intel 10 GB card, the problem is resolve, > but return days later with same VM at new location. > > > > The Intel 10 GB has VMDQ features was not sure if that is part of the > problem. > > > > Thanks in advance > > --Louis > > -- Steve King Network Engineer - Liquid Web, Inc. Cisco Certified Network Associate CompTIA Linux+ Certified Professional CompTIA A+ Certified Professional
