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• Farallon — PN9000sx
• Netgear — GA620 Gigabit Ethernet Card
• Netgear — GA620T Copper Gigabit Ethernet Card
• Digital (Compaq) — PCI-to-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter DEGPA-SA
The ESX Server driver does not currently support the jumbo frames and checksum
offloading capabilities of these NICs.
Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet NICs
The ESX Server driver for Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet cards is based on the Broadcom
5700 driver for Linux version 1.4.5 driver. Broadcom based drivers are now the
embedded Gigabit card in multiple vendor systems, so specific part numbers may
vary.
• Broadcom NetXtreme BCM 5700
Intel Gigabit Ethernet NICs
The ESX Server driver for Intel Pro 1000 drivers Gigabit Ethernet cards is based on the
Linux v4.0.7 version driver.
• Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver
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