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VMWare, Machine consused by NIC's

I have the following network configuration from
hosts->Confgiuration tab->Networking

vSwitch0
   VMNetwork              vmnic0    1GB
     CLIENT8
     CLIENT9
   vmKernel Port
     Management Network

vSwitch1
   VMNetwork              vmnic2    10GB
     CLIENT6

vSwitch2
   VMNetwork              vmnic3    10GB
     CLIENT7

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This appears to me like CLIENT6 and CLIENT7 are assigned to 10 GB NIC's, as I wanted

Client6 and 7 are both Windows machines, and when I go to the
Task Mgr->Networking on both machines it reports the follwing

Local Area Connection 0% 1GB Connected

There are no other defined connections listed in the Task Mgr

So VMWare thinks the NIC is 10GB and Windows thinks its a 1GB., and hits 99 percent in some circumstances

I tried to remedy this by installing vmtools and then performed a reboot, but I still have the same problem

BTW, I have this working with the same NIC's and same machine on another machine with the exact same configuration

How can I dianose this

Mike

WIndows will only recognized the NIC as an Intel Pro 1000MT which is a gigabit NIC, so it will only show as 1GB

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I have 2 machines with the same hardware, Westmere EP with 2 Broadcom NetXTreme 10GB

On the First machine (the one that easily uses 10GB), Windows reports (from Networking-Local Area COnnection-Details)

   Description:  vmnet3 Ehtnernet adapter

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On the Second machine (the one that can only use 1GB), Windows reports (from Networking-Local Area COnnection-Details)

   Description:  Intel Pro 1000MT

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How can I get the second machine to 'see' what the first machine does ?

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

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