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I’m attempting to get ESXi 5.5 to communicate over &nbsp;the external interface ‘GE2’ on the UCS-EN140N-M2/K9 module, however GE2’s &nbsp;MAC address is not listing on the ESXi host (the internal interfaces are).<br />
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In <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28932114/VmWare-ESXi-v5-5-unable-to-allocate-2nd-datastore-on-Cisco-UCS-220-M4S.html" rel="ugc">another post</a> I just read a mention of &nbsp;&quot;Custom ESXi ISO for the cisco server&quot; - I used standard version..<br />
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Perhaps I should use a custom version - <a href="https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/info?slug=datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/5_5#custom_iso" rel="ugc nofollow">as listed here</a> - which one though?
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I’m attempting to get ESXi 5.5 to communicate over  the external interface ‘GE2’ on the UCS-EN140N-M2/K9 module, however GE2’s  MAC address is not listing on the ESXi host (the internal interfaces are).

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In another post (https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28932114/VmWare-ESXi-v5-5-unable-to-allocate-2nd-datastore-on-Cisco-UCS-220-M4S.html) I just read a mention of  "Custom ESXi ISO for the cisco server" - I used standard version..

Perhaps I should use a custom version - as listed here (https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/info?slug=datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/5_5#custom_iso) - which one though?

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