OK, I had to go back and install an older ESX 3.5 U5 box, on an HP DL380G7. I have an Vmware HCL listed HP Quad port nic card installed on top of 4 onboard NIC ports. It won't see the PCIE nic card. The lights are solid green and amber with it plugged it. I have checked in the ESX OS, and it lists it as a unknown device. Tried doing the desmg -p for the boot, no luck.
Main Console window on the server has in RED..
cpu22:1057)Mod: 1413: Initialization for unm_nic failed with -19
I've downloaded the HP Firmware Maint DVD, but the dang server will NOT boot to it. Any other machine will.
Any suggestions? I have reinstalled the OS with the same results.
Thanks