Install the driver for Intel ACC100 (Mount Bryce) device and Intel E810 card.

Follow the procedure to install the ACC100 device driver and E810 driver.

Procedure

  1. Install ACC100 driver.
    1. Obtain the driver. You can download the ACC100 driver from intel.
    2. Unzip the downloaded zip file.
    3. Copy the ibbd files (both pf and tool) to /var/log/vmware in the VMware ESXi host.
    4. Put VMware ESXi host into maintenance mode. For details, see Maintenance Mode.
    5. Add the ibbd pf file and ibbd tool file to VMware ESXi host.
      1. Navigate to the /var/log/vmware and use the following commands to add the ibbd pf file and ibbd tool file to VMware ESXi host.
        esxcli software component apply -d <intel ibbd pf file>
esxcli software component apply -d <intel ibbd tool file>
    6. Verify the installation of the ACC100 Driver. Use the esxcli software vib list | grep ibbd command to check the ACC100 driver installation.
      [root@plab-smc-4:~] esxcli software vib list | grep ibbd
ibbd-pf 1.0.7-1OEM.700.1.0.15843807 INT VMwareCertified 2022-01-11
ibbd-tools 1.0.7-1OEM.700.1.0.15843807 INT PartnerSupported 2022-01-11
  2. Install the E810 driver.
    Check the firmware and driver version for PTP over VF.
    NIC Type VendorID DeviceID Firmware ESXi Driver SRIOV Driver

    Intel E810

    8086

    0x1591, 0x1592, 0x1593, 0x1599, 0x159A, 0x159B

    3.0

    icen 1.6.5

    iavf 4.2.7
    1. Obtain the Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) 3.0 firmware for Intel E810 card. For details, see NVM 3.0.
    2. Install the NVM 3.0 firmware for Intel E810 card. For details, see readme file.
    3. Obtain the icen 1.6.5 driver. For details, see icen 1.6.5 driver.
    4. Install the icen 1.6.5 driver. For details, see icen 1.6.5 driver installation.
  3. Reboot the host.
  4. Exit maintenance mode. For details, see Maintenance Mode.

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