VMware NIC drivers

SLam · 07-20-2007, 11:02 AM

Any ideas where I can find supported drivers to get it to work with VMware and Altiris?

TRYDL · 07-20-2007, 11:09 AM

VMware guests emulate an AMD NIC, which is part of the Windows native driver set, at least 2000, 2003, and XP. An enhanced driver comes with VMware Tools though.

If you mean for imaging, you can leverage PXE and an UNDI driver automation environment for DOS.

If its for DOS specific, then look at this thread http://www.vmware.com/community/thre...ID=38060#38060

Is there something specific that you are missing in the functionality of a guest and its management by Altiris?

jharings · 09-27-2007, 09:30 AM

I have been able to use the UNDI driver for successfully imaging the pre-provisioned VM. Post-imaging, the VM has to be 'told' to use the vmxnet driver (update driver) as well as the SCSI driver for the disk (LSI).

What is interesting is that both drivers are already there, no need to even have to browse for them, but the VM doesn't seem to accept them out of hand.

Ocelaris · 06-19-2008, 11:27 AM

If you just go into the VM, under the folder with VMWare tools, it has all the drivers... the txtsetup.oem, sys, inf everything... assuming you are using a similar machine, you have a choice of the AMD driver, on the intel e1000 driver, same with the hard drive, buslogic or LSI driver... if you do a google search, you can find

vmscsi.sys for the hard drive, and vmxnet.sys for the network card... but all you have to do is install the drivers one, clone the machine, either with vmware, or Deployment server...