Adding an additional network card NIC

If you add a card that uses the same driver as an existing NIC, then the additional card should be recognized when the UTM boots.  If you need a different driver, you must re-install from ISO as the installation process only loads drivers for the devices it can "see."  Am I understanding your question?

Cheers - Bob

So there is no CLI hack? :-(

Strange because I put in another Realtek NIC and it showed up under hardware in the webadmin and allowed me to use it. But the r8169 I had didn't 

the utm has no driver for the chipset r8169... if you put in a nic with a older realtek chipset it should be recognized.

So there are a bunch of drivers in there by default and we don't need to reinstall to get them active? Is there a list somewhere? 

the utm depends on a base linux system which is modified by sophos. 

you can log in with ssh and use the basic commands to see which drivers are build in. something like lsmod 

it depends on the linux kernel which is used.. 

and... it is unsupported to manually add drivers..

so newer chipsets will be supported when newer kernels are used. 

There are no drivers installed during the loading of the UTM package except for the devices visible to the installer.  It's not plug-n-play.

There's a Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) in the KnowledgeBase and an unofficial one at the top of the Hardware forum here.

Cheers - Bob

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If you're running an older VMWare release, you're probably fine. If you're running Windows Server (or desktop), you're definitely fine. If you're running VMWare 6.5 or 6.7...order something else. It's not for a lack of trying.

This card has an Intel chipset, so I'm thinking 'oh, it's pretty well supported'. Card says VMWare support as well, so I order it for a client..and then promptly proceed to have it not-detected. Found people saying that it works after a firmware upgrade, so I went down that rabbit hole. Dell's LifeCycle Controller method won't upgrade it because it's not one of the Dell blessed cards. 10GTek doesn't offer this firmware on their website, and they don't respond to an attempt to get support via Skype...ask me how I know these things. I put the card in a Windows box, and the Dell firmware update wouldn't work there, either - tried that two different ways. Finally came full circle and found the package to update it within VMWare directly. It says it took...and still isn't detected, even after a reboot as shown.

So, these cards will likely find a home in some Windows servers somewhere, and to 10GTek's credit, they did function well in the Windows machines, complete with all the pro grade Intel features like VLAN tagging and NIC teaming. But...warning all of those planning on using them in VMWare 6.5++...don't.

UPDATE: Added these cards to a set of Windows servers for another client. Added a star because these cards worked well in both the 2012R2 and 2016 servers, without any need for a driver install or configuration. Cards work great with the Ubiquiti 10GbE fiber SFP modules I purchased with them. The individual(s) I've contacted via Skype have been very responsive, pleasant, and helpful. If you have Windows servers, these cards are definitely recommended.
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