[CLOUDSTACK-9647] NIC adapter type becomes e1000 , even after changing the global parameter "vmware.systemvm.nic.device.type" to vmxnet3 for VPC VR

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 4.9.0
• Component/s: Management Server, VMware
• Security Level: Public (Anyone can view this level - this is the default.)
• Assignee: Sudhansu Sahu
• Reporter: Sudhansu Sahu
• Created: 02/Dec/16 07:45
• Updated: 31/Mar/17 14:47

Description

ISSUE
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NIC adapter type becomes e1000 , even after changing the global parameter "vmware.systemvm.nic.device.type" to vmxnet3.

Description
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Repro steps:-

-> Set global parameter "vmware.systemvm.nic.device.type" to vmxnet3.
-> Created a VPC network and deployed a VM using the same network.
-> Checked the router details and found that for private network , it was showing nic adapter type as VMXNET3 and for other networks (public and guest) it was showing as E1000.
-> Rebooted the VPC network and checked it again, it was same as earlier.

/vmfs/volumes/94ec1ec2-0df8514b/r-2784-VM # grep virtualDev r-2784-VM.vmx
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"
ethernet1.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet2.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"
ethernet3.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1810