Upgrading from ESX 4.1 to ESXi 5 fails: The specified network interface card is not plugged in. Installation cannot continue as requested.

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Posted: 21 Nov, 2011
by: Troen L.

Updated: 21 Nov, 2011
by: Troen L.

We have observed this issue when upgrading from ESX 4.1 to ESXi 5 when only one of two nics that were uplinks of the switch of the management network were connected. After a while the system will reboot and the upgrade process will restart.

Weird error message

The solution is to connect the nic or to use a loopback adapter so that the nic gets link signal. Upon the next boot the upgrade process will complete successfully.

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