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VMware ESXi 6.5u1 Fix “There are no free physical adapters to attach to this virtual switch”

By April 10, 2018September 18th, 2020Blog, VMWare
There are no free physical adapters to attach to this critical switch error message

I ran into this problem with a fresh install of ESXi 6.5u1. This is a known issue with the specific version of the embedded client. Version 1.21 is the broken one; we need 1.24 or later.

Here is how to fix it in 3 steps:

  1. Download the vib file from here
  2. Upload to root of datastore
  3. Connect SSH, type esxcli software vib install -v /vmfs/volumes/yourvoulemeID/esxui-signed-7119706.vb

Problem Solved

VMware ESXi 6.5u1 Fix

JacobR, PEI

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