ESX uses network adapter with the mac address that is different than virtual connect reports

Hi all

Our ESX environment consists of HP C7000 enclosure, virtual connect 1 gb ethernet with a mixture of BL480c and BL460c. We just bought some new BL460c G7 with NIC NC553i to replace some of the oldest BL480c. We have configured Virtual Connect to assign mac addresses. In vc management consoleI see the addresses assigned to the server, but when I start the server displays a different mac address for nic #2 that vc does. NIC #1 has the same mac address of console management vc and in the server BIOS. When I install ESX also sees the 'wrong' for #2 nic mac address. According to vmware nic #2 has not any network connected to what should be if it was really nic #2 (according to the vc management console).

When I look at the mac addresses in the BIOS none of the network interface card have the mac address assigned by vc. VC firmware is 3.01. I have attached the photos I see information in the management of VC and BIOS console. Someone at - it for clues to what is happening and how can I solve it? Thanks in advance.

Kind regards

GB

Please refer to:

http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1001167

Note:   The ESX host uses following addresses starting with 00:50:56 (as opposed to the address embedded in the interface itself).

To determine the MAC address of the interface Board of the ESX host, run the command:
# ifconfig | grep-i hw
The output looks like:
vswif0 Link encap HWaddr 00:50:56:41:5 A: 59
The MAC address is in the first line after HWaddr.  In this example, the MAC address is 00:50:56:41:5 has: 59.

Note:   The ESX host uses following addresses starting with 00:50:56 (as opposed to the address embedded in the interface itself).

You can also review the output information and the esxcfg-NICS - l order MAC addresses.

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