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ESXi/ESX have a limit on the number of network cards that can be supported in a server. For more information on these limits, see:
For example, this configuration could be presented to a host:
This configuration is within VMware limits and is supported because it is only using 2 x physical 10 GB network cards in HP Virtual Connect (even though the ESXi/ESX host can see 8 network cards).
Note: Configurations are supported as long as the physical network cards in the backend used to present FlexNICs do not exceed the VMware physical hardware limits.