ESXi PSOD LINT1/NMI due to physical hardware failure of Broadcom BCM57414 NetXtreme-E NIC

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

• ESXi host crashes with LINT1/NMI (motherboard nonmaskable interrupt) or ApeiHESTNmiHandler has diagnosed a PCI fatal error referencing PCI address 0000:0b:00.0.
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Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 9.x

Cause

Physical hardware failure or improper seating of the Broadcom BCM57414 network adapter.

Resolution

• Remove and firmly reinstall the adapter.
• Perform the manufacturer’s hardware diagnostics (such as Dell ePSA).
• Update firmware and drivers to maintain compatibility.
• Replace the hardware if the issue continues.