Direct Path I/o Esxi
VSphere 6.0 and 6.5 have an interesting bug in the vSphere Web Client: a DirectPath I/O option is enabled by default for a new virtual machine with VMXNET3 network adapter provisioned. Best midi controller. A New Virtual Machine dialogue looks good.
I'm attempting to attach a NIC to a specific VM on my basic ESXi 6.0 setup. DirectPath I/O should allow me to do this, and the machine I'm running ESXi on does support VT-d (Dell Optiplex 990 with an i5-2400 CPU).
I can go into vSphere and access the Configuration -> Hardware Advanced Settings area and add the NIC in. Here's a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/Ew5hr0s.png
It says that the changes won't take effect until the host is restarted. I've restarted the host many times yet the status won't change and the little orange arrow won't disappear - meaning the device isn't available for the VM to access.
Direct Path I/o Esxi Test
Anyone have any clues as to why it remains in this state?