# Network adapter doesnt activate in boot os process **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Networking\ **Created:** [March 6, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/network-adapter-doesnt-activate-in-boot-os-process/34848 "2020-03-06T20:34:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ernierv84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a87d85/32.png) [@ernierv84](https://forums.suse.com/u/ernierv84)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/network-adapter-doesnt-activate-in-boot-os-process/34848/1 "2020-03-06T20:34:01Z")
Hi community, I am having issues with network adapter, it doesnt activate when server boot up, I only can activate network manually after server finish boot process. Details of server OS Version: Suse 11 SP3 Hypervisor: ESX 6.7 Type of virtual adapter: vxnet2 (I test with vxnet3 with same results) I have next message in boot process Waiting for mandatory devices: eth0 30 29 28 27 26 25 … 0 eth0 device: VMware VMXNET3 Ethernet Controller failed Setting up service (localfs) network failed This VM was copied from other ESX hypervisor ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/network-adapter-doesnt-activate-in-boot-os-process/34848/2 "2020-03-07T00:24:30Z")
[QUOTE=ernierv84;59608]Hi community, I am having issues with network adapter, it doesnt activate when server boot up, I only can activate network manually after server finish boot process. Details of server OS Version: Suse 11 SP3 Hypervisor: ESX 6.7 Type of virtual adapter: vxnet2 (I test with vxnet3 with same results) I have next message in boot process Waiting for mandatory devices: eth0 30 29 28 27 26 25 … 0 eth0 device: VMware VMXNET3 Ethernet Controller failed Setting up service (localfs) network failed This VM was copied from other ESX hypervisor[/QUOTE] Hi Likely something has changed lower in the process, can you login to the vm locally and then delete vmxnet2 and re-create via YaST network settings?