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jvsraju234
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physical NIC linkstate is down and up

I have observed that vmnic is down and up in Task and events

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TheBobkin
Champion
Champion

Hello,

Did this issue only start occurring recently and if so, after what changes did this start occurring?

Check the error states of the NICs using this command via SSH to hosts:

#esxcli network nic stats get

There may be specific error counts that tell you whether the problem is on the switch or the NIC.

Check the drivers & firmware in use on these devices, if they are not compatible driver & firmware pair then change accordingly:

https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php

Bob

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msripada
Virtuoso
Virtuoso

Please check the vmkernel.log when the NIC is up and down, you can identify if there is a firmware timeout or other issues.

Also, check the latest drivers and firmware for the NIC.

Thanks,

Murali Sripada