ELXNET driver Problem after Upgrade from 6.0 to 6.7 15160138

[Hr_Ross76]

Hi all,

about 3 weeks after Host Upgrade from 6.0 to 6.7, suddenly the HOST losts alle Network Connectivity.

No ping, no connectionnothing possible. After reboot the Host is working again.

So i checked the log and found these entries:

2020-03-08T18:08:58.399Z cpu0:2097620)WARNING: elxnet: elxnet_detectDumpUe:345: [vmnic2] UE Detected!!

ue_status_lo=0x10000  ue_status_hi=0x0 [0m

2020-03-08T18:08:58.399Z cpu0:2097620)WARNING: elxnet: elxnet_detectDumpUe:353: [vmnic2] UE lo: TPRE  bit set

2020-03-08T18:08:58.399Z cpu0:2097620)elxnet: elxnet_detectDumpUe:391: [vmnic2] TPE recovery: Driver and FW do not support TPE recovery. Taking normal UE path

2020-03-08T18:08:58.438Z cpu0:2097628)WARNING: elxnet: elxnet_detectDumpUe:345: [vmnic3] UE Detected!!

ue_status_lo=0x10000  ue_status_hi=0x0 [0m

2020-03-08T18:08:58.438Z cpu0:2097628)WARNING: elxnet: elxnet_detectDumpUe:353: [vmnic3] UE lo: TPRE  bit set

2020-03-08T18:08:58.438Z cpu0:2097628)elxnet: elxnet_detectDumpUe:391: [vmnic3] TPE recovery: Driver and FW do not support TPE recovery. Taking normal UE path

2020-03-08T18:08:58.485Z cpu0:2097604)WARNING: elxnet: elxnet_detectDumpUe:345: [vmnic0] UE Detected!!

ue_status_lo=0x10000  ue_status_hi=0x0 [0m

2020-03-08T18:08:58.485Z cpu0:2097604)WARNING: elxnet: elxnet_detectDumpUe:353: [vmnic0] UE lo: TPRE  bit set

2020-03-08T18:08:58.485Z cpu0:2097604)elxnet: elxnet_detectDumpUe:391: [vmnic0] TPE recovery: Driver and FW do not support TPE recovery. Taking normal UE path

2020-03-08T18:08:58.487Z cpu1:2097612)WARNING: elxnet: elxnet_detectDumpUe:345: [vmnic1] UE Detected!!

ue_status_lo=0x10000  ue_status_hi=0x0 [0m

2020-03-08T18:08:58.487Z cpu1:2097612)WARNING: elxnet: elxnet_detectDumpUe:353: [vmnic1] UE lo: TPRE  bit set

2020-03-08T18:08:58.488Z cpu1:2097612)elxnet: elxnet_detectDumpUe:391: [vmnic1] TPE recovery: Driver and FW do not support TPE recovery. Taking normal UE path

Looks like a driver problem from the nic.

What is UE Detected? Whats is TPRE bit set? Whats TPE recovery?

So what should i do?

Anny suggestions?

Cheers

Michael

[Hr_Ross76]

aaahh here is the VIB:

elxnet                         11.4.1097.0-5vmw.670.3.73.14320388    VMW     VMwareCertified

[NicolasAlauzet]

Check whats the nic that you have and whats the recomended driver for it.

Then you can replace it and see if the issue is fixed. (Had this issue once and fixed it this way - Then you can inject and replace the driver in the iso using autodeploy feature in vcenter)

This link will provide instructions

https://www.vladan.fr/how-to-install-vib-on-vmware-esxi/

[Hr_Ross76]

Thank you for your answer.

Yes, i know that this is maybe a driver problem and maybe a driver update will helpl

But i want to understand whats going on.

Best way would be change the whole NIC.

[sjesse]

If there is a comptabile firmware upgrade if not yes a new card is needed. If you do a google search for UE Detected!! "tpre" you can see this message comes from the firmware not esxi directly.