Nice day,
on the server HPE DL380 Gen10 8SFF CTO, the port vmnic5 of the HPE FlexFabric 10Gb 2P 533FLR-T network adapter (fw: 07.18.69.00, driver: 1.0.77.2-1OEM.670.0.0.8169922) was turned off, which result in loss of communication with some VM hosts. Can you help us find the cause?
Thank you.
vmkernel.log:
2021-02-19T09:29:52.707Z cpu27:2098004)qfle3i:vmhba68: qfle3i_link_update:271 Link Down Event
2021-02-19T09:29:52.707Z cpu27:2098004)qfle3f:vmhba69:qfle3f_indicateNetworkEvent:442:Info: enter indicate_netevent - event=9
2021-02-19T09:29:52.707Z cpu27:2098004)qfle3: qfle3_report_link:3831: [vmnic5] NIC Link is Down
2021-02-19T09:29:52.707Z cpu5:2098085)ql_fcoe:vmhba69:CancelFipDiscoveryTimeoutWork:100: Could not cancel the FipDiscoveryTimeoutWorkItem. FabricIDOfFipDiscoveryTimeoutWork: -1 with status = Not found
2021-02-19T09:29:52.707Z cpu5:2098085)ql_fcoe:vmhba69:LogoutAllFabrics:1685:Info: LogoutAllFabrics OnLog=2, Graceful=0
2021-02-19T09:29:57.524Z cpu28:2098004)qfle3i:vmhba68: qfle3i_link_update:268 Link Up Event
2021-02-19T09:29:57.524Z cpu28:2098004)qfle3f:vmhba69:qfle3f_indicateNetworkEvent:442:Info: enter indicate_netevent - event=1
2021-02-19T09:29:57.524Z cpu28:2098004)qfle3: qfle3_report_link:3900: [vmnic5] NIC Link is Up, 10000 Mb/s full duplex, Flow control: ON - transmit
2021-02-19T09:29:57.524Z cpu0:2098085)qfle3f:vmhba69:qfle3f_netevent_handler:378:Info: netevent_handler: call ctlr_link_up
2021-02-19T09:29:59.192Z cpu30:2097292)NetqueueBal: 5035: vmnic5: device Up notification, reset logical space needed
2021-02-19T09:29:59.192Z cpu30:2097292)NetPort: 1580: disabled port 0x2000004
2021-02-19T09:29:59.192Z cpu21:2105477)NetSched: 654: vmnic5-0-tx: worldID = 2105477 exits
vobd.log:
2021-02-19T09:29:52.708Z: [netCorrelator] 72187514235us: [vob.net.pg.uplink.transition.down] Uplink: vmnic5 is down. Affected portgroup: Management Network. 1 uplinks up. Failed criteria: 128
2021-02-19T09:29:52.708Z: [netCorrelator] 72187514240us: [vob.net.pg.uplink.transition.down] Uplink: vmnic5 is down. Affected portgroup: VM DMZ-EXT. 1 uplinks up. Failed criteria: 128
2021-02-19T09:29:52.708Z: [netCorrelator] 72187514241us: [vob.net.pg.uplink.transition.down] Uplink: vmnic5 is down. Affected portgroup: VM Servers. 1 uplinks up. Failed criteria: 128
2021-02-19T09:29:52.708Z: [netCorrelator] 72187514599us: [vob.net.vmnic.linkstate.down] vmnic vmnic5 linkstate down
2021-02-19T09:29:54.002Z: [netCorrelator] 72189693677us: [esx.problem.net.redundancy.lost] Lost uplink redundancy on virtual switch "vSwitch0". Physical NIC vmnic5 is down. Affected port groups: "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers"
2021-02-19T09:29:57.524Z: [netCorrelator] 72192331579us: [vob.net.vmnic.linkstate.up] vmnic vmnic5 linkstate up
2021-02-19T09:29:57.627Z: [netCorrelator] 72192433568us: [vob.net.pg.uplink.transition.up] Uplink:vmnic5 is up. Affected portgroup: VM DMZ-EXT. 2 uplinks up
2021-02-19T09:29:57.627Z: [netCorrelator] 72192433571us: [vob.net.pg.uplink.transition.up] Uplink:vmnic5 is up. Affected portgroup: VM Servers. 2 uplinks up
2021-02-19T09:29:57.627Z: [netCorrelator] 72192433573us: [vob.net.pg.uplink.transition.up] Uplink:vmnic5 is up. Affected portgroup: Management Network. 2 uplinks up
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2021-02-19T09:29:59.002Z: [netCorrelator] 72194693568us: [esx.clear.net.redundancy.restored] Uplink redundancy restored on virtual switch "vSwitch0", portgroups: "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network", "VM DMZ-EXT", "VM Servers", "Management Network". Physical NIC vmnic5 is up
