Machines do not detect network interface

[stoch]

Dear participants,

I'm faced with a problem associated with the ESXI 5.5.0-2014.

Earlier, hosts have been added to VMware vCenter. At the current moment managed locally through the VMware vSphere Client.

On hosts that have been added through the VMware vSphere Client can not add a network interface. They can not detect the dvSwitch.

Is it possible to attach new machines to a group of ports on the dvSwitch?

Thank you for your attention!

The host added through VMware vSphere Client

The host added through VMware vCenter.

dvSwitch settings

~ # esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware list

dvSwitch2

   Name: dvSwitch2

   VDS ID: 99 51 13 50 c1 4b ab f4-79 1a a1 99 a8 41 b4 2b

   Class: etherswitch

   Num Ports: 4352

   Used Ports: 14

   Configured Ports: 512

   MTU: 1500

   CDP Status: listen

   Beacon Timeout: -1

   Uplinks: vmnic0

   VMware Branded: true

   DVPort:

         Client: vmnic0

         DVPortgroup ID: dvportgroup-57

         In Use: true

         Port ID: 2193

         Client:

         DVPortgroup ID: dvportgroup-57

         In Use: false

         Port ID: 2194

         Client: vmk0

         DVPortgroup ID: dvportgroup-59

         In Use: true

         Port ID: 143

         Client:

         DVPortgroup ID: dvportgroup-57

         In Use: false

         Port ID: 2257

         Client: XXXXXX_VM-name_XXXXXXX

         DVPortgroup ID: dvportgroup-58

         In Use: true

         Port ID: 74

         Client: Client: XXXXXX_VM-name_XXXXXXX

         DVPortgroup ID: dvportgroup-58

         In Use: true

         Port ID: 121

  ...

  ...

~ # esxcfg-nics -l

Name    PCI           Driver      Link Speed     Duplex MAC Address       MTU    Description                 

vmnic0  0000:07:00.00 tg3         Up   1000Mbps  Full   5c:f3:fc:11:67:a6 1500   Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5718 Gigabit Ethernet

vmnic1  0000:07:00.01 tg3         Up   1000Mbps  Full   5c:f3:fc:11:67:a7 1500   Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5718 Gigabit Ethernet

vusb0   Pseudo        cdc_ether   Up   10Mbps    Half   5e:f3:fc:15:93:07 1500   Unknown Unknown             

~ # esxcfg-vswitch -l  

Switch Name      Num Ports   Used Ports  Configured Ports  MTU     Uplinks 

vSwitch          4352        1           128               1500            

  PortGroup Name        VLAN ID  Used Ports  Uplinks 

DVS Name         Num Ports   Used Ports  Configured Ports  MTU     Uplinks 

dvSwitch2        4352        14          512               1500    vmnic0  

  DVPort ID           In Use      Client    

  2193                1           vmnic0    

  2194                0         

  143                 1           vmk0      

  2257                0         

  74                  1           XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

  121                 1          XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

  29                  1           XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

  44                  1           XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

etc.......

[coolcrushier]

Hi,

Kindly ensure you are connected to the vCenter server and add the host to the vDS under Networking tab. Add the host to the existing vDS and then try to add a NIC card in the VM. If the VMs of newly added host are under a standard switch ensure to migrate the management network and then migrate the vm networks otherwise the host will become not reachable.

As per the screenshot it seems like the host is not added to the vDS in the vCenter.

Hope this might help a little.

[stoch]

coolcrushier,

thank you for your attention to this matter.

Unfortunately  connection with the vCenter lost. Also it is not known as a result what actions there was a problem with the vCenter. I have credentials from only hosts.

I wanted to clarify, in my case, possible configure the host to work with a standard switch? I will try to use a free network link "vmnic1"  for standard switch.

In my case, dangerous to make experiments for the reason that I do not have physical access to the hardware :smileygrin: