Basically- We have this weird situation
VMware ESXi 7.0.3 build-19193900
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3
[root@arpo-esxivoip:~]
[root@arpo-esxivoip:~] esxcli network nic list
Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
------ ------------ ------ ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ----------------- ---- -----------
vmnic0 0000:04:00.0 ixgben Up Down 0 Half 64:3a:ea:e7:52:ca 1500 Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T
vmnic1 0000:04:00.1 ixgben Up Up 1000 Full 64:3a:ea:e7:52:cb 1500 Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T
vmnic2 0000:09:00.0 ntg3 Up Up 1000 Full 64:3a:ea:e7:52:c8 1500 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic3 0000:09:00.1 ntg3 Up Up 1000 Full 64:3a:ea:e7:52:c9 1500 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet
[root@arpo-esxivoip:~]
The issue:
When physical port connectivity failure occurs VMNIC1 does see failure but wont auto-recover 'Link Status' to 'Up' when connection restores.
To recover vmnic state manual shut no shut of the vmnic would bring up interface or reboot.
We had tried different ESXi 7.0 versions and drivers no success.
[root@arpo-esxivoip:~] esxcli network nic list
Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
------ ------------ ------ ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ----------------- ---- -----------
vmnic0 0000:04:00.0 ixgben Up Down 0 Half 64:3a:ea:e7:52:ca 1500 Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T
vmnic1 0000:04:00.1 ixgben Up Down 0 Half 64:3a:ea:e7:52:cb 1500 Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T
vmnic2 0000:09:00.0 ntg3 Up Up 1000 Full 64:3a:ea:e7:52:c8 1500 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic3 0000:09:00.1 ntg3 Up Up 1000 Full 64:3a:ea:e7:52:c9 1500 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet
[root@arpo-esxivoip:~]
What useful logs we can gather to tell us why VMware wont auto-recover the vmnic1 state ?
It is easy to replicate.
Note: In VMware ESXi 6.5 it is working.
Thanks for the guidance and help in advance!
