vpxa stops running. Host is shown in vCenter as (not responing). Error in vpxa.log show "Required property vlanRange is missing from data object of type FcoeConfig"

[UCL]

Hello

After installing drivers qfle3, qfle3f, qfle3i and qcnic as replacements for bnx2x for the Multifunctional NIC Broadcom Corporation QLogic 57840 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter on a 6.5 ESXi Host under a vCenter 6.5 Virtual Appliance the vpxa service stops and the host shown in vCenter as (not responding)

Error in vxpa.log shows

"

2018-08-23T12:42:27.831Z error vpxa[8C9AB70] [Originator@6876 sub=vmomi.soapStub[1]]

--> Required property vlanRange is missing from data object of type FcoeConfig

-->

--> while parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.host.FcoeConfig

--> at line 14, column 931341

-->

--> while parsing property "fcoeConfiguration" of static type FcoeConfig

-->

--> while parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.host.PhysicalNic

--> at line 14, column 930928

-->

--> while parsing property "pnic" of static type ArrayOfPhysicalNic

-->

--> while parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.host.NetworkInfo

--> error parsing Any with xsiType HostNetworkInfo

--> at line 14, column 890431

-->

--> while parsing property "val" of static type anyType

-->

--> while parsing serialized DataObject of type vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change

--> at line 14, column 890381

-->

--> while parsing property "changeSet" of static type ArrayOfPropertyChange

-->

--> while parsing serialized DataObject of type vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.ObjectUpdate

--> at line 14, column 889464

-->

--> while parsing property "objectSet" of static type ArrayOfObjectUpdate

-->

--> while parsing serialized DataObject of type vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.FilterUpdate

--> at line 7, column 260946

-->

--> while parsing property "filterSet" of static type ArrayOfPropertyFilterUpdate

-->

--> while parsing serialized DataObject of type vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.UpdateSet

--> at line 7, column 42

-->

--> while parsing return value of type vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.UpdateSet, version 03de2be0

--> at line 7, column 0

-->

--> while parsing SOAP body

--> at line 6, column 0

-->

--> while parsing SOAP envelope

--> at line 2, column 0

-->

--> while parsing HTTP response for method waitForUpdates

--> on object of type vmodl.query.PropertyCollector

--> at line 1, column 0

2018-08-23T12:42:27.832Z warning vpxa[8C9AB70] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Closing Response processing in unexpected state: 3

2018-08-23T12:42:27.832Z verbose vpxa[8C9AB70] [Originator@6876 sub=VpxaHalCnxHostagent opID=WFU-41a7] Received WaitForUpdatesDone callback

2018-08-23T12:42:27.832Z error vpxa[8C9AB70] [Originator@6876 sub=VpxaHalCnxHostagent opID=WFU-41a7] Got error result from WaitForUpdates(): N5Vmomi5Fault11SystemError9ExceptionE(vmodl.fault.SystemError)

--> [context]zKq7AUoCAgAAAEoIUQAPdnB4YQAAH+MtbGlidm1hY29yZS5zbwAA4nsSAA/fDQGOZw1saWJ2bW9taS5zbwAB1DANATU0DQEpdw0BVUoNAhFZFnZweGEAAHNVIACeWSAA1aAgABRgLgNqbQBsaWJwdGhyZWFkLnNvLjAABN5LDWxpYmMuc28uNgA=[/context]

2018-08-23T12:42:27.833Z error vpxa[8C9AB70] [Originator@6876 sub=VpxaHalCnxHostagent opID=WFU-41a7] Fatal error while handling updates: N5Vmomi5Fault11SystemError9ExceptionE(vmodl.fault.SystemError)

--> [context]zKq7AUoCAgAAAEoIUQAPdnB4YQAAH+MtbGlidm1hY29yZS5zbwAA4nsSAA/fDQGOZw1saWJ2bW9taS5zbwAB1DANATU0DQEpdw0BVUoNAhFZFnZweGEAAHNVIACeWSAA1aAgABRgLgNqbQBsaWJwdGhyZWFkLnNvLjAABN5LDWxpYmMuc28uNgA=[/context]

2018-08-23T12:42:27.835Z error vpxa[8C9AB70] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxaInvtHostCnx opID=WFU-41a7] [VpxaInvtHost] Can't connect to hostd. Shutting down...

2018-08-23T12:42:27.835Z info vpxa[8C9AB70] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=WFU-41a7] [Vpxa] Shutting down now

"

If I

esxcli system module set --enabled=true --module=bnx2x

and

esxcli system module set --enabled=false --module=qfle3

and

reboot

< to be continued >

[UCL]

I get

"

[root@sdu-esxi02:~] esxcli network nic list

Name    PCI Device    Driver  Admin Status  Link Status  Speed  Duplex  MAC Address         MTU  Description

------  ------------  ------  ------------  -----------  -----  ------  -----------------  ----  -------------------------------------------------------------

vmnic0  0000:06:00.0  bnx2x   Up            Up           10000  Full    0a:1a:4c:a0:00:70  1500  Broadcom Corporation QLogic 57840 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

vmnic1  0000:06:00.1  bnx2x   Up            Up           10000  Full    0a:1a:4c:a0:00:71  1500  Broadcom Corporation QLogic 57840 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

vmnic4  0000:06:00.4  bnx2x   Up            Up           10000  Full    0a:1a:4c:a0:00:74  1500  Broadcom Corporation QLogic 57840 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

vmnic5  0000:06:00.5  bnx2x   Up            Up           10000  Full    0a:1a:4c:a0:00:75  1500  Broadcom Corporation QLogic 57840 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

[root@sdu-esxi02:~]

[root@sdu-esxi02:~] /etc/init.d/vpxa status

vpxa is running

"

And host is listed as in maintenance mode.

All is well not I'm not on the qfle3 drivers as we should be. These new drifer work on two other identical hosts but something is causing trouble on this Host.

I can see in the servers iLO4 that

Server Platform Services (SPS) Firmware is version 3.1.3.21.4 on this Host but 3.0.6.267.4 on those host where the qfle drivers work.

Other than that I have no clue.

Any Idea om troubleshooting this one?

/Peter