Can you please post /etc/vmware/esx.conf file outputs from both hosts ?
I'm only interested in this section,
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/vmkdevmgr/pci/m00008502/alias = "vmnic1"
/vmkdevmgr/pci/s00000005.00/alias = "vmhba3"
/vmkdevmgr/pci/s00000006.01/alias = "vmnic7"
/vmkdevmgr/pci/m00008501/alias = "vmnic0"
/vmkdevmgr/pci/s00000005.01/alias = "vmhba4"
/vmkdevmgr/pci/s00000006.00/alias = "vmnic6"
/vmkdevmgr/pci/m00008504/alias = "vmnic3"
/vmkdevmgr/pci/m00008503/alias = "vmnic2"
/vmkdevmgr/pci/s00000002.01/alias = "vmnic5"
/vmkdevmgr/pci/s00000002.00/alias = "vmnic4"
/vmkdevmgr/pci/s00000001.00/alias = "vmhba1"
/vmkdevmgr/pci/s00000001.01/alias = "vmhba2"
/vmkdevmgr/pci/p0000:00:1f.2/alias = "vmhba0"
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