Hello,
we have some Cisco servers equipped with Intel X520-DA2 card.
As you can see below the very same server running ESXi 6.5 see the 2x 10GB links active (Up) but as soon as the ESXi get updated to 6.7 the ports get marked as Down.
Interestingly the activity leds still blink and the switch side still see the connection UP/UP.
From google search I found that only selected SFP seems to be officially supported yet we had connectivity UP when running 6.5.
Does anyone faced any similiar issue already (and possibly find a workaround to it?) ?
Thx,
A.
Server model: UCSC-C220-M3L
NIC card: Intel X520-DA2 10 Gbps 2 port NIC
NIC card cable: Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU3M
--- 6.5 ---
[root@esxi165:~] vmware -v
VMware ESXi 6.5.0 build-8294253
[root@esxi165:~]
[root@esxi165:~] esxcli network nic list
Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
------ ------------ ------ ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ----------------- ---- ----------------------------------------------------------------
vmnic0 0000:01:00.0 igbn Up Up 1000 Full 88:5a:92:88:35:8e 1500 Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
vmnic1 0000:01:00.1 igbn Up Up 1000 Full 88:5a:92:88:35:8f 1500 Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
vmnic2 0000:82:00.0 ixgbe Up Up 10000 Full 90:e2:ba:6d:48:7c 1500 Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection
vmnic3 0000:82:00.1 ixgbe Up Up 10000 Full 90:e2:ba:6d:48:7d 1500 Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection
[root@esxi165:~]
[root@esxi165:~] esxcli software vib list | grep ixgbe
ixgben 1.4.1-12vmw.650.2.50.8294253 VMW VMwareCertified 2019-10-15
net-ixgbe 3.7.13.7.14iov-20vmw.650.0.0.4564106 VMW VMwareCertified 2019-10-15
[root@esxi165:~]
--- 6.7 (1) ---
[root@esxi165:~] vmware -v
VMware ESXi 6.7.0 build-13004448
[root@esxi165:~] esxcli network nic list
Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
------ ------------ ------ ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ----------------- ---- ----------------------------------------------------------------
vmnic0 0000:01:00.0 igbn Up Up 1000 Full 88:5a:92:88:35:8e 9000 Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
vmnic1 0000:01:00.1 igbn Up Up 1000 Full 88:5a:92:88:35:8f 1500 Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
vmnic2 0000:82:00.0 ixgben Down Down 0 Half 90:e2:ba:6d:48:7c 1500 Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection
vmnic3 0000:82:00.1 ixgben Down Down 0 Half 90:e2:ba:6d:48:7d 1500 Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection
[root@esxi165:~]
[root@esxi165:~] esxcli software vib list | grep ixgbe
ixgben 1.4.1-16vmw.670.1.28.10302608 VMW VMwareCertified 2019-10-15
net-ixgbe 3.7.13.7.14iov-20vmw.670.0.0.8169922 VMW VMwareCertified 2019-10-15
[root@esxi165:~]
--- 6.7 (2) ---
[root@esxi165:~] vmware -v
VMware ESXi 6.7.0 build-14320388
[root@esxi165:~] esxcli network nic list
Name PCI Device Driver Admin Status Link Status Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
------ ------------ ------ ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ----------------- ---- ----------------------------------------------------------------
vmnic0 0000:01:00.0 igbn Up Up 1000 Full 88:5a:92:88:35:8e 9000 Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
vmnic1 0000:01:00.1 igbn Up Up 1000 Full 88:5a:92:88:35:8f 1500 Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
vmnic2 0000:82:00.0 ixgben Down Down 0 Half 90:e2:ba:6d:48:7c 1500 Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection
vmnic3 0000:82:00.1 ixgben Down Down 0 Half 90:e2:ba:6d:48:7d 1500 Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection
[root@esxi165:~]
[root@esxi165:~] esxcli software vib list | grep ixgbe
ixgben 1.7.1.16-1vmw.670.3.73.14320388 VMW VMwareCertified 2019-10-15
net-ixgbe 3.7.13.7.14iov-20vmw.670.0.0.8169922 VMW VMwareCertified 2019-10-15
[root@esxi165:~]
