Hello Everyone! I am currently experienceing some weird issues with a VC 10/24 port FlexFabric interconnect.
Quick Spec's
OA FW= 4.85
571956-B21-VC FW= 4.62, Bay1&2
BL460c G7= Bios-l27 5/5/2011, PMC 1.6, iLO-3 1.90. Emulex NC553i Flex NIC in LOM1-a & LOM2-a
ESXi version 6.5 (Updated)
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Current configuration:
Server Profile: Ethernet network bound, no special configs
Eth Network: Tunnel Vlan checked
UPlink: X1 using Cisco DAC to upstream switch 10gb port. Configured as Trunk with all vlans allowed
ESXi Host has Vlan tagging on management vmkernel port
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I can see on the VC that all the upstream switch MAC addresses are being learned on the VC itself. So layer 2 seems to be up and running just fine.
When I assign the ESX host to use the 10GB FlexFabric NIC @ VMnic0, TCP/IP traffic does not pass through the VC domain.
I also tried Disabling all vlan tagging and tunnelling, Configured a single access port in a single vlan and still no traffic goes through.
Verified NC553i is compatible with VC listed above.
I just cant figure out why traffic will not pass from ESX -> VC -> upstream switch. I think the issue is between Blade and VC. I have also tried Shared Uplinks and ensured vlans were tagged on both sides of the equation.
I have also tried installing the latest Emulex NIC drivers from VMware with no luck.
Thoughts?
