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CSCuv34051 - ESXi vmnic order changed after adding more vNICs in UCS Service Profile

erpadmin
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‎07-27-2018 06:51 AM

Workaround #1 isn't working for me.  I have confirmed localcli alias swap took place after the reboot, but as far as ESXi gui, the vnics in question still point to the same MAC addresses.   Have I made a mistake?

 

[root@evm63:~] localcli --plugin-dir /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli/int/ deviceInternal alias list
Bus type  Bus address            Alias
--------------------------------------
pci       s00000002:03.01        vmnic1
pci       p0000:1a:00.0          vmhba1
pci       s00000002:03.03        vmhba2
pci       s0000000b:03.00        vmnic2
pci       s00000002:03.02        vmnic4
pci       s0000000b:03.01        vmnic3
pci       p0000:00:11.5          vmhba0
pci       s0000000b:03.02        vmnic5
pci       s0000000b:03.03        vmhba3
pci       s00000002:03.00        vmnic0
logical   pci#s0000000b:03.00#0  vmnic2
logical   pci#s00000002:03.00#0  vmnic0
logical   pci#p0000:00:11.5#0    vmhba0
logical   pci#p0000:1a:00.0#0    vmhba1
logical   pci#s0000000b:03.02#0  vmnic5
logical   pci#s00000002:03.01#0  vmnic1
logical   pci#s0000000b:03.01#0  vmnic3
logical   pci#s00000002:03.02#0  vmnic4


[root@evm63:~] localcli --plugin-dir /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli/int/ deviceInternal alias store --alias vmnic2 --bus-address s00000002:03.02 --bus-type pci
[root@evm63:~] localcli --plugin-dir /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli/int/ deviceInternal alias store --alias vmnic4 --bus-address s0000000b:03.00 --bus-type pci


[root@evm63:~] reboot


[root@evm63:~] localcli --plugin-dir /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli/int/ deviceInternal alias list
Bus type  Bus address            Alias
--------------------------------------
pci       s00000002:03.03        vmhba2
pci       s0000000b:03.00        vmnic4
pci       s00000002:03.01        vmnic1
pci       p0000:1a:00.0          vmhba1
pci       s00000002:03.02        vmnic2
pci       s0000000b:03.01        vmnic3
pci       s0000000b:03.02        vmnic5
pci       s0000000b:03.03        vmhba3
pci       p0000:00:11.5          vmhba0
pci       s00000002:03.00        vmnic0
logical   pci#s00000002:03.02#0  vmnic4
logical   pci#s0000000b:03.01#0  vmnic3
logical   pci#s00000002:03.01#0  vmnic1
logical   pci#s0000000b:03.02#0  vmnic5
logical   pci#p0000:1a:00.0#0    vmhba1
logical   pci#p0000:00:11.5#0    vmhba0
logical   pci#s00000002:03.00#0  vmnic0
logical   pci#s0000000b:03.00#0  vmnic2

 

 

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erpadmin
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‎07-27-2018 07:05 AM - edited ‎07-27-2018 01:04 PM

maybe i should do something with the logical bus type?  (these are new esxi 6.7 hosts)

 

 

EDIT:

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2091560

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[root@evm63:~] localcli --plugin-dir /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli/int/ deviceInternal alias store --alias vmnic2 --bus-address pci#s00000002:03.02#0 --bus-type logical
[root@evm63:~] localcli --plugin-dir /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli/int/ deviceInternal alias store --alias vmnic4 --bus-address pci#s0000000b:03.00#0 --bus-type logical

 

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