VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0
VMware NSX-T Data Center
VMware NSX
VMware HCX
1. Update the Intel NIC firmware driver to 2.9.2.0 (Supported ESXi release: 8.0)
2. Disable VMDQ on all vmnicX:
# esxcli intnet misc vmdqlb set -l 0 -n vmnicX
VMDQ loopback feature is used to allow the communication between a VF and a VM/vmknic which locate on the same pNIC. There is no harm disable this feature if SRIOV is not in used.