Lag Member Down on DPU seen on NSX-T UI Alarm

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

Title: Alarm for transport_node_health.lag_member_down_on_dpu
Event ID: transport_node_health.lag_member_down_on_dpu


Alarm Description:

• Purpose: Monitoring lag member status on ESXi host.
• Impact: Lag member down will impact on connectivity and traffic flow of network.

 

Environment

VMware NSX

Resolution

Steps to Resolve

For 4.0.0 and higher

Recommended Action: 

Login the DPU as root:

• Find out the ID of the DPU according to the DPU UUID:
  • In the NSX UI, navigate to "System | Fabric | Hosts | Clusters" or "System | Fabric | Hosts | Other Nodes"
  • Anchor the transport node by the "Reported by Node" in alarm, then go to "View Details | Monitor | System Usage"
  • Check the DPU under System Usage one by one to find the one reporting the alarm by checking its UUID
• Login ESXi node(Reported by Node) at first:
  • ssh root {Reported by Node}
• Jump to ESXi with DPU ID specified:
  • vim-cmd combinersvc/dpu_services/start TSM-SSH {DPU ID}
  • sshdpu -d {DPU ID}

Refer to ESXi part of Alarm for LACP reporting member down to resolve this alarm.

Maintenance window required for remediation? No

Additional Information

This alarm requires VMware ESXi 8 or higher with DPU installed. 

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