NSX Edge node NIC eth0 link is down.

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• Edge node reports the eth0 link down alert
• Even after resolving the alert resurfaces again
• No logs captured related to the alert
• Verify the Operstate file status

root@edge01:~# cat /sys/class/net/eth0/operstate
up

• Interfaces shows up from the CLI
  edge01> get interfaces
Interface: eth0
  IPv4:
    Address: 192.168.#.#/24
    Default gateway: 192.168.#.#
    Broadcast address: 192.168.#.#
  MAC address: 00:50:56:##:##:##
  MTU: 1500
  KNI: False
  Link status: up
  Admin status: up
  RX packets: 917560
  RX bytes: 87026288
  RX errors: 0
  RX dropped: 0
  TX packets: 879416
  TX bytes: 130614839
  TX errors: 0
  TX dropped: 0
  TX collisions: 0

Environment

VMware NSX-T

Cause

This is a false alarm.

Resolution

To resolve the issue, restart the below services on the NSX Edge node.

/etc/init.d/nsx-netopa restart
/etc/init.d/nsx-sha restart

Once the services are restarted, manually resolve the alarm in the NSX manager UI.