Adding ESXi host fails with error "Host pNIC bandwidth falls below VCF required minimum"

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

Adding host using SDDC manager fails with error: "Host pNIC bandwidth falls below VCF required minimum"

Environment

VCF 5.x

Cause

Minimum requirements were not met before converting or importing existing vSphere environments into VMware Cloud Foundation.

Resolution

ESXi physical uplinks pre-requisites:

• VCF Import Tool 5.2.1.2 with SDDC Manager 5.2.1.1: ESXi hosts can have a different number of physical uplinks (minimum 2) assigned to a vSphere distributed switch. Each uplink must be a minimum of 10Gb.
• Earlier versions: ESXi hosts must have the same number of physical uplinks (minimum 2) assigned to a vSphere distributed switch. Each uplink must be a minimum of 10Gb.

Refer: Considerations Before Converting or Importing Existing vSphere Environments into VMware Cloud Foundation