vSphere standard switch vSwitch0 must have only one NIC as Uplink.

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

In VCF 9 when commission hosts in the SDDC Manager UI the validation fails with error: 

HOST_NAME: vSphere standard switch vSwitch0 must have only one NIC as Uplink.
You can remove the validation failed host and proceed with commissioning for the remaining hosts.

 

Error seen In the: /var/log/vmware/vcf/operationsmanager/operationsmanager.log

[c.v.e.s.c.c.v.vsphere.VcManagerBase,host-comm-decomm-exec-1] Finding host with fqdn HOST_FQDN
[c.v.v.v.c.h.i.HttpConfigurationCompilerBase$ConnectionMonitorThreadBase,host-comm-decomm-exec-1] Shutting down the connection monitor.
 [c.v.v.h.f.v.s.i.HostHardwareValidator,host-comm-decomm-exec-1] In getTenGigPhysicalNics, Physical NIC: [ Name: vmnic0, Speed: 1000 ] is a less than 10G NIC.
 
] [c.v.v.h.f.v.s.i.HostHardwareValidator,host-comm-decomm-exec-3] Host - [HOST_FQDN] vSphere Standard Switch: vSwitch0.
[c.v.v.h.f.v.s.i.HostHardwareValidator,host-comm-decomm-exec-3] In isNicSwitchUplink, vSwitch: ‘vSwitch0’, Uplinks: ‘[key-vim.host.PhysicalNic-vmnic0]’.
[c.v.v.h.f.v.s.i.HostHardwareValidator,host-comm-decomm-exec-3] In isNicSwitchUplink, vSwitch: ‘vSwitch0’, Uplinks: ‘[key-vim.host.PhysicalNic-vmnic0]’.
 [c.v.v.h.f.v.s.i.HostHardwareValidator,host-comm-decomm-exec-3] HOST_FQDN: vSphere standard switch vSwitch0 must have only one NIC as Uplink.
 [c.v.v.h.f.v.s.i.HostHardwareValidator,host-comm-decomm-exec-3] Hardware validation for host HOST_FQDN
 [c.v.v.h.c.s.i.CommissionHostsValidator,host-comm-decomm-exec-3] Host validation failed for Host: HOST_FQDN
 [c.v.v.h.c.s.i.CommissionHostsValidator,om-exec-12] HOST_FQDN: HOST_STANDARD_SWITCH_UPLINK_VALIDATION_FAILED

 

Environment

VCF 9

Cause

VMNIC configured with less then 10G

As  Per the VCF 9 documentation on commission host: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-9-0-and-later/9-0/building-your-private-cloud-infrastructure/host-management/commission-hosts.html 

All physical NICs must have a minimum speed of 10 Gbps.

Resolution

Configure all physical NICs with a minimum speed of 10 Gbps.