Network connectivity is lost on ESXi host after reboot.
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Network connectivity is lost on ESXi host after reboot.

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Article ID: 413011

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

  • An ESXi host shows as "not responding" state in vCenter Server.
  • "Auto-configuring network. Failed." is seen on the "Restore Network Settings" from host DCUI.
  • No network configuration is seen from the output of commands "esxcfg-vswitch -l" and "esxcfg-vmknic -l"  

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi

Resolution

From the ESXi DCUI, create a standard vSwitch and Management network Configuring Standard vSwitch (vSS) or virtual Distributed Switch (vDS) from the command line in ESXi

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