ESXi host PSODs with the Cisco nfnic driver in a logout loop fnic_do_tgts_logo

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

• ESXi host crashes with a PSOD with the below trace:-
  
  fnic_do_tgts_logo@(nfnic)
fnic_reset@(nfnic)
fnic_host_reset@(nfnic)
fnic_tport_exch_reset@(nfnic)
fdls_delete_tport@(nfnic)
fnic_tport_event_handler@(nfnic)
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.Z cpu##:20###99)ESC[45mESC[33;1mVMware ESXi 8.0.3 [Releasebuild-24859861 x86_64]ESC[0m
Module(s) involved in panic: [nfnic 5.0.0.44-1OEM.800.1.0.20613240 (External)]

Environment

• VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0.x

Cause

PSOD is caused due to logo loop in the nfnic driver.

Resolution

Reach out to Cisco for further details on this issue and the fix. Reference Cisco Bug CSCwr44995