NSX TN hosts Configuration Status stuck at "Powered Off"

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• The TN host Configuration Status is showing as "Powered Off" under NSX UI > System > Fabric > Hosts.
  
• The impacted hosts are newly added to the cluster. 
• The cluster status is showing "Preparation Failed"
  
• Unable to prepare the hosts or perform any actions from the NSX UI.
• No VIBs pushed to the hosts after adding them to the cluster

Environment

VMware NSX

Cause

This is a condition that may occur in a VMware NSX environment due to a stale TN hosts status.

Resolution

The issue can be worked around by removing the impacted hosts out of the cluster and adding them back.

Additional Information

If you believe you have encountered this issue, and the workaround did not resolve the issue, please open a support case with Broadcom Support and refer to this KB article.

For more information, see Creating and managing Broadcom support cases.