VXRail host alarm "VXR508NIC100 ALARM NIC port down"

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

• Our ESXi hosts reported the warning "VXR508NIC100 ALARM NIC port down" . However physical connections are in a good condition.
• The message appears in the hosts triggered alarm under monitoring in the vCenter hosts and clusters.
  
  VXR508NIC100: This is an iDRAC internal warning: The Integrated NIC1 Port 1 network link is down. Event Code: VXR508NIC100 Appliance: DE300222196938 Component Node Sub-Component: Integrated-NIC-11 Component ID: DB6S2Q3 ESXiHost: <ESXi Host Name> Knowledgebase Article: 00011815,https://ww.dell.com/support/jbdoc/000011815


• The error message states that this is an issue with the iDRAC interface.
• This interface is not managed by ESXi software.
• The message calls out a Dell Article Number: 000011815.

Environment

Dell VXRail Environment

Cause

• According to the Dell Article: This event indicates the specific VxRail appliance received iDRAC event: NIC100.
  
  

Resolution

• Contact Dell VXRail Support.