Multicast information on vSAN host when running command 'esxcli vsan network list'

Products

• VMware vSAN

Issue/Introduction

When viewing network information regarding vSAN there is a number of references to Multicast.

Environment

vSphere 8.x 

Cause

This output displays the vmkernel interface used for vSAN and vSAN traffic type.

Resolution

While the output displays multicast, it is no longer used for vSAN communication and can be ignored.

Additional Information

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsan/vsan/8-0/vsan-network-design/using-unicast-in-vsan-network/query-unicast-with-esxcli/view-the-vsan-network-information.html