NSX Bare Metal Edge went into shutdown state

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• Applied to Bare Metal NSX Edge only.
• Below logs is seen on the Edge under /var/log/auth.log

2026-03-23T07:07:49.017Z <nsx-edge> systemd-logind ####- -  Power key pressed.
2026-03-23T07:07:49.221Z <nsx-edge> systemd-logind #### - -  Powering Off...
2026-03-23T07:07:49.337Z <nsx-edge> systemd-logind #### - -  System is powering down.

• No Kernel panic logs seen under /var/log/kern.log before the powering off event
• On the IDRAC, "hardware powering off" could be seen.

 

Environment

VMware NSX

Cause

This shutdown was triggered due to an external action on physical hardware 

Resolution

Reach out to Physical Vendor for more investigation.