Multi-Homing NICs are not supported when using VCHA

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

vCSA 7.0 supports Multi-Homing NICs but Multi-Homing does not work with VCHA.

vCSA 7.0 supports up to 4 NICs, prior versions of the vCSA supported only a single NIC.

When a vCSA with multiple NICs is configured for VCHA only the first NIC (eth0) is managed by VCHA, the other NICs will be copied with identical configuration to the Passive and Witness Nodes, resulting in duplicate IPs.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8.0
VMware vCenter Server 7.0.x
VMware vSphere 7.0.x

Resolution

Do not use Multiple NICs on a vCSA with VCHA.