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 SAN  Health  Check  Plugin  Guide                      

 

A.15 Network Health – All hosts have a VSAN vmknic

configured  
 
In  order  to  participate  in  a  Virtual  SAN  cluster,  and  form  a  single  partition  of  fully  
connected   hosts,   each   ESXi   host   in   a   Virtual   SAN   cluster   must   have   a   vmknic  
(VMkernel  NIC  or  VMkernel  adapter)  configured  for  Virtual  SAN  traffic.    

A.15.1 What does this check do?

 
This   check   ensures   each   ESXi   host   in   the   Virtual   SAN   Cluster   has   a   VMkernel   NIC  
configured  for  Virtual  SAN  traffic.  Note  that  even  if  an  ESXi  is  part  of  the  Virtual  SAN  
cluster,   but   is   not   contributing   storage,   it   must   still   have   a   VMkernel   NIC   configured  
for  Virtual  SAN  traffic.    
 
Note   that   this   check   just   ensures   that   one   vmknic   is   configured.   While   multiple  
vmknics  are  supported,  this  test  does  not  check  consistent  network  configurations,  
i.e.  some  hosts  may  have  2  vmknics  while  others  hosts  only  have  1  vmknic.  

A.15.2 What does it mean when it is in an error state?

 
If  this  test  fails,  it  means  that  at  least  one  of  the  hosts  in  the  cluster  does  not  have  a  
VMkernel  NIC  configured  for  Virtual  SAN  traffic.  

A.15.3 How does one troubleshoot and fix the error state?
 
Ensure  that  each  ESXi  host  participating  in  the  Virtual  SAN  cluster  has  a  VMkernel  
NIC  enabled  for  Virtual  SAN  traffic.  This  can  be  done  from  the  vSphere  web  client,  
where   each   ESXi   host’s   networking   configuration   can   easily   be   checked,   Navigate   to  
Hosts   and   Clusters   -­‐>   host   -­‐>   Manage   -­‐>   Networking   -­‐>   VMkernel   Adapters   and  
check   the   Virtual   SAN   Traffic   column   and   ensure   that   at   least   1   vmknic   is   “Enabled”  
for  this  traffic  type.  
 
It  can  also  be  checked  from  the  CLI  using  “esxcli vsan network list”:  
 
[root@cs-ie-h01:~] esxcli vsan network list
Interface
VmkNic Name: vmk2
IP Protocol: IPv4
Interface UUID: 264ed254-5aa5-0647-9cc7-001f29595f9f
Agent Group Multicast Address: 224.2.3.4
Agent Group Multicast Port: 23451
Master Group Multicast Address: 224.1.2.3
Master Group Multicast Port: 12345
Multicast TTL: 5
[root@cs-ie-h01:~]
   
In  the  above  output,  the  VMkernel  NIC  vmk2  is  used  for  Virtual  SAN  traffic.  
 

 
 
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