Every administrator around the world may have problems with the network connection, and the first action to begin the TRBL process is the use of the ping command. Yes, an easy ping can help you, but you have to ping from all directions: ESXi to vCSA and vCSA to ESXi. A typical possible TRBL scenario is when the network is misconfigured, the VLAN is not set up correctly, NIC teaming is not configured correctly, a port on a switch may be down, or there is a hardware problem with a VMNIC or with a physical switch.
The following CLIs can help you identify the problem:
- esxcfg-vswitch
- esxcfg-vmknic
- esxcli network
- esxcfg-nics
In TRBL you must, of course, understand what vSphere Standard Switch (vSS) and vSphere ...
