Intel pci network problem (Reset adapter)

[elcanner]

Hi. I have HP DL360 gen 9 with Intel 82559 2x10 gigabit card.

i've installed ESXi 6 and created a VM with Ubuntu server 16.04.

added network interfaces from Intel 82559 and vmware-tools installed.

after setting up ip to interface i'm receiving errors like:

ixgbe 0000:13:00.1 ens224f1: initiating reset due to tx timeout

ixgbe 0000:13:00.1 ens224f1: Reset adapter

ixgbe 0000:13:00.1 ens224f1: detected SFP+: 3

ixgbe 0000:13:00.1 ens224f1: NIC Link is Up 10 Gbps

i've found that not only i have this problem. And there is already a post Intel Ethernet Drivers and Utilities / Bugs / #458 ixgbe 0000:01:00.0 eth4: initiating reset due to tx timeout‌

the solution of problem in this bug report was in this command "ethtool -A eth4 tx off rx off autoneg off". But that is not working in my situation :smileysad:

I haven't found any other information about that error.

Before installing ESXi 6 there was Ubuntu server 16.04 installed and was no problems with network. Thats why i think this is a ESXi problem.
Any help would be very useful.
Thx

[vMarkusK1985]

Hi,

I am confused... this issue occures on the Ubuntu Guest or the ESXi?

Can  you please post the following output from your ESXi Host:

esxcli network nic list

and then:

esxcli network nic get -n vmnic0

Kind Regards,

Markus

[elcanner]

The problem is on Ubuntu guest.

1) esxcli network nic list   & esxcli network nic get -n vmnic0

2)

3) the errors ... there is only only 1 error after booting in syslog.

But when im setting up ip on interface and trying to use network (for example ping) im receiving new errors.

PS: I dont know why, but i think the problem can be in vSwitch. Maybe i need to configure somehow vSwitch :smileyhappy:

[vMarkusK1985]

Hi,

thanks for the detailed informations. Why are you using a Pass-Through NIC?

Better configure a vSwitch with your 10g interfaces and create a new VM PortGroup if you app is very latency sensitive use SR-IOV!

But check HCL for compatibility: VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search

A Problem with your vSwitch regarding the affected VM is impossible with this configuration...

Is it a single host or a Cluster?

[elcanner]

Thx for reply.
Its a single host. I have already configured vSwitch with my 10g interfaces all works ok. But i think that Pass-Through will be perfect solution. If there is a choice to virtualise or not i will chose "not" :smileyhappy: coz virtualization mb works whit almost the same speed but anyway little bit slower...

i will try your link and report about result.

[vervoortjurgen]

hi

try deinstalling the vmware tools and use Open VM Tools

ubuntu 16.04 recommends using Open VM Tools instead of vmware tools