NX-OS vnet entered disabled state | NIC limit (64) reached, skipping overflow.

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NX-OS vnet entered disabled state | NIC limit (64) reached, skipping overflow.

Post by xoir » Tue Nov 09, 2021 4:57 am

Hi,

I'm running eve-ng version 2.0.3-112 QEMU 2.4.0 in ESXi 6.7 with promiscuous nic enabled.

WWhen I try to start nx-os 9k device, the eve log file sends hundreds of these messages and the device never starts. I'm able to run other qemu mages, I was working with two NXOS initially in the lab fine, but when I added eight more nx-os devices (10 total), I can not longer start any NX-OS device in the lab.

Thanks in advance,
LOGS:

Nov 9 06:49:38 eve-ng kernel: [ 501.794839] vnet1_1: port 1(vunl1_18_1) entered blocking state
Nov 9 06:49:38 eve-ng kernel: [ 501.794842] vnet1_1: port 1(vunl1_18_1) entered forwarding state
Nov 9 06:49:38 eve-ng kernel: [ 501.795037] vnet1_2: port 1(vunl1_18_2) entered blocking state
Nov 9 06:49:38 eve-ng kernel: [ 501.795039] vnet1_2: port 1(vunl1_18_2) entered forwarding state
Nov 9 06:49:38 eve-ng kernel: [ 501.795218] vnet1_6: port 1(vunl1_18_3) entered blocking state
Nov 9 06:49:38 eve-ng kernel: [ 501.795220] vnet1_6: port 1(vunl1_18_3) entered forwarding state
Nov 9 06:49:38 eve-ng kernel: [ 501.795393] vnet1_7: port 1(vunl1_18_4) entered blocking state

Nov 9 06:49:39 eve-ng kernel: [ 503.510892] vnet1_15: port 1(vunl1_18_8) entered disabled state
Nov 9 06:49:39 eve-ng kernel: [ 503.510955] vnet1_14: port 1(vunl1_18_7) entered disabled state
Nov 9 06:49:39 eve-ng kernel: [ 503.511016] vnet1_11: port 1(vunl1_18_6) entered disabled state
Nov 9 06:49:39 eve-ng kernel: [ 503.511084] vnet1_10: port 1(vunl1_18_5) entered disabled state
Nov 9 06:49:39 eve-ng kernel: [ 503.511143] vnet1_7: port 1(vunl1_18_4) entered disabled state
Nov 9 06:49:39 eve-ng kernel: [ 503.511216] vnet1_6: port 1(vunl1_18_3) entered disabled state
Nov 9 06:49:39 eve-ng kernel: [ 503.511270] vnet1_2: port 1(vunl1_18_2) entered disabled state
Nov 9 06:49:39 eve-ng kernel: [ 503.511328] vnet1_1: port 1(vunl1_18_1) entered disabled state

[Nov 09 06:47:23.058] [ message] [vmsvc] GuestInfoAddNicEntry: NIC limit (64) reached, skipping overflow.
[Nov 09 06:47:23.059] [ message] [vmsvc] GuestInfoAddNicEntry: NIC limit (64) reached, skipping overflow.

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Re: NX-OS vnet entered disabled state | NIC limit (64) reached, skipping overflow.

Post by Uldis (UD) » Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:12 am

10 nexus nodes need to have min 24 CPU (48 threads) cores, phisical, and min 128GB ram
and no guarantee that 10 devices will be hild on such setup
It is veru hungry device nx9k

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