Symptom
On ESXi 6.5 hosts running UCS C-Series server with VIC cards, some of the vmnics may go down, on a port state event (like a link flap or a TOR reload).
Conditions
The enic driver that comes with stock ESX 6.5 GA is - 1.0.0.2-1vmw.650.0.0.4564106 has this issue.
root@localhost:~] esxcli software vib list | grep -i enic
nenic 1.0.0.2-1vmw.650.0.0.4564106 VMW VMwareCertified 2017-02-25
net-enic 2.1.2.38-2vmw.650.0.0.4564106 VMW VMwareCertified 2017-02-25
[root@localhost:~]
Workaround
Install latest enic drivers on ESXi 6.5 host from vmware repository ( which is greater than 1.0.0.2-1vmw.650.0.0.4564106 )
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