DSM7 ESXi multiple vNICs when using 4 vNICs or more show out of order

[vgeek79]

Hi, 

 

Is there a way to map my virtual HW virtual NIC in order?

 

VM HW map	JSON mac's	DSM LAN #
vNIC #1	mac1	LAN 1
vNIC #2	mac2	LAN 2
vNIC #3	mac3	LAN 8
vNIC #4	mac4	LAN 4

 

MySetup:

ESXi 7.0U3 / RedPill DS3622xs / DSM 7.1-42661 Update 1

JSON included my VMX MAC's

    "mac1": "005056AA001",
    "mac2": "005056AA002",
    "mac3": "005056AA003",
    "mac4": "005056AA004",

 

In TinyCore vNIC# + eth# & mac# matches order

root@box:/home/tc# dmesg | grep eth
[    1.279973] vmxnet3 0000:04:00.0 eth0: NIC Link is Up 10000 Mbps
[    1.281575] vmxnet3 0000:05:00.0 eth1: NIC Link is Down
[    1.283729] vmxnet3 0000:06:00.0 eth2: NIC Link is Down
[    1.284765] vmxnet3 0000:07:00.0 eth3: NIC Link is Down

 

In DSM it looks like that

admin01@xpenologydsm7:/$ dmesg | grep eth
[   50.596284] vmxnet3 0000:04:00.0 eth0: NIC Link is Up 10000 Mbps
[   50.597589] vmxnet3 0000:05:00.0 eth1: NIC Link is Down
[   50.599181] vmxnet3 0000:06:00.0 eth2: NIC Link is Down
[   50.600224] vmxnet3 0000:07:00.0 eth3: NIC Link is Down
[   55.824233] vmxnet3 0000:06:00.0 eth7: renamed from eth2 <--- Wierd?

 

What's happening here and would there be a way to force this in Redpill?

 

PS:

1. When using 3vNIC's all is good, haven't tried adding a 5th nic yet.
2. Added extra parameters to my VMX file to play with PCI Bus, SLots, POrt to see if that changed anything, still DSM acts funky

 

.vmx settings for vNICs
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber=1184

ethernet1.pciSlotNumber=2208

ethernet2.pciSlotNumber=3232

ethernet3.pciSlotNumber=4256

Edited July 14, 2022 by vgeek79