Hi all!

 

As I'd got some issues on a bare metal unRAID installation (couldn't run an ESXi nested VM, even the version I triedn abd many other issues), I decided to change for an another solution. I explain: I installed ESXi 6.7U3 build 202403001 on my system as a level 1 hypervisor. I had to install this version because I got a SAS2008 Raid Card that is not compatible with ESXi 7.x / 8.x. The new VM I created for unRAID works great and I can boot on the original USB Key on which I got my unleashed license, and I can connect to the Web Interface with root. I passed 'raw' disks to unRAID and they are working fine. The parity says it's OK

 

Before doing this huge change, I copied all the vdisks .img of my VMs to an external drive.

 

So now, I created one VM with exactly same config (Seabios / Q35-7.2 / virtio vdisk / network / etc.). The VM boots correctly but the network is not working. I can't ping from/to the VM. I tried the other network models (virtio / e1000 / etc.) but no changes. The VM (Debian 12) can see the type of nic (as 'ens1' or 'enp1s0') and I can reconfig it via /etc/network/interfaces.d/, then I reboot. The IP is showed by the VM. But still no ping...

 

Here's a screenshot:

 

NOTES :

My unRAID WebUI is connected to 172.16.1.250 and it is fully reachable. Its network interface is eth0, and this is the only ethernet it uses.

I got 2 other virtual nics: eth1 and eth2.

Each vnic is bridged: eth1 > br1 and eth2 > br2. No bonding anyway.

The VM uses bridge br1

 

On the ESXi Host:

the nics are 2 cards with 2 ports

each port of each card is linked with the other port of the other card

on ESXi I created vSwitches with failover: 1 active port, and one in standby status

 

If you need more details, don't hesitate to ask

 

I go back to make some new tests ^^

 

Thanks for your help

C.

 

Edited November 10, 20241 yr by cbeitel

ok, so I tested a new VM directly on the ESXi 6.7 and I can reach my local network... so it's an unRAID issue, or maybe a network misconfiguration

 

I continue investigation.

 

Maybe you'll have the solution, before I find it

Edited November 10, 20241 yr by cbeitel