10fb does not support flow control autoneg问题处理

参考

https://vm.knutsson.it/2018/07/10fb-does-not-support-flow-control-autoneg/
https://www.virtual-allan.com/10fb-does-not-support-flow-control-autoneg/
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2119809?src=vmw_so_vex_bknuts_793
vmware esxi 版本号对应关系： https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2143832
HPE 对该问题的描述：https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-a00057927en_us

事件描述

由于网卡驱动原因导致HPE 380Gen9设备安装esxi6.5 7388607 系统后，“10fb does not support flow control autoneg”事件过多，vCenter数据库撑爆问题。

[root@localhost:/var/log] esxcli network nic list
Name    PCI Device    Driver  Admin Status  Link Status  Speed  Duplex  MAC Address         MTU  Description                                            
------  ------------  ------  ------------  -----------  -----  ------  -----------------  ----  -------------------------------------------------------
vmnic0  0000:02:00.0  ntg3    Up            Down             0  Half    f4:03:43:55:d0:6c  1500  Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic1  0000:02:00.1  ntg3    Up            Down             0  Half    f4:03:43:55:d0:6d  1500  Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic2  0000:02:00.2  ntg3    Up            Down             0  Half    f4:03:43:55:d0:6e  1500  Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic3  0000:02:00.3  ntg3    Up            Up            1000  Full    f4:03:43:55:d0:6f  1500  Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic4  0000:05:00.0  ixgben  Up            Up           10000  Full    48:df:37:13:9a:fc  1500  Intel(R) 82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection 
vmnic5  0000:05:00.1  ixgben  Up            Up           10000  Full    48:df:37:13:9a:fd  1500  Intel(R) 82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection 
vmnic6  0000:88:00.0  ixgben  Up            Up           10000  Full    48:df:37:14:84:e0  1500  Intel(R) 82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection 
vmnic7  0000:88:00.1  ixgben  Up            Up           10000  Full    48:df:37:14:84:e1  1500  Intel(R) 82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection 
# 网卡驱动ixgben版本过低，要>=1.7.10才能正常
[root@localhost:/var/log] esxcli software vib list|grep ixg
ixgben                         1.6.5-1OEM.600.0.0.2768847         INT              VMwareCertified   2018-11-02  
[root@localhost:/var/log] vmware -v
VMware ESXi 6.5.0 build-7388607

# esxi6.5U3 带的驱动不存在此BUG
[root@localhost:~] vmware -v
VMware ESXi 6.5.0 build-15256549
[root@localhost:~] esxcli software vib list|grep ixg
ixgben                         1.7.20-1OEM.600.0.0.2768847         INT        VMwareCertified   2020-06-13

解决

临时可通过修改减少事件保留日期。建议升级esxi版本至6.5U3及以上可解决。

事件统计

/opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -d VCDB -U postgres 
SELECT COUNT(EVENT_ID) AS NUMEVENTS, EVENT_TYPE, USERNAME FROM VPXV_EVENT_ALL GROUP BY EVENT_TYPE, USERNAME ORDER BY NUMEVENTS DESC LIMIT 10;