{"id":672,"date":"2012-04-27T06:35:13","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T06:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fir3netwp.gmsrrpobkbd.com\/2012\/04\/27\/f5-ltm-ve-no-interfaces-shown\/"},"modified":"2021-07-24T18:16:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T18:16:49","slug":"f5-ltm-ve-no-interfaces-shown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/Loadbalancers\/F5-BIG-IP\/f5-ltm-ve-no-interfaces-shown.html","title":{"rendered":"F5 LTM VE 10.2.x – Interfaces not recognised"},"content":{"rendered":"
When running the BIG-IP LTM (10.2.3) virtual appliance on ESX4 you may observe that only the management interface is seen by the system.<\/p>\n
[root@localhost:Active] config # b interface show
INTERFACE
Key Speed Pkts Pkts Drop Coll Bits Bits Errs Trunk
Mbps in out in out
mgmt UP 100 FD 511 8 0 0 266144 5056 0<\/p>\n
To resolve this define each interface as vmxnet3 by editing the .vmx file for the given Virtual Machine.<\/p>\n
+ ethernet1.virtualDev = “vmxnet3”
+ ethernet2.virtualDev = “vmxnet3”<\/p>\n
Once done ensure the the virtual machine is fully powered down (to ensure that the changes take effect). Once rebooted check the interfaces are now seen by the system and passing traffic.<\/p>\n
[root@localhost:Active] config # b interface show
INTERFACE
Key Speed Pkts Pkts Drop Coll Bits Bits Errs Trunk
Mbps in out in out
1.1 UP 100 FD 2340 2244 0 0 3.111M 12.65M 0
1.2 UP 100 FD 563 17 0 0 594264 10752 0
mgmt UP 100 FD 203 11 0 0 111928 8464 0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When running the BIG-IP LTM (10.2.3) virtual appliance on ESX4 you may observe that only the management interface is seen by the system. [root@localhost:Active] config # b interface showINTERFACEKey Speed Pkts Pkts Drop Coll Bits Bits Errs Trunk Mbps in out in outmgmt UP 100 FD 511 8 0 0 266144 5056 0 Solution To … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n