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To find the network speed for NIC cards: root@server root]#  esxcfg-nics -l Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex Description vmnic0 04:04.00 tg3 Up 1000Mbps Full BCM5780 Gigabit Ethernet vmnic1 04:04.01 tg3 Up 1000Mbps Full BCM5780 Gigabit Ethernet

VCSA boot fails to start  Network Service: Error: Solution: This happens while booting  process . The appliance shows the error " Failed to start File System Check " and it's stuck in  Emergency Mode .Please enter root password and enter below command: you can check the failed file system by running below command: #systemctl status systemd-fsck-root   =>this gives the failed file system. # fsck /dev/mapper/log_vg-log once all fixes reboot.

run below command from ssh to see the expiration of esxi license.  vim-cmd vimsvc/license --show|grep -i date

Please run below commands to restart vpxa and hostd agents in ssh /etc/init.d/hostd restart /etc/init.d/vpxa restart