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Jan Claes 85 Reputation points
2025-08-14T12:12:09.7933333+00:00

"Results": [             {                 "Name": "AzStackHci_Network_Test_StorageConnections_PING_MESH",                 "DisplayName": "Test storage adapter connections with ping mesh on 10.8.38.50",                 "Tags": {},                 "Title": "Test storage adapter connections with ping mesh on 10.8.38.50",                 "Status": 1,                 "Severity": 2,                 "Description": "Run ping mesh to validate storage adapter connections from 10.8.38.50 to other servers",                 "Remediation": "Make sure network used by storage adapter is configured correctly so the adapters could be pinged each other",                 "TargetResourceID": "ValidateStorageConnectionsPingMesh",                 "TargetResourceName": "ValidateStorageConnectionsPingMesh",                 "TargetResourceType": "ValidateStorageConnectionsPingMesh",                 "Timestamp": "/Date(1755172029989)/",                 "AdditionalData": {                     "Detail": "Storage adapter connection validation using ping test on 10.8.38.50.\nPing result from [ AZURELOCAL1 ] to other host(s):\n === Destination host [ AZURELOCAL2 ]\n adapter [ STORAGELAN_2 ]\n !!! FAILED: Ping from adapter [ STORAGELAN_2 ] with IP [ 169.254.33.26 ] to adapter [ STORAGELAN_2 ] with IP [ 169.254.170.215 ] on host [ AZURELOCAL2 ] !!!\n adapter [ STORAGELAN_1 ]\n !!! FAILED: Ping from adapter [ STORAGELAN_1 ] with IP [ 169.254.54.176 ] to adapter [ STORAGELAN_1 ] with IP [ 169.254.60.22 ] on host [ AZURELOCAL2 ] !!!",                     "Status": "FAILURE",                     "TimeStamp": "08/14/2025 11:47:09",                     "Resource": "ValidateStorageConnectionsPingMesh",                     "Source": "10.8.38.50"                 },                 "HealthCheckSource": "Deployment\Standard\Medium\Network\2c85726d"             },             {                 "Name": "AzStackHci_Network_Test_StorageConnections_PING_MESH",                 "DisplayName": "Test storage adapter connections with ping mesh on 10.8.38.51",                 "Tags": {},                 "Title": "Test storage adapter connections with ping mesh on 10.8.38.51",                 "Status": 1,                 "Severity": 2,                 "Description": "Run ping mesh to validate storage adapter connections from 10.8.38.51 to other servers",                 "Remediation": "Make sure network used by storage adapter is configured correctly so the adapters could be pinged each other",                 "TargetResourceID": "ValidateStorageConnectionsPingMesh",                 "TargetResourceName": "ValidateStorageConnectionsPingMesh",                 "TargetResourceType": "ValidateStorageConnectionsPingMesh",                 "Timestamp": "/Date(1755172041699)/",                 "AdditionalData": {                     "Detail": "Storage adapter connection validation using ping test on 10.8.38.51.\nPing result from [ AZURELOCAL2 ] to other host(s):\n === Destination host [ AZURELOCAL1 ]\n adapter [ STORAGELAN_2 ]\n !!! FAILED: Ping from adapter [ STORAGELAN_2 ] with IP [ 169.254.170.215 ] to adapter [ STORAGELAN_2 ] with IP [ 169.254.33.26 ] on host [ AZURELOCAL1 ] !!!\n adapter [ STORAGELAN_1 ]\n !!! FAILED: Ping from adapter [ STORAGELAN_1 ] with IP [ 169.254.60.22 ] to adapter [ STORAGELAN_1 ] with IP [ 169.254.54.176 ] on host [ AZURELOCAL1 ] !!!",                     "Status": "FAILURE",                     "TimeStamp": "08/14/2025 11:47:21",                     "Resource": "ValidateStorageConnectionsPingMesh",                     "Source": "10.8.38.51"                 },                 "HealthCheckSource": "Deployment\Standard\Medium\Network\2c85726d"             }         ]

  • DHCP is set to disabled
  • No IP is configured op the storage RDMA NICs

But his is complaining, stating:

Storage adapter connection validation using ping test on 10.8.38.51. Ping result from [ AZURELOCAL2 ] to other host(s): === Destination host [ AZURELOCAL1 ] adapter [ STORAGELAN_2 ] !!! FAILED: Ping from adapter [ STORAGELAN_2 ] with IP [ 169.254.170.215 ] to adapter [ STORAGELAN_2 ] with IP [ 169.254.33.26 ] on host [ AZURELOCAL1 ] !!! adapter [ STORAGELAN_1 ] !!! FAILED: Ping from adapter [ STORAGELAN_1 ] with IP [ 169.254.60.22 ] to adapter [ STORAGELAN_1 ] with IP [ 169.254.54.176 ] on host [ AZURELOCAL1 ] !!!

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  1. Jan Claes 85 Reputation points
    2025-08-18T13:49:33.8066667+00:00

    We ere able to identify the issue with the following 2 commands:

    ping -S 169.254.33.26 169.254.170.215 ping -S 169.254.54.176 169.254.60.22

    Cabling was correct, but the labels on the NICs were switched.

    After updating the labels all validation steps were successful.

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  2. Callegher, Fabio 0 Reputation points
    2025-09-03T10:33:29.9266667+00:00

    Autoconfig .pdfThanks Jan

    Here's included the screenshots of the ipconfig related to he storage NICs SLOT5 PORT1 and SLOT6 PORT1 . We just have the autoconfig IP assigned. Are there any other suggestions to overcome this error ? Thanks / Fabio

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  3. Callegher, Fabio 0 Reputation points
    2025-09-02T18:15:43.8933333+00:00

    We have the same problem, and been at this for a few days without progress. We have 3 nodes STORAGE NIC1 and Storage NIC2 on each server are connected to VLAN 711 and 712 respectively. All nodes are the same. The Storage NICs have an APIPA address. No VLAN set on the NICs. We start the deployment and all the the times we get errors like these

    'ValidateNetwork' of Role 'EnvironmentValidator' raised an exception: { "ExceptionType": "json", "ErrorMessage": { "Message": "Network requirements not met. Review output and remediate.", "Results": { "Name": "AzStackHci_Network_Test_StorageAdapterReadiness", "DisplayName": "Test storage adapter readiness on node", "Tags": { }, "Title": "Test storage adapter readiness on node", "Status": 1, "Severity": 2, "Description": "Test storage adapter readiness on node: no pre-defined IP on it, no VLANID configured on it", "Remediation": "Remove any pre-defined IP on the storage adapter, remove any VLANID configured on the storage adapter", "TargetResourceID": "StorageAdapterReadiness", "TargetResourceName": "StorageAdapterReadiness", "TargetResourceType": "StorageAdapterReadiness", "Timestamp": "/Date(1756824804682)/", "AdditionalData": { "Detail": "Storage adapter IP and VLAN check on cc-test-aff01\n Passed: Storage adapter [ PCIe Slot 5 Port 1 ] don\u0027t have any IP address on it.\n Passed: Storage adapter [ PCIe Slot 5 Port 1 ] don\u0027t have any VLANID configured on it.\n Passed: Storage adapter [ PCIe Slot 6 Port 1 ] don\u0027t have any IP address on it.\n !! Found VLANID [ 817 ] on [ PCIe Slot 6 Port 1 ]. Please remove the VLANID from the adapter\n !! Set-NetAdapterAdvancedProperty -Name PCIe Slot 6 Port 1 -RegistryKeyword VLANID -RegistryValue 0", "Status": "FAILURE", "TimeStamp": "09/02/2025 14:53:24", "Resource"

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  4. Jan Claes 85 Reputation points
    2025-09-01T13:55:26.8733333+00:00

    We didn't configure static IP config on the storage NICs.

    DHCP was disabled and an APIPA addresses was auto-assigned to both NICs.

    The only issue was a cross-label issue of the NIC names

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  5. Durga Reshma Malthi 11,595 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-08-14T13:29:14.54+00:00

    Hi Jan Claes

    Ensure that the storage RDMA NICs are properly configured. Since DHCP is disabled, you need to assign static IP addresses to the storage NICs and verify that the IP addresses assigned to the storage NICs are in the same subnet and can communicate with each other.

    Assign static IP addresses to the storage RDMA NICs on both hosts and also ensure that the subnet mask is correctly configured.

    Here in your case, Go to each node (AZURELOCAL1, AZURELOCAL2) and Assign static IPs to STORAGELAN_1 and STORAGELAN_2 on both nodes like 192.168.100.x/24

    After configuring the static IP addresses, test the connectivity between the storage adapters using the ping command from each host

    Hope this helps!

    Please Let me know if you have any queries.

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