ESXi - FreeNAS - plugin does not work

[mikst]

Hello,

I have installed FreeNAS 11-U2 on ESXi 6.0.0 HPE.
FreeNAS works and I can connect to the web and install the plugins.

The problem is that I cannot access the plugins via the web or via the left menu. I have followed some threads and checked that they are running etc.
I think I have missed something in the ESXi network setup.

Could someone who use ESXi share the switch and network setup for the ESXi, please?
I have two NICs connected to the VM switch.

 

[Zredwire]

What plugins are you trying to set up? Also tell us about your network setup (both physical - outside ESXI and Virtual - Inside ESXI). Screen shots would be even better. Everyone has a different environment. For instance I have 5 Virtual Switches and 10 Port Groups. My settings would not help you at all. So its best to tell us more about your environment and setup so we can help you troubleshoot.

 

[mikst]

I guessed there were a universal ESXi switch setup to make FN working with plugin/jail. Below is a short description of the current setup.

The network is a small home network with an Asus Router and one desktop switch which the server is plugged in to. The router runs the DHCP server and the switch is a dumb switch.

ESXi is running on a HPE with a HPE PCI card with 4 NIC's.
ESXi is 6.0.0 for this server. FN is 11.1-U2.
I try to set up Plex media server as the first plugin.

Two NIC's on the card are pass through but not in use and two connected to the VM there FN is installed.
The NIC on the MB is for the management.

The vswitch in wmswitch is configured as below.

and vm switch as

FN is configured as below.

Jail setup.

I have tried with full DHCP first with the same result.
SMB etc from FN works as it should.
I have also tried pfSense as VM on the host and that worked so I think I do something wrong with the config for FN.

I am very grateful for all the help I can get to get this up an running.

 

[RegularJoe]

is your management network on the same L2 subnet as your VM on a different vswitch? Your FreeNAS VM can be on the same vswitch as your management. On your vswich with two NIC's are you using "route based on originating virtual port id"? Can you ping 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.3 from 192.168.1.20? can you ping 8.8.8.8 from all machines?

If you can check for updates your FreeNAS guest is working right via DNS and routes. Does that work?

 

[sretalla]

The key here is likely to be promiscuous mode (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1004099)...

Jails (plugins) use the same NIC as the FreeNAS install (in most cases), so when each Jail is started, it advertises itself on the same "port" on the switch, but with a different MAC and IP address. This is not allowed by default as it could allow the network to be compromised in many situations (particularly corporate ones... ESX's home territory).

The hardware equivalent would be a server with a single NIC connected to a switch (which by default allows promiscuous mode), so no problems there.

 

[mikst]

I do not know if this gives any hints.

A=Gateway 192.168.1.1
B=ESXi 192.168.1.3
C=FN 192.168.1.20
D=Another PC on the network 192.168.1.100
E=Plex 192.168.1.200

In a FN shell I can ping A, B, E.
In a power shell at D I can ping A, B, C, E.
As Plex root in a tsch I can only ping C.

Promiscuous mode is accepted and should be not the problem.
Have I missed something in that setup?

 

[sretalla]

What's the result if you remove the network definition for em0? (I'm not sure it's really needed if you just have a single NIC)

Have you got allow.raw_sockets=true in the jail sysctls config?

I think you may also want to allow MAC address changes and Forged transmits on the switch where you connect the FreeNAS server.