Azure Local Instance Creation

Handian Sudianto 7,301 Reputation points
2025-02-27T10:51:27.42+00:00

Hello,

I got this error while creating azure local instance. Is this error related to NIC driver version?

Type 'ValidateNetwork' of Role 'EnvironmentValidator' raised an exception: { "ExceptionType": "json", "ErrorMessage": { "Message": "Network requirements not met. Review output and remediate.", "Results": [ { "Name": "AzStackHci_Network_Test_AdapterDriver", "DisplayName": "Test system adapter driver provider", "Tags": { }, "Title": "Test system adapter driver provider", "Status": 1, "Severity": 2, "Description": "Checking adapter driver on 10.103.200.112", "Remediation": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/hci/concepts/host-network-requirements#driver-requirements", "TargetResourceID": "10.103.200.112", "TargetResourceName": "AdapterDriver", "TargetResourceType": "AdapterDriver", "Timestamp": "/Date(1740636536088)/", "AdditionalData": { "Detail": "Adapter inbox driver check on AZURELOCAL2\nFailed: Adapter(s) using inbox driver found on non-virtual environment\nPort4\r\nPort3\r\nPort5\r\nPort2\r\n", "Status": "FAILURE", "TimeStamp": "02/27/2025 06:08:56", "Resource": "AdapterDriver", "Source": "10.103.200.112" }, "HealthCheckSource": "Deployment\Medium\Network\8f699f9b" }, { "Name": "AzStackHci_Network_Test_AdapterDriver", "DisplayName": "Test system adapter driver provider", "Tags": { }, "Title": "Test system adapter driver provider", "Status": 1, "Severity": 2, "Description": "Checking adapter driver on 10.103.200.111", "Remediation": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/hci/concepts/host-network-requirements#driver-requirements", "TargetResourceID": "10.103.200.111", "TargetResourceName": "AdapterDriver", "TargetResourceType": "AdapterDriver", "Timestamp": "/Date(1740636540060)/", "AdditionalData": { "Detail": "Adapter inbox driver check on AZURELOCAL1\nFailed: Adapter(s) using inbox driver found on non-virtual environment\nPort3\r\nPort5\r\nPort2\r\nPort4\r\n", "Status": "FAILURE", "TimeStamp": "02/27/2025 06:09:00", "Resource": "AdapterDriver", "Source": "10.103.200.111" }, "HealthCheckSource": "Deployment\Medium\Network\8f699f9b" }, { "Name": "AzStackHci_Network_Test_AdapterDriver", "DisplayName": "Test system adapter driver provider", "Tags": { }, "Title": "Test system adapter driver provider", "Status": 1, "Severity": 2, "Description": "Checking adapter driver on 10.103.200.113", "Remediation": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/hci/concepts/host-network-requirements#driver-requirements", "TargetResourceID": "10.103.200.113", "TargetResourceName": "AdapterDriver", "TargetResourceType": "AdapterDriver", "Timestamp": "/Date(1740636544087)/", "AdditionalData": { "Detail": "Adapter inbox driver check on AZURELOCAL3\nFailed: Adapter(s) using inbox driver found on non-virtual environment\nPort4\r\nPort5\r\nPort2\r\nPort3\r\n", "Status": "FAILURE", "TimeStamp": "02/27/2025 06:09:04", "Resource": "AdapterDriver", "Source": "10.103.200.113" }, "HealthCheckSource": "Deployment\Medium\Network\8f699f9b" } ] }, "ExceptionStackTrace": "at ParseResult, C:\NugetStore\AzStackHci.EnvironmentChecker.Deploy.1.2100.2854.2001\content\Classes\EnvironmentValidator\EnvironmentValidator.psm1: line 1166 at Test-AzStackHciNetwork, C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\AzStackHci.EnvironmentChecker\AzStackHciNetwork\AzStackHciNetwork.psm1: line 185 at \u003cScriptBlock\u003e, \u003cNo file\u003e: line 1 at RunSingleValidator, C:\NugetStore\AzStackHci.EnvironmentChecker.Deploy.1.2100.2854.2001\content\Classes\EnvironmentValidator\EnvironmentValidator.psm1: line 706 at ValidateNetwork, C:\NugetStore\AzStackHci.EnvironmentChecker.Deploy.1.2100.2854.2001\content\Classes\EnvironmentValidator\EnvironmentValidator.psm1: line 422 at \u003cScriptBlock\u003e, C:\CloudDeployment\ECEngine\InvokeInterfaceInternal.psm1: line 139 at Invoke-EceInterfaceInternal, C:\CloudDeployment\ECEngine\InvokeInterfaceInternal.psm1: line 134 at \u003cScriptBlock\u003e, \u003cNo file\u003e: line 33" } at RunSingleValidator, C:\NugetStore\AzStackHci.EnvironmentChecker.Deploy.1.2100.2854.2001\content\Classes\EnvironmentValidator\EnvironmentValidator.psm1: line 722 at ValidateNetwork, C:\NugetStore\AzStackHci.EnvironmentChecker.Deploy.1.2100.2854.2001\content\Classes\EnvironmentValidator\EnvironmentValidator.psm1: line 422 at <ScriptBlock>, C:\CloudDeployment\ECEngine\InvokeInterfaceInternal.psm1: line 139 at Invoke-EceInterfaceInternal, C:\CloudDeployment\ECEngine\InvokeInterfaceInternal.psm1: line 134 at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 33

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Dennis Birk 486 Reputation points
2026-06-05T18:06:00.1633333+00:00

Hi, it seems so that you are using inbox driver (from Microsoft) for the storage NIC this is not allowed. You must install the dedicated storage driver NIC such as Mellanox.

You can check this with Get-NetAdapater | ft Name, driver*

It is important that the DriverProvider is NOT Microsoft for the storage NIC.

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