Root-cause analysis of vSwitch lists the root-cause problem diagnosed for vSwitch and its impact.

Table 1. Root-cause analysis of vSwitch
Classes Root-cause Events (symptoms) of root-cause Impacted classes Events
vSwitch Down VMKernelPortLostConnection vSwitch VSwitchLostConnection
VMKernelPort VMKernelPortLostConnection
VirtualInterface VNICLostConnection
VirtualMachine VMLostConnection
ESX Host HostLostConnection
Hypervisor Down HypervisorPoweredOff vSwitch VSwitchLostConnection
VMKernelPort KernelPortIfLostConnection
VirtualInterface VNICLostConnection
VirtualMachine VMLostConnection
Hypervisor HypervisorPowerOff
Interface InterfaceLostConnection
ScsiPath iScsiPathLostConnection
HypervisorShutDown HostShutDown vSwitch VSwitchLostConnection
VMKernelPort KernelPortIfLostConnection
VirtualInterface VNICLostConnection
VirtualMachine VMLostConnection
Hypervisor HostShutDown
Interface InterfaceLostConnection
ScsiPath ScsiPathLostConnection
VMKernelPport VMKernelPortLost Connection KernelPortIfDown vSwitch VSwitchLostConnection
VMKernelPort KernelPortIfDown
Interface InterfaceDown