HCI over VMware Workstation 5

dimaonline Lv1Posted 2026-Apr-28 21:49


Hi everyone,
I'm just starting to explore Sangfor purely out of academic interest. I have a powerful desktop computer with a Xeon processor and 64 GB of RAM for this purpose. Previously, I installed VMware ESXi on nested virtualization and everything worked. Now I can't get SnagFor to run—I think there's some kind of configuration error.

Version: HCI6.11.1_R1_X86(20251023)

VMnet Adapter   Role in HCI
Network Adapter 1 VMnet1 (10.10.10.x) Management (Host-only)
Network Adapter 2 VMnet2 (192.168.10.x) Overlay (Host-only)
Network Adapter 3 VMnet2 (192.168.11.x) Storage (Host-only)
Network Adapter 4 VMnet0 Edge {Bridge)

Additional settings in the VM

vhv.enable = "TRUE"
vpmc.enable = "TRUE"
ethernet1.noPromisc = "FALSE"
ethernet2.noPromisc = "FALSE"
ethernet3.noPromisc = "FALSE"
ethernet4.noPromisc = "FALSE"

VMware Workstation (Windows/Linux)

├── VMnet1 (10.10.10.0/24) ──── host adapter: 10.10.10.1
│                                        │
│   ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│   │  Sangfor HCI VM                                                                                  │
│   │   eth0: 10.10.10.7  ← Management / Web UI                                      │
│   │   eth1: 192.168.10.10 ← Overlay                                                          │
│   │   eth2: 192.168.11.11 ← Storage                                                          │
│   │   eth3: (no IP)  ← Edge → VMnet3                                                       │
│   │                                                                                                              │
│   │  [VM-1] [VM-2] ... internal VM HCI                                                      │
│   └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘

├── VMnet2 (192.168.10.0/24) ─── Overlay
├── VMnet3 (192.168.11.0/24) ─── Storage
└── VMnet4 (192.168.41.0/24) ─── Edge (VM-network)

The VM installs successfully, then restarts, but the HTTPS port doesn't respond (but ping work), and I can't log in to the console using the admin/admin credentials either.
After a while, the console displays the following message:
Cluster configuration failed. Please contact technical support or reinstall the system!!!

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dimaonline Lv1Posted 2026-Apr-28 23:37
  
I tried to test traffic to TCP port 443—the VM immediately sends an RST in response to a connection to that port
Humayun Ahmed Lv4Posted 2026-Apr-29 13:33
  
VMware Workstation (Host PC)

├── VMnet1 (Host-Only) → 10.10.10.0/24  [Management]
│       Host IP: 10.10.10.1

├── VMnet2 (Host-Only) → 192.168.10.0/24  [Overlay / VXLAN]

├── VMnet3 (Host-Only) → 192.168.11.0/24  [Storage / aSAN]

└── VMnet0 (Bridged) → Physical LAN  [Edge / External Access]
        (Gets IP from your router/DHCP)
Sangfor Jojo Lv5Posted 2026-May-06 16:37
  
Hi bro, we have forwarded your issue to Sangfor technical support team via email. Kindly please track the process progress in your mailbox.
dimaonline Lv1Posted 2026-May-06 20:23
  
Thanks. I’ll wait for a response from technical support, since I couldn’t find a solution in the replies to this thread. I don’t think I should mark any of the replies as the solution.

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