Skip virtual interfaces overwriting physical interfaces

[alexpusca]

I have a new Netbox installation, in which I have already documented the servers (site/location/rack/modules) and cables.
When running the vCenter sync, the virtual bonds (vmk0...x) overwrite and alter the existing physical configuration of the server. Is there a way in which:
a. virtual bonds should be created as virtual interfaces and only vmnic0....x should overwrite the physical interface parameters?
b. a user could totally skip the population of the virtual bonds?

I have read the documentation and tried to find a solution in the configuration file, but I couldn't find a solution. We are running a standalone Netbox 3.7.6

[alexpusca]

To make the issue a little more clear, below an example of a dry run for a node:
2024-08-06 08:49:00,666 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmk0' to NetBox Interface 'FlexLOMP1 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,666 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmk1' to NetBox Interface 'FlexLOMP2 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,666 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmnic0' to NetBox Interface 'FlexLOMP3 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,666 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmnic1' to NetBox Interface 'FlexLOMP4 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,667 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmnic10' to NetBox Interface 'Gig-E 1 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,667 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmnic11' to NetBox Interface 'Gig-E 2 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,667 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmnic12' to NetBox Interface 'Gig-E 3 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,667 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmnic13' to NetBox Interface 'Gig-E 4 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,668 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmnic2' to NetBox Interface 'PCIe1P1 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,668 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmnic3' to NetBox Interface 'PCIe1P2 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,668 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmnic4' to NetBox Interface 'PCIe3P1 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,668 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmnic5' to NetBox Interface 'PCIe3P2 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,668 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmnic6' to NetBox Interface 'PCIe4P1 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,669 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmnic7' to NetBox Interface 'PCIe4P2 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,669 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmnic8' to NetBox Interface 'PCIe5P1 (node2)'
2024-08-06 08:49:00,669 - DEBUG2: Matching 'vmnic9' to NetBox Interface 'PCIe5P2 (node2)'

If the first two lines (vmk0 and vmk1) would be omitted, then mapping would be correct (the interfaces are not physical, but virtual VMkernel adapters)

[bb-Ricardo]

Hi, good point. Usually it matches by MAC address. But I guess your current NetBox config does not contain the MAC addresses and that's why the script try to do a 1:1 match