There is a bug in Cisco Hardware which causes vmnics to get assigned in wrong order after esxi install. As a workaround we can change the vmnic order from esxi level.

1. localcli --plugin-dir /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli/int/ deviceInternal alias list
2. esxcfg-nics -l —> check the mac addresses, figure out which vmnic should have which mac
3. localcli --plugin-dir /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli/int/ deviceInternal alias store --alias vmnic1 --bus-address s00000001:03.01 --bus-type pci - update physical alias.
4. localcli --plugin-dir /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli/int/ deviceInternal alias store --bus-type logical --alias vmnic1 --bus-address "pci#s00000001:03.01#0" - update logical address

[root@FIESOPLPRTESX13:~] localcli --plugin-dir /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli/int/ deviceInternal alias list
Bus type  Bus address            Alias
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[How VMware ESXi determines the order in which names are assigned to devices](https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/324534/how-vmware-esxi-determines-the-order-in.html)