Q-Logic
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Troubleshooting
Install
Message signaled interrupts
Login
Configuration
Frequently Seen Issues
Boot Code
Enable
Using Console OS
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Contents
User’s Guide
Document Revision History
Table of Contents
Troubleshooting
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Related Materials
Preface
Intended Audience
Related QLogic documentation
What’s in This Guide
Related VMware documentation
Documentation Conventions
Under Hardware, click Storage Adapters
See Configuring Boot from SAN on
License Agreements
Technical Support
Contact Information
Availability
Training
Knowledge Database
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Hardware and Software Components
Hardware Components
Adapter Component Details
Callout Description
Boot Code
Software Components
OS Driver
Supported QLogic Adapters
Firmware
Management Tools and Utilities
VMware ESX/ESXi Release Support-4.0
Installation
Supported Features
Link Rate
Installing the Hardware
To install the adapter
Support for VMware VMotion and VMware Storage VMotion
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager provides
Installing the Driver
Installing SANsurfer Management Tools
SANsurfer FC HBA CLI provides
Installing SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
To install SANsurfer FC HBA Manager on VMware
Downloading SANsurfer FC HBA Manager-VMware
To install SANsurfer FC HBA Manager on Linux or Windows
Etc/hosts Etc/hosts.allow
Installing SANsurfer FC HBA CLI
To install SANsurfer FC HBA CLI
To install the package, enter the following command
Using vSphere Client Using Console OS
Configuration
Using vSphere Client
Identifying QLogic Adapters on VMware ESX/ESXi
Using Console OS
VSphere Client Configuration
Discover the device using lspci
Finding Adapters on VMware ESX/ESXi
Using the QLogic Fast!UTIL Bios Utility
Verifying That the Driver is Loaded
Configuring the Driver Parameters
To configure driver parameters
Configurable Driver Parameters
Driver Parameter Description
Deploying Npiv for VMware ESX/ESXi
Ql2xoperationmode
Monitoring Npiv Virtual Ports from SANsurfer
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Showing Npiv
Configuring Boot from SAN
Virtual Port Information Page in SANsurfer
Starting Fast!UTIL from the Bios Screen
Enable
Device Boot
Table A-1. QLA234x Adapter LED Scheme
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting with LEDs
Green LED Amber LED Activity
Table A-3. QEM2462 Power and Attention Switch LED Scheme
Table A-2. QLA24xx/QLE24xx/QEM2462 Adapter LED Scheme
Yellow LED Green LED Amber LED Activity
Table A-5. QLE8042 Converged Network Adapter LED Scheme
Dynamic Extended Logging
Table A-4. QLE25xx Adapter LED Scheme
Green LED Link
Troubleshooting with Driver Logs
# cat /proc/scsi/qla2xxx/5
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting with Driver Logs
Table A-6. Common Driver Log Messages
Qla%d Loop Down aborting ISP
Scsi%d Cannot get topology retrying
Table A-6. Common Driver Log Messages
Debugging Using Proc Information
Table A-7. Proc Output
Output Field Description
Table A-8. Frequently Seen Issues
Collecting System Logs for Troubleshooting
Frequently Seen Issues
Issue Troubleshooting Tip
Glossary
Device
Cache
Converged Network Adapter
Driver
Fast!UTIL
Local area network
Message signaled interrupts
LPort
Loop initialization process
NLPort
NPort
NPort ID virtualization
Node loop port
Port
Port login
Point-to-point
Port instance
Target
World wide port name
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Index
Glossary-2
Glossary-3
Glossary-4
Glossary-1
L2 cache Glossary-2
Nvram
Glossary-6
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