Q-Logic 8200, 3200 manual Starting the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider, Subsequent Update Installation

1–Product Overview

Installing the QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug-in for ESX/ESXi

3.Issue the vihostupdate command to install the offline bundle as follows:

#vihostupdate.pl <conn_options> --install --bundle offline-bundle.zip --nosigcheck

For available options, refer to the vihostupdate page.

4.Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. You may need to reboot the ESXi system.

NOTE:

For more details on vihostupdate, refer to the documents on the VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface Documentation page, located here:

http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vcli/

Subsequent Update Installation

To update the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider after a prior VIB installation:

1.Follow the instructions in the Removing the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider section to remove the existing VIB.

2.Follow the instructions in the Initial Installation section to install the new VIB.

Starting the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider

After a system startup, the Small Footprint CIM Broker (SFCB) CIM object manager (CIMOM) in the ESX system should start automatically and load the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider when necessary.

For ESX systems, you can also manually stop, start, or restart the SFCB CIMOM by issuing the following commands.

To stop the SFCB CIMOM and the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider:

# /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog stop

To start the SFCB CIMOM and the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider:

# /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog start

To restart the SFCB CIMOM and the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider:

# /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog restart

After starting the SFCB CIMOM, use a CIM client utility to query the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider for information.

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