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Fibre Channel and Converged Network Adapters for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0

User’s Guide

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Q-Logic FC0054607-00 A manual User’s Guide

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User’s Guide Document Revision History Table of Contents Troubleshooting FC0054607-00 a Page Intended Audience PrefaceRelated Materials Related QLogic documentation Related VMware documentation What’s in This Guide Under Hardware, click Storage Adapters Documentation Conventions License Agreements See Configuring Boot from SAN onTechnical Support Training AvailabilityContact Information Knowledge Database Xii FC0054607-00 a Hardware Components Hardware and Software Components Callout Description Adapter Component Details Software Components Boot CodeOS Driver Firmware Supported QLogic AdaptersManagement Tools and Utilities Supported Features Installation„ VMware ESX/ESXi Release Support-4.0 „ Link Rate To install the adapter Installing the Hardware„ Support for VMware VMotion and VMware Storage VMotion Installing SANsurfer Management Tools Installing the Driver„ SANsurfer FC HBA Manager provides „ SANsurfer FC HBA CLI provides To install SANsurfer FC HBA Manager on VMware Installing SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Downloading SANsurfer FC HBA Manager-VMware Etc/hosts Etc/hosts.allow To install SANsurfer FC HBA Manager on Linux or Windows To install SANsurfer FC HBA CLI Installing SANsurfer FC HBA CLI To install the package, enter the following command Using vSphere Client Configuration„ Using vSphere Client „ Using Console OS Identifying QLogic Adapters on VMware ESX/ESXi VSphere Client Configuration Using Console OS Discover the device using lspci Finding Adapters on VMware ESX/ESXi Using the QLogic Fast!UTIL Bios Utility Verifying That the Driver is Loaded To configure driver parameters Configuring the Driver Parameters Driver Parameter Description Configurable Driver Parameters Ql2xoperationmode Deploying Npiv for VMware ESX/ESXi Monitoring Npiv Virtual Ports from SANsurfer SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Showing Npiv Virtual Port Information Page in SANsurfer Configuring Boot from SAN Starting Fast!UTIL from the Bios Screen Device Boot Enable Troubleshooting with LEDs TroubleshootingTable A-1. QLA234x Adapter LED Scheme Green LED Amber LED Activity Table A-2. QLA24xx/QLE24xx/QEM2462 Adapter LED Scheme Table A-3. QEM2462 Power and Attention Switch LED SchemeYellow LED Green LED Amber LED Activity Table A-4. QLE25xx Adapter LED Scheme Dynamic Extended LoggingTable A-5. QLE8042 Converged Network Adapter LED Scheme Green LED Link # cat /proc/scsi/qla2xxx/5 Troubleshooting with Driver Logs Troubleshooting Troubleshooting with Driver Logs Qla%d Loop Down aborting ISP Table A-6. Common Driver Log Messages Scsi%d Cannot get topology retrying Table A-6. Common Driver Log Messages Table A-7. Proc Output Debugging Using Proc InformationOutput Field Description Frequently Seen Issues Collecting System Logs for TroubleshootingTable A-8. Frequently Seen Issues Issue Troubleshooting Tip Glossary Converged Network Adapter CacheDevice Driver Fast!UTIL LPort Message signaled interruptsLocal area network Loop initialization process NPort ID virtualization NPortNLPort Node loop port Point-to-point Port loginPort Port instance World wide port name TargetPage Index Glossary-3 Glossary-2 Glossary-1 Glossary-4L2 cache Glossary-2 Glossary-6 Nvram FC0054607-00 a Index-5