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Contents

User’s Guide Document Revision History Table of Contents Troubleshooting FC0054607-00 a Page Preface Intended AudienceRelated Materials 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 AgreementsTechnical Support Availability TrainingContact Information Knowledge Database Xii FC0054607-00 a Hardware and Software Components Hardware Components Adapter Component Details Callout Description Boot Code Software ComponentsOS Driver Supported QLogic Adapters FirmwareManagement Tools and Utilities Installation Supported Features„ VMware ESX/ESXi Release Support-4.0 „ Link Rate Installing the Hardware To install the adapter„ Support for VMware VMotion and VMware Storage VMotion Installing the Driver Installing SANsurfer Management Tools„ SANsurfer FC HBA Manager provides „ 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 Configuration Using vSphere Client„ Using vSphere Client „ Using Console OS 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 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting with LEDsTable A-1. QLA234x Adapter LED Scheme Green LED Amber LED Activity Table A-3. QEM2462 Power and Attention Switch LED Scheme Table A-2. QLA24xx/QLE24xx/QEM2462 Adapter LED SchemeYellow LED Green LED Amber LED Activity Dynamic Extended Logging Table A-4. QLE25xx Adapter LED SchemeTable A-5. QLE8042 Converged Network 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 OutputOutput Field Description Collecting System Logs for Troubleshooting Frequently Seen IssuesTable A-8. Frequently Seen Issues Issue Troubleshooting Tip Glossary Cache Converged Network AdapterDevice Driver Fast!UTIL Message signaled interrupts LPortLocal area network Loop initialization process NPort NPort ID virtualizationNLPort Node loop port Port login Point-to-pointPort Port instance Target World wide port namePage Index Glossary-2 Glossary-3 Glossary-4 Glossary-1L2 cache Glossary-2 Nvram Glossary-6 FC0054607-00 a Index-5