Before running below commands, Login to ESXi through SSH or Direct Shell: QLogic To determine the firmware for a QLogic fibre adapter, run these commands on the ESXi/ESX host:. Go to /proc/scsi/qla ####. Where #### is the model of the Qlogic HBA. Run the ls command to see all of the adapters in the directory. The output appears similar to: 1 2 HbaApiNode.
Run the command: head -2 # Where # is the HBA number. You see output similar to: QLogic PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter for QLA2340: Firmware version: 3.03.19, Driver version 7.07.04.2vmw To determine the firmware for a QLogic iSCSI hardware initiator on an ESXi/ESX host:. Go to /proc/scsi/qla ####. Where #### is the model of the Qlogic HBA. Run the ls command to see all of the adapters in the directory. You see output similar to: 1 2 HbaApiNode.
Run the command: head -4 # Where # is the HBA number. You see output similar to: QLogic iSCSI Adapter for ISP 4022: Driver version 3.24 Code starts at address = 0x82a314 Firmware version 2.00.00.45 Emulex To determine the firmware for a Emulex HBA on an ESXi/ESX host:. Go to /proc/scsi/lpfc. Note: the lpfc may be appended with model number appended. For example, /proc/scsi/lpfc820. Run the ls command to see all of the adapters in the directory.
You see output similar to: 1 2. Run the command: head -5 # where # is the HBA number. You see output similar to: Emulex LightPulse FC SCSI 7.3.2vmw2 Emulex LP10000DC 2Gb 2-port PCI-X Fibre Channel Adapter on PCI bus 42 device 08 irq 42 SerialNum: BG51909398 Firmware Version: 1.91A5 (T2D1.91A5). Thank you for visiting my profile. I am Pranay Jha, bring along a total of 11+ years of extensive experience with me in Information Technology sector for organizations from small business to large enterprises, wherein my current assignment I am associated with IBM as a Technical Solution Architect for Virtualization platform. I am vExpert x 3 (16/17/18), VCIX-DCV, VCAP5/6-DCD, VCAP5-DCA, VCP7-CMA, VCP5/6-DCV, VCA-DCV, VCA-Cloud, VSP, VCE-CIA, MCITP, MCSE, MCSA(Messaging). I am also an Independent blogger and founder of and I can be reached via email at pranay1988jha@gmail.com or Direct Message via Contact Us form.
My server is installed with a centos 6.3. I have an Emulex hba fiber card to connect the server to a san. The Emulex driver installed is the 'elx-lpfc-8.3.5.60-1rh6.x86_64' I want to start a 'yum update' on the server. But before, I want to be sure that the update not going to be a problem with the Emulex driver card. FAQ sheet for Emulex Corporation's Open Source Device Driver. Summary: This device driver provides the sources for Emulex's LPFC (Light Pulse Fibre Channel) family of HBAs. The source base is developed and tested specifically for the 2.6 Linux kernel.