Hi,
I tried to upgrade vmware hba driver , before doing upgrade i have taken the following information .
esxcli storage core adapter list
HBA Name Driver Link State UID Capabilities Description
-------- ------------ ---------- ------------------------------------ ------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
vmhba0 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba0 (0000:00:1f.2) Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
vmhba1 qlnativefc link-up fc.20000024ff09bf45:21000024ff09bf45 Second Level Lun ID (0000:11:00.0) QLogic Corp ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA
vmhba2 qlnativefc link-up fc.20000024ff09c3a9:21000024ff09c3a9 Second Level Lun ID (0000:0c:00.0) QLogic Corp ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA
vmhba3 megaraid_sas link-n/a unknown.vmhba3 (0000:1b:00.0) LSI / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS Fusion Controller
vmhba32 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba32 (0000:00:1f.2) Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
vmhba33 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba33 (0000:00:1f.2) Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
vmhba34 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba34 (0000:00:1f.2) Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
vmhba35 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba35 (0000:00:1f.2) Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
vmhba36 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba36 (0000:00:1f.2) Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
/usr/lib/vmware/vmkmgmt_keyval/vmkmgmt_keyval -d
Dumping all key-value instance names:
Key Value Instance: QLNATIVEFC/qlogic
usr/lib/vmware/vmkmgmt_keyval/vmkmgmt_keyval -l -i QLNATIVEFC/qlogic
Listing keys:
Name: 0
Type: string
value:
QLogic PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter for QLE2560:
FC Firmware version 7.02.00 (90d5), Driver version 2.0.12.0
after upgrading
/usr/lib/vmware/vmkmgmt_keyval/vmkmgmt_keyval -d
Dumping all key-value instance names:
Key Value Instance: vmhba64/qlogic
Key Value Instance: vmhba2/qlogic
Key Value Instance: MOD_PARM/qlogic
/usr/lib/vmware/vmkmgmt_keyval/vmkmgmt_keyval -l -i vmhba2/qlogic
Listing keys:
Name: ADAPTER
Type: string
value:
QLogic PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter for QLE2560:
FC Firmware version 8.01.02 (90d5), Driver version 2.1.24.0
esxcfg-scsidevs -a
vmhba0 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba0 (0000:00:1f.2) Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
vmhba2 qlnativefc link-up fc.20000024ff09c3a9:21000024ff09c3a9 (0000:0c:00.0) QLogic Corp ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA
vmhba3 megaraid_sas link-n/a unknown.vmhba3 (0000:1b:00.0) LSI / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS Fusion Controller
vmhba64 qlnativefc link-up fc.20000024ff09bf45:21000024ff09bf45 (0000:11:00.0) QLogic Corp ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA
vmhba32 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba32 (0000:00:1f.2) Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
vmhba33 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba33 (0000:00:1f.2) Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
vmhba34 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba34 (0000:00:1f.2) Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
vmhba35 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba35 (0000:00:1f.2) Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
vmhba36 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba36 (0000:00:1f.2) Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller
After upgrading I Cant' find vmhba1 , instead it became vmhba64
found key value instance
Key Value Instance: vmhba64/qlogic
Key Value Instance: vmhba2/qlogic
Key Value Instance: MOD_PARM/qlogic
Before upgrading the key value instance was only
Key Value Instance: QLNATIVEFC/qlogic
What does it mean ?
Anything wrong ?
How do I make sure that all are running after upgrade
Thanks
Message was edited by: sibsbt