Get HBA hardware details

[rajesh1976]

Hi,

Need to get the storage adaptert hardware details like firmware version, driver version etc using shell script. Anyone please help me ?

Regards,

Rajesh

[PaulSvirin]

Some ideas can be found here:

On ESX host HBA firmware version can be checked via cat /proc/scsi/qla/ |less -S

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[LucD]

The only way that I know of is through the files in the /proc/scsi folders.

You can list those with the plink.exe command from the PuTTY Suite.

This is an example when you have QLogic adapters.

$User = "<user-account>"
$Pswd = "<user-password>"
$Computer = "<esx-hostname>"
$plink = "<PuTTY-directory>\plink.exe"
$plinkoptions = " -v -batch -pw $Pswd"
$cmd1 = 'cat /proc/scsi/qla*/*'

$remoteCommand = '"' + $cmd1 + '"'
$command = $plink + " " + $plinkoptions + " " + $User + "@" + $computer + " " + $remoteCommand

$msg = Invoke-Expression -command $command

# Extract the required info from the $msg variable
...

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[rajesh1976]

Thanks LucD,

But I have more number of hosts. Need to get HBA details for all the hosts in the cluster. We are in the process of upgrading the HBA firmware.

Regards,

Rajesh

[LucD]

If you can use the same account/password on all the hosts, you can place the above in a loop through all the hosts.

Something like this

$User = "<user-account>"
$Pswd = "<user-password>"
$plink = "<PuTTY-directory>\plink.exe"
$plinkoptions = " -v -batch -pw $Pswd"
$cmd1 = 'cat /proc/scsi/qla*/*'
$remoteCommand = '"' + $cmd1 + '"'
$command = $plink + " " + $plinkoptions + " " + $User + "@" + $computer + " " + $remoteCommand

Get-VmHost | %{
   $Computer = $_.Name


   $msg = Invoke-Expression -command $command

# Extract the required info from the $msg variable
   ...
}

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[rajesh1976]

Thakns a ton. I ran the script, and it works fine without any error. Since I am new to scripting, i dont know how to extract details form the $msg variable. Could you please help me out ?

[LucD]

Sure, but could you perhaps attach a few sample lines of the output ?

Would make it easier for me, since not all HBAs produce exactly the same output.

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[rajesh1976]

Hi Lucd,

The sample output should be

ClusterName | Hostname | HBA | Model Name | Driver Version | Firmware Version

Thanks in Advance.

Regards,

Rajesh

[rajesh1976]

We have only Emulex HBA card.

[mcowger]

Poke around in /proc/lpfc then...

--Matt

VCP, vExpert, Unix Geek

[LucD]

I meant the output from the 'cat /proc/scsi/qla/' command.

I don't have any Emulex cards.

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[rajesh1976]

Hi Lucd,

No problem. You help me out for qlogic. We also have some qlogic HBA cards.

Regards,

Rajesh

[LucD]

Attached a script that extracts most of the data you want.

The script is attached because the forum sw has some issues with square brackets.

With the sample RegEx objects it shouldn't be too hard to extract other data or to extract the data from other types of HBA cards.

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[rajesh1976]

Thanks once again Lucd. I am getting this error when execute the script

The term 'C:\Documents' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, or script file. Verify the term and try again.

At :line:15 char:32

+ $msg = Invoke-Expression <<<< -command $command

I have placed plink.exe in C:Documents and Settings\adm\Desktop\plink.exe

Regards,

Rajesh

[LucD]

That's due to blank in the path to plink.exe.

Can't you place plink.exe in a folder without blanks in the path ?

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[rajesh1976]

Unable to read from standard input: The handle is invalid.

At :line:1 char:12

+ C:\plink.exe <<<< user@computername -pw xxxx "cat /proc/scsi/lpfc/*"

Hi Lucd,

I ma getting the above error when i ran the script after correcting the space problem.

Regards,

Rajesh

[admin]

Is the stuff you're looking for available via HostKernelModuleSystem's QueryModules routine?

On one of my servers I get this:

[vSphere PowerCLI] C:\> $modules | where { $_.Name -like "ql*" } | set-variable m
[vSphere PowerCLI] C:\> $m
Id              : 33
Name            : qla2xxx
Version         : Version 831.k1.24vmw, Build: 207424, Interface: ddi_9_1 Built on: Nov  4
                  2009
Filename        : qla2xxx.o
OptionString    :
Loaded          : True
Enabled         : True
UseCount        : 2
ReadOnlySection : VMware.Vim.KernelModuleSectionInfo
WritableSection : VMware.Vim.KernelModuleSectionInfo
TextSection     : VMware.Vim.KernelModuleSectionInfo
DataSection     : VMware.Vim.KernelModuleSectionInfo
BssSection      : VMware.Vim.KernelModuleSectionInfo
DynamicType     :
DynamicProperty :

[vSphere PowerCLI] C:\> $m.Version
Version 831.k1.24vmw, Build: 207424, Interface: ddi_9_1 Built on: Nov  4 2009

Or is there other data that you need here?

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[LucD]

The Firmware version doesn't seem to be in the Version property.

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[LucD]

Could be since it is the first plink connection or that there is something wrong with the sudo setup.

Have a look at

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[rajesh1976]

Hi Lucd,

Atlast i got a script to get the hbafirmware details. The plink is not working on GUI. I tried it on cmd. Here is my script. It was a good experience working on script. Since I am newbie to scripting, i learned a lot..

Thanks a lot,

Rajesh

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Connect-VIServer -Server $vcName -User $loginName -Password $vcPass

#Creating a text file to hold the output data

$filename = $vcName + "-hbaversion.txt"

"HBA Firware Version for the VC " + $vcName | Out-File -FilePath .\$filename

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" | Out-File -FilePath .\$filename -Append

$plink = "C:\plink.exe"

$plinkoptions = "-pw $esxPass"

#Getting HBA details from each ESX hosts in a VC

foreach($myhost in Get-VMhost){

$remotecommand = "'hostname; cat /proc/scsi/lpfc/* | egrep -i emulex\|firmware\|link'"

$command = $plink + " " + $esxUser + "@" + $myhost + " " + $plinkoptions + " " +$remoteCommand

(Invoke-Expression -command $command) | Out-File -FilePath .\$filename -Append

"----

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" | Out-File -FilePath .\$filename -Append

}

#Disconnect from VC

Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$false