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Apr 23, 2007 3:22 AM

need urgent help

Hi all,

I am using ESX server 3.0 . I am getting some problems in emulex driver installation.  I installed an Emulex card on HP Prolient system and when I invoked “lspci” I got following information

 

06:02.0 Fibre Channel: EMulex Corporation LP952 Fibre Channel Adapter (rev 01)

 

As emulex driver comes by default with ESX 3.0  so I tried to check  /proc/scsii  but there was no entry for emulex .

 

Then I downloaded  lpfcutil-7.3.2.tgz from following link.

http://www.emulex.com/vmware/support/index.jsp

 

After installing this driver also I couldn’t get an entry in /proc/scsi.

 

Can anyone help me out.

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1. Apr 23, 2007 4:29 AM in response to: romi
Re: need urgent help

Odd, I've tried to change my zoning so that nothing is visible and maybe get the card to disappear this way but it keeps existing.

 

Strange stuff... can't help you I guess

--- Kenneth van Ditmarsch Freelance Virtualization Architect (VCDX)
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2. Apr 23, 2007 4:33 AM in response to: VirtualKenneth
Re: need urgent help

>>I've tried to change my zoning so that nothing is visible and maybe get the card to disappear this way but it keeps existing.

 

do u have emulex card installed on your system??

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3. Apr 23, 2007 4:38 AM in response to: romi
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Not on the system I did the check on but I implemented Emulex card before. (haven't got Emulex in my test environment.)

 

Have you tried another PCI slot?

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4. Apr 23, 2007 4:48 AM in response to: VirtualKenneth
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So when u implemented Emulex card before have u downloaded any explicit driver for it?? or u  just used default driver??

 

I am going to try another PCI slot, will let u know.

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5. Apr 23, 2007 4:50 AM in response to: romi
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Default driver but that was a while ago (don't know the exact Emulex model neither)...... let me ask a colleague of mine if he recently implemented an Emulex

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6. Apr 23, 2007 5:10 AM in response to: VirtualKenneth
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Friend of mine recently installed a DL585 with 2 Emulex HBA's (LP952)

He also used the default drivers and it all worked like a charm.

--- Kenneth van Ditmarsch Freelance Virtualization Architect (VCDX)
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7. Apr 23, 2007 7:09 AM in response to: VirtualKenneth
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Ive had nothing but problems with Emulex cards and ESX 3+.  I went to QLogic, and so far no problems... well, related to the Fiber.

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8. Apr 24, 2007 3:09 AM in response to: VirtualKenneth
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hey do u mean there is problem with HP prolient box?

I tried other slots also but it's not working..

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9. Apr 24, 2007 3:15 AM in response to: romi
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Could be a possibility but I doesn't seem obvious. I just got up to something you can check.

 

Can you check the BIOS of the system, some Proliant's require you to set an OS Selection. The differences between setting it to Linux rather than Windows has something to do with the PCI bus, maybe something is going wrong there?

 

Last thing I got from another friend, within Emulex BIOS you need to set "Point to Point" can you verify that as well?

--- Kenneth van Ditmarsch Freelance Virtualization Architect (VCDX)
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10. Apr 24, 2007 5:52 AM in response to: romi
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Romi,

 

I have not had any problems using Emulex cards on VI3. When you ran "lspci" it indicates that the it sees you card on the bus.

 

When you installed lpfcutil, it did not install a driver. This is a package that contains diagnostic utilities.

 

When you look in /proc/scsi the entry would be called "lpfc"

 

Do you see the Emulex card listed when you issue the following command "esxcfg-module -l" It should be listed as "lpfcdd_732"

 

If it is not listed, try enabling the Emulex module with the following command: "esxcfg-module -e lpfcdd_732"

 

 

Daniel Bischops

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11. Apr 24, 2007 9:21 PM in response to: dbis
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when i invoke the command "esxcfg-module -l" i can see lpfcdd_732.

but i am not able to see any entry in /proc/scsi.

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12. Apr 25, 2007 1:07 AM in response to: romi
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esxcfg-module -l is showing that  lpfcdd_732 is enabled but it is not loaded.

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13. Apr 25, 2007 6:13 AM in response to: romi
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Could you list the output of "esxcfg-module -g lpfcdd_732"

 

Also could you post your "/etc/vmware/esx.conf" file.

 

Thanks,

Daniel

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14. Apr 25, 2007 1:53 PM in response to: dbis
Re: need urgent help

I have Emulex and love it.

 

I know 3.0 suppost the LP10000 series and up cards.  I'm no so sure about prior cards.

 

I know when I had esx 2.5.3 it didn't support the LP10000 and up cards, I had to upgrade to ESX 3.0.

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