VMware-ESXi4.1 - HBA Information

[ksmohan]

Hi,

I have installed ESXi 4.1 on my host with Emulex LPe11002 FC card plugged in. I would want to fetch HBA informations. I could see few information by "cat /proc/scsi/lpfc820/<hba instance #>".

Kindly let me know, if there are other commands available.

Questions:

1. Is hbanyware available for ESXi 4.1, if not, is there any other alternate available?

2. Is multipath configuration file available?

3. Is there a way to install rpm? (I dont see rpm command itself in ESXi 4.1)

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Rgds,

Mohan

[ksmohan]

Is there any alternate command for ifconfig?

[Mouhamad]

Hello Mohan,

This should answer all your concerns.

Regards,

[ksmohan]

Hi Mouhamad,

Thanks for the response and the solution.

Is hbanyware applicable for ESXi4.1? How can i fetch the HBA information like we do in hbanyware?

Alternate command for ifconfig?

[Mouhamad]

Hello,

Yes, there is hbanywware for ESX servers but really based on my experience, you don't need it. default drivers would do the job. (www.emulex.com/artifacts/3315bba4.../hbanyware_vmware.pdf for more information about hbaanyware)

As for ifconfig, you have many networking related commands (check below).

Regards,

[ksmohan]

Hi,

Thanks for the networks commands. Can you share me all the available commands, if possible?

The link you have given is not loading (Page not found).

I tried to download managemnt tool for Emulex in http://www.emulex.com/downloads/emulex/vmware/vsphere-41/management.html. But it is an rpm file.

[Mouhamad · Accepted solution]

I have attached a list of most of the needed commands, this cheat is wonderful.

Regards,

[ats0401]

Mouhama,

May I ask where you get these pictures? They are very helpful and I'd like to print out if there is more.

Thanks.

Andy

[Mouhamad]

Hello Andy,

I was taking snapshots from an personal developed document, it's all summarized in the attached PDF in my previous post.

Thanks,

[ksmohan]

Hello Mouhamad,

How can I connect to my ESXi4.1 host via vSphere CLI?

My hostname is: ESXi4.1

[Mouhamad]

Hello,

It's actually a command based connection,

example:

vicfg-scsidevs.pl --server ESXi4.1 --username user --password pass

you can also use IP address instead of hostname.

Regards,

[ksmohan]

Hello Mouhamad,

Thanks a lot.

1. I tried to install the emulex driver to my ESX host (ESXi4.1). But I'm getting the following error message.

/driver # ls
vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-lpfc820_400.8.2.1.90.28-1OEM.362611.iso
/driver #
/driver #
/driver # esxupdate --maintenancemode --nosigcheck update -b vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-lpfc820_400.8.2.1.90.28-1OEM.362611.iso
Encountered error VibFormatError:
The error data is:
   Filename    - vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-lpfc820_400.8.2.1.90.28-1OEM.362611.iso
   Message     - fromurl: Error reading VIB file format: ('vmware-esx-drivers-
                 scsi-lpfc820_400.8.2.1.90.28-1OEM.362611.iso', "Vib is not a
                 valid ar file :('vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-
                 lpfc820_400.8.2.1.90.28-1OEM.362611.iso', 'Not a valid ar
                 file')").
   Errno       - 8
   Description - The format of the VIB is invalid.
/driver #

2. I tried to install the driver by mounting the ISO. But that also shows the following message.

/tmp #

/tmp # mkdir emlxdrv

/tmp #

/tmp # cd /

~ # mount -r -o loop /driver/vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-lpfc820_400.8.2.1.90.28-1OEM.362611.iso /tmp/emlxdrv/

mount: mounting /driver/vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-lpfc820_400.8.2.1.90.28-1OEM.362611.iso on /tmp/emlxdrv/ failed: No such file or directory

~ #

~ #

3. When I reboot the ESXi host, the created directories are not there.