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6.7 U2: wrong WWNs

Got 2 HP servers with one 2-port FC and one 1-port FC HBA and ESXi shows incorrect WWNs in web GUI.
Same as here: VMware: Fiber Channel HBA Reports Wrong WWN? | PeteNetLive

Why is that?

6.7.0 Update 2 (Build 13006603)

esxcli storage core adapter list

HBA Name  Driver      Link State  UID                                   Capabilities         Description

--------  ----------  ----------  ------------------------------------  -------------------  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

vmhba1    qlnativefc  link-up     fc.5001438028551b81:5001438028551b80  Second Level Lun ID  (0000:11:00.0) QLogic Corp ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA

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esxcli storage core adapter list

vmhba2lpfclink-up fc.20000000c9aa0b7a:10000000c9aa0b7a  Second Level Lun ID  (0000:08:00.0) Emulex Corporation Emulex LPe12000 8Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter
vmhba3lpfclink-up fc.20000000c9aa0b7b:10000000c9aa0b7b  Second Level Lun ID  (0000:08:00.1) Emulex Corporation Emulex LPe12000 8Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter

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un1
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I´ve got the same Problem with a Fujitsu Server and QLE2692 Cards

The WWN and WWPN of poth ports are equal and 4 Server shows the same WWN WWPN in the gui.

On cli everything is fine.

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mbannout
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More than one year after your post and i'm facing the exact same problem. web GUI shows wrong WWN and same format as yours (looks like decimal instead of hex) but the esxcli shows the correct one.

were you able to solve the problem ?

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dariusd
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I found a note in our internal bug tracker suggesting that this might actually be an issue with the way Internet Explorer manages the display of large numbers in Javascript.  Does it work if you try another modern web browser – e.g. Firefox, Chrome, recent versions of Edge (based upon Chrome)?

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Darius

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mbannout
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Thank you for the quick reply, i am using chrome to access 9 esxi hosts in my environment, 8 of them display the correct WWN and only one shows the wrong one.

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dariusd
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Interesting.  Just to be 100% clear, you're using the same web browser, and 8 hosts show exactly correct node and port WWNs, and one other host shows the WWN in the pseudo-decimal format... is that correct?  If so, is it possible for you to share some more data, specifically the actual node/port WWNs of that 9th host, and how they are displayed in the web UI?

(Just for the record, WWNs in the web UI is totally not my area of expertise... I'm just poking around in here and trying to be helpful. Smiley Happy)

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andreaspa
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So, I've noticed this between powercli and the vCenter UI..

PowerCli returns this data:

NodeWorldWideName : 2305843080543657894

PortType          : Unknown

PortWorldWideName : 1152921575936810918

Speed             : 0

Device            : vmhba4

Key               : key-vim.host.FibreChannelHba-vmhba4

Model             : Emulex LPe36000 Fibre Channel Adapter

But vCenter UI says this:

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It seems that powercli is reporting in decimal, and vcenter in hex.. So there is likely a bug in the HostUI that displays it in decimal as well.

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