Hello,
In the predictive skyline, I am seeing the following
An ESXi 6.7 host running with a qlnativefc driver version below 3.1.36.0 may experience a purple diagnostic screen error. Click the Ask VMware link above for more details and a resolution.
As I'm a newbie.....I'm not sure how to update some HBA drivers.
Could you help me? This is a critical move....because if I leave an ESX offline.....I have a problem...
regards,
Hey, hope you are doing fine:
Maybe this articles will help you:
VMware Knowledge Base - Identify qlogic drivers
VMware Knowledge Base - Identify network / storage Drivers
VMware Knowledge Base - What does the error you see mean.
Hope that works, let me know.
thanks nacho!! but how do I update them? with this I can see the version of the driver.
But I don't have neither idea of as to update those drivers...never I made this operation
Well, you need to identify all the proper information for your hardware with the VMware compatibility matrix.
If you provide the outputs of
# for a in $(esxcfg-scsidevs -a |awk '{print $2}') ;do vmkload_mod -s $a |grep -i version ;done
I will gladly assist you checking it against the compatibility matrix.
Note: for running that you need to log in via SSH to the host.
thank you!!
Version: 7.710.07.00-1OEM.670.0.0.8169922
Version: 1.2.8-1vmw.670.3.73.14320388
Version: 1.2.8-1vmw.670.3.73.14320388
Version: 3.1.31.0-1OEM.670.0.0.8169922
Version: 3.1.31.0-1OEM.670.0.0.8169922
Sorry, I also need you to give me the following output:
vmkchdev -l |grep vmhba
0000:00:11.4 8086:8d62 1028:0601 vmkernel vmhba1
0000:00:1f.2 8086:8d02 1028:0601 vmkernel vmhba2
0000:03:00.0 1000:005d 1028:1f47 vmkernel vmhba0
0000:04:00.0 1077:2532 1077:015d vmkernel vmhba3
0000:04:00.1 1077:2532 1077:015d vmkernel vmhba4
Name vmhba3
Model ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA
Name vmhba4
Model ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA
Based on analysis you need to update qlogic drivers to version
qlnativefc version 3.1.36.0-1 |
VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search
To install de drivers you need to copy the downloaded zips into the host by using winscp and then ruin the following commands
Hope that works
thank you friend,
better update to install? esxcli software vib update
Is it not possible to do it by VUM in a more automatic way?
I would better install it since there might be some issue
Yes,m you can use VUM, please check this out:
https://www.definit.co.uk/2013/05/updating-esxi-fibre-channel-hba-drivers-via-vmware-update-manager/
very helpful.
thank you!
Hi @amateolo
If you are using hardware von Dell, HPE you should use the custom images provided by them, so you are running the correct version and type of the driver. With vSphere 7 VMware introduced vLCM which is easy to use. You create an image at cluster level with VMware version as well as your vendors driver package and install it from there. Still make sure, that you also upgrade your firmware when doing the driver upgrade, as driver and firmware should be compatible.
Daniel