ikn320
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ESXI 7.0 and Storage Array FC Issue

Hello ,

Im having issue with 3PAR SA and HP 560 GEN 10  with QLE2692 Dual Port 16Gb Fibre Channel to PCIe Adapter.

So what i did is i connected them directly with Fiber Channel. Server has 16G SFP+ and 3PAR has 10GB SFP+ if that matter.

ESXI 7.0 shows that FC is offline. Once for a second i showed online and then went offline again.

What do you think might be an issue? On 3PAR management i did exported storage with its WWNN.

Maybe some kind of compatibility issues?

Thank you

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daphnissov
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Have you verified across the board that these devices and their current microcode/firmware is supported under vSphere 7.0?

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Msalvatore
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I have the same problem
ESXi 7.0 Update 1
HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10
QLE2692 Dual Port 16Gb Fiber Channel to PCIe Adapter
iLO 5 2.81 Mar 07 2023
HPE SN1100Q 16Gb 2P FC HBA 1.75.07
System ROM U30 v2.78 (03/16/2023)
Power Management Controller Firmware 1.0.7
Intelligent Provisioning 3.52.37
ESXi always presents the QLE2692 offline
In System Information-->Network
Adapter 2 - HPE SN1100Q 16Gb 2P FC HBA
Location PCI-E Slot 3
Firmware 1.75.07
Status Unknown
Another identical server works
I tried to reinstall esxi with HPE custom iso but it always gives me offline

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PatrickDLong
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The latest firmware for that HBA is:

HPE SN1100Q 16Gb 2P FC HBA2.00.01

 

iLo is already at latest 2.81, but I would run the latest Gen10 SPP to update all other firmware including BIOS.

Also, I would not under any circumstances run any version of ESXi 7.x lower than 7.0.3c, and preferably 7.0.3i,j,k, or l.

Use the latest HPE custom image for ProLiant linked here , it is VMware-ESXi-7.0.3-21424296-HPE-703.0.0.11.3.0.5-Apr2023.iso which is the absolute latest released build of ESXi 7.0.3 codebase, ESXi 7.0 Update 3l released 2023-03-30

I'm not sure if this will fix your issue, but this will allow you to rule out old firmware/drivers.

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Msalvatore
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Thanks for the reply
I found out that it's not a vmware problem but the cut optical fiber

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PatrickDLong
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@Msalvatore Glad your solution was a simple one with a failed cable.  My recommendations to update the firmware of all components and update ESXi build still stands :winking_face: 

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