Qlogic CFFv aka QMI2472 and ESX 4.0 Compatibility problem
We recently purchased a Qlogic CFFV from IBM for our IBM Bladecenter. On IBMs website they have this part listed as being compatible with VMWARE ESX 4.0 , however VM's website says that they do not support this device in 4.0 . There seems to be a disconnect between VM and IBM on support of this product and as a consequence VM support will not help us with a problem we are having. I realize sometime vendors say a product is not supported, but that doesn't mean it will not work. So if anyone could help us with the following problem it would be much appreciated.
We have this card installed on an IBM HS21 Blade. VMWARE ESX4.0 sees it and installs the driver as an ISP2422. The device however will not talk to our Fibre channel switch. ESX 4.0 has it binded to vmhba2 and vmhba3. We have HS22 blades with different model fibre channel cards talking just fine to the same fibre channel switch. On those working blades the ESX 4.0 has the card binded to vmhba1 and vmhba2. I suspect the bindings is what is causing the problem but I do not know how to change the bindings. I would like to bind the non working fibre channel card to vmhba1 and vmhba2. Or any other ideas of how I can have it talk correctly to our fibre channel switch. Again, any help would be appreciated.
Thank you for your reply. I got it talking to our FC switch by forcing the switch port speed from AUTO to 2GBs. I later found out that the IBM BladeCenter Optical Pass-thru Module in combination with the CFFv has a 2GB limitation. IBM says its a limitation of the IBM BladeCenter Optical Pass-thru Module , but yet our HS22 blades with newer FC cards operate at 4GB. Go figure.
