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Qlogic Fibre Channel Adapter
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Fibre Channel Adapter for VMware ESX User’s Guide
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Configuring the Driver Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Deploying NPIV for VMware ESX/ESXi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Monitoring NPIV Virtual Ports from SANsurfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Configuring Boot from SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
A Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting with LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Dynamic Extended Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Troubleshooting with Driver Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Debugging Using Proc Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
Collecting System Logs for Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
Frequently Seen Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
Glossary
Index
List of Figures
Figure Page
i Jagged-edged Screen Shots Depict Partial Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
1-1 FC Adapter Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
2-1 Installing the Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2-2 Downloading SANsurfer FC HBA Manager—VMware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2-3 Downloading SANsurfer FC HBA Manager—Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
3-1 VI Client Configuration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3-2 Finding Adapters on VMware ESX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3-3 Verifying That the Driver is Loaded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3-4 SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Showing NPIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
3-5 Virtual Port Information Page in SANsurfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
3-6 Starting Fast!UTIL from the BIOS Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
List of Tables
1-1 FC Adapter Component Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
3-1 Configurable Driver Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
A-1 QLA2310/QLA200 Adapter LED Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A-2 QLA234x/QLA210/QLE220 Adapter LED Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A-3 QLA24xx/QLE24xx/QEM2462 Adapter LED Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A-4 QEM2462 Power and Attention Switch LED Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
A-5 QLE25xx Adapter LED Scheme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
A-6 Common Driver Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
A-7 Proc Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
A-8 Frequently Seen Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11

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Qlogic Fibre Channel Adapter Specifications

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BrandQlogic
ModelFibre Channel Adapter
CategoryAdapter
LanguageEnglish

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