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Topics and Discussion Points

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VMware vSphere Basic Components and Features
• VMware ESXi Host
• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere Client
• VMware Virtual Machine File System (VMFS)
• VMware Virtual SMP
• VMware vMotion and Storage vMotion
• VMware High Availability (HA)
• VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
• VMware vSphere SDK
• VMware Fault Tolerance
• vNetwork Distributed Switch (vDS)
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Vmware ESXi5 Features important to Qlogic
• Configuration of Vmware Network abstraction layers within an
ESXi host has direct impact on how a Qlogic Network adapter performs.
• vMotion, vSwitch uplinks, portgroup vLANs.
• Configuration of Vmware Storage architecture and plugins within an ESXi host can have direct impact on how a Qlogic CNA or HBA performs.
• PSP Path failover, datastore allocation
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ESXi host – VM
ESXi Host
VM 1
Guest OS
Linux
VM 2
Guest OS
Windows
Vmkernel
Storage and Network abstraction
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Qlogic qlcnic driver Qlogic qla2xxx driver
Virtual
Physical
Qlogic QLE8152 CNA
Network
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Direct Path IO
ESXi Host
VM with Direct
Path IO
Qlogic qla2xxx
Driver installed vmkernel
Normal VM
Never sees
HBA
Qlogic qla2xxx driver
Qlogic HBA
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Qlogic and Vmware ESXi5
Networking Basics

ESXi HOST Networking Basics
• ESXi Physical Network –NICS, Network Switches, Routers etc
• ESXi Host Physical NICs – QLE3xxx, QLE81xx, QLE82xx, others
• ESXi Virtual Networking – Vmkernel Network
• ESXi Virtual Switch (vSwitch)
• vSwitch Uplinks
• vSwitch Port Groups
• ESXi Virtual Nics (vNIC)
• ESXi Host Virtual Distributed Switch (VDS)

VMkernel Networking
Vmkernel Networking
Vmkernel
Port NFS
Vmkernel
Port
Vmotion
Vmkernel
Port iSCSI
ESXi Host
Virtual
Machine
Virtual Nic
Virtual
Machine
Virtual Nic
Portgroup
Virtual Machines vSwitch0 VMK0 vSwitch1
Virtual
Physical
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Adapter port 1 vmnic2
QLE8242
Adapter port 2 vmnic3
Physical Network
Adapter port 1 vmnic4
QLE8242
Adapter port 2 vmnic5
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ESXi Virtual Switch
ESX Host
VM s
VM s
Virtual Switch
QLE8242 QLE8242
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ESX Host
V
Ms
V
Ms
Virtual Switch
QLE8242 QLE8242
Physical Network
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ESXi Standard Virtual Switch
VMKernel vmk0
Vmkernel port
Management vSwitch0
ESXi Host
VM VM
Virtual
Nic
Virtual
Nic
PortGroup
VM Network vSwitch 1
VMkernel vmk1
Vmkernel port
Vmotion vSwitch 2
Broadcom QLE8242
Virtual
Physical
Physical Network
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ESXi Distributed Virtual Switch
VM s
ESX Host 1 ESX Host 2
VM s
VM s
Distributed Virtual Switch DVS
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QLE8242 vmnic2
QLE8242 vmnic4
Broadco m vmnic0
QLE8242 QLE8242
Broadco m
Physical Network
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vSphere Configuration Tab - Networking
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vSphere Configuration - Network Adapters
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Qlogic and Vmware ESXi5
Storage Basics

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Vmware Storage Basics - Datastore
• The VMware storage architecture consists of layers of abstraction that hide the physical storage attributes from the virtual machines.
• VMWare uses a Proprietary Files system VMFS
• Virtual Machine information is stored as a set of files on a VMFS volume known as a Datastore.
• Datastores can be located on a local host hard drive, or an external storage device.
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Vmware Storage Types – FC, iSCSI, NAS
ESXi host ESXi host
VM
Qlogic
FC HBA
SAN
Qlogic iSCSI HBA
LAN
SW iSCSI
Qlogic
NIC
LAN
ESXi host
LAN
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VMFS
Fibre Channel Array
VMFS VMFS iSCSI Storage Array
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Vmware Storage Types - FCoE
ESXi host
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Qlogic QLE8xxx
FCoE
10G Eth Port
(FCoE enabled)
Cisco Nexus 5K FC port
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Vmware Storage Basics - NMP and SATP
The primary functions of NMP are: (Native MultiPathing)
• Manage physical path claiming and unclaiming .
• Register and de-register logical devices.
• Associate physical paths with logical devices .
• Process I/O requests to logical devices:
• Select an optimal physical path for the request (load balance)
• Perform actions necessary to handle failures and request retries .
• Support management tasks such as abort or reset of logical devices.
Storage Array Type Plugin – SATP
An Storage Array Type Plugin (SATP) handles path failover operations .
The primary functions of an SATP are:
• Implements the switching of physical paths to the array when a path has failed.
• Determines when a hardware component of a physical path has failed .
• Monitors the hardware state of the physical paths to the storage array.

Vmware Storage Basics - PSP
• Path Selection Plugin – PSP handles load balancing operations and is responsible for choosing a physical path to issue an I/O request to a logical device
VMware provide three PSP: Fixed, MRU or Round Robin.
# esxcli nmp psp list
Name Description
VMW_PSP_MRU Most Recently Used Path Selection
VMW_PSP_RR Round Robin Path Selection
VMW_PSP_FIXED Fixed Path Selection
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Most Recently Used (MRU)
— Selects the first working path discovered at system boot time. If this path becomes unavailable, the ESX host switches to an alternative path and continues to use the new path while it is available.
•
Fixed
— Uses the designated preferred path , if it has been configured. Otherwise, it uses the first working path discovered at system boot time. If the ESX host cannot use the preferred path, it selects a random alternative available path. The ESX host automatically reverts back to the preferred path as soon as the path becomes available.
•
Round Robin (RR)
– Uses an automatic path selection rotating through all available paths and enabling load balancing across the paths.

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Vmware Storage Basics – PSA and MPP
PSA Tasks: Pluggable Storage Architecture
• Loads and unloads mutipathing plugins MPP. (NMP is Vmware’s native Multipathing scheme).
• Handles physical path discovery and removal via scanning
• Handles IO queuing to physical storage HBA and to the logical devices
• Implements logical device bandwidth sharing between virtual machines
• Provides LUN and physical path statistics.
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MPP Tasks: Multipath Plugin
The PSA discovers available storage paths and based on a set of predefined rules, the PSA will determine which MPP should be given ownership of the path.
The MPP then associates a set of physical paths with a specific logical device.
The specific details of handling path failover for a given storage array are delegated to a sub-plugin called a Storage
Array Type Plugin (SATP).
• SATP is associated with paths.
The specific details for determining which physical path is used to issue an I/O request (load balancing) to a storage device are handled by a sub-plugin called Path Selection Plugin (PSP).
• PSP is associated with logical devices.
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Qlogic Adapter, Driver and Firmware Basics

VMware Driver Information for Qlogic Adapters
• Qlogic Drivers are downloaded from Vmware’s Website. See Use
Qlogic KB #1849 to obtain links to VMware drivers.
• Go to OEM vendor website to obtain bootcode for OEM branded adapters. ie Oracle, Dell, HP, IBM, Cisco, EMC, etc….
• Go to Qlogic’s Website to obtain BIOs/Bootcode/Firmware/Flash for Qlogic Adapters
• Go to Qlogic’s Website to obtain adapter utilities, QCC vCenter plugin.
• ALWAYS ensure the latest drivers and bootcode are installed on the adapters.
• VMware has inbox drivers for Qlogic FC/FCoE (qla2xxx driver) and 1G iSCSI products (qla4xxx driver).
• Network drivers must be installed separately, these are NOT included in ESX distribution.
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Bootcode for Qlogic Adapters
• Bootcode aka Flash image, Multiboot image, firmware, is preinstalled on Qlogic adapters from the factory. This version may not be current.
• Go to OEM vendor website to obtain bootcode for OEM branded adapters. ie Oracle, Dell, HP, IBM, Cisco, EMC, etc….
• Go to Qlogic website to obtain bootcode/Flash/Multiboot download for Qlogic adapters.
• Qlogic Bootcode may be installed via Vmware QCC plugin or qflasher bootable iso obtained from Qlogic support. Refer to kb
181 to obtain qflasher iso.
• Refer to bootcode readme file for specific installation instructions for OEM branded adapters.

Vmware Qlogic Driver Matrix (as of 12/2012)
OS Version Qlogic Model/Function
ESX/ESXi4.x
ESX/ESXi4.x
QLE24xx, QLE25xx, QLE81xx,
QLE82xx FibreChannel/FCoe
QLE81xx NIC
ESX/ESXi4.x
ESX/ESXi4.x
ESXi5.x
ESXi5.x
ESXi5.x
ESXi5.x
QLE82xx QLE32xx NIC
QLE40xx,QLE82xx iSCSI
QLE24xx, QLE25xx, QLE81xx,
QLE82xx FibreChannel/Fcoe
QLE81xx NIC
QLE82xx QLE32xx NIC
QLE40xx, QLE82xx iSCSI
Driver Version
FCoE/Fibre Channel Driver qla2xxx
841.k1.48.1-1vmw
Network Driver qlge 1.0.0.47
Network Driver qlcnic v4.0.747
iSCSI driver 524.01.45-2vmw
FCoE/Fibre Channel Driver qla2xxx
934.5.4.0-1vmw
Network Driver qlge 2.0.0.54
Network Driver qlcnic 5.0.750
iSCSI qla4xxx 624.01.43-2vmw:

NIC NIC NIC NIC iSCSI iSCSI FCoE FCoE
PF0 PF1 PF2 PF3 PF4 PF5 PF6 PF7 vPort0
Port 0 vPort1
Port 1 vPort2
Port 0 vPort3
Port 1 vPort4
Port 0 vPort5
Port 1 vPort6
Port 0 vPort7
Port 1
Physical
Port#0
P3+ Adapter
Physical
Port#1

QLE8242 Default Functions
Each QLE82xx function has its own pci address:
PCI address QLE82xx
Function
00:21:00.0
00:21:00.1
00:21:00.4
00:21:00.5
00:21:00.6
00:21:00.7
NIC
NIC iSCSI iSCSI
FCoE
FCoE
Vmkernel ID vmnic6 vmnic7 vmhba4 vmhba5 vmhba6 vmhba7
PCI Vendor/Device ID x1077/8020 x1077/8020 x1077/8022 x1077/8022 x1077/8021 x1077/8021
Qle8242
Phy Port 0 (labeled1) Phy Port1 (labeled 2)
PF0 NIC
Vmnic6 qlcnic
PF4 iscsi
Vmhba4 qla4xxx
PF6 FCoE
Vmhba6 qla2xxx
PF1 vmnic7 qlcnic
PF5 iscsi
Vmhba5 qla4xxx
PF7 FCoE
Vmhba7 qla2xxx
Driver Name qlcnic qlcnic qla4xxx qla4xxx qla2xxx qla2xxx

NIC NIC NIC NIC NIC or iSCSI
NIC or iSCSI
NIC or
FCoE
NIC or
FCoE
PF0 PF1 PF2 PF3 PF4 PF5 PF6 PF7 vPort0
Port 0 vPort1
Port 1 vPort2
Port 0 vPort3
Port 1 vPort4
Port 0 vPort5
Port 1 vPort6
Port 0 vPort7
Port 1
Physical
Port#0
P3+
Physical
Port#1

QLE8242 NPAR Enabled Functions
Each QLE82xx function has its own pci address:
PCI address QLE82xx
Function
Vmkernel ID PCI Vendor/Device ID Driver Name
00:21:00.0
00:21:00.1
00:21:00.2
00:21:00:3
00:21:00.4
00:21:00.5
00:21:00.6
00:21:00.7
NIC
NIC
NIC
NIC iSCSI iSCSI
FCoE
FCoE vmnic6 vmnic7 vmnic8 vmnic9 vmhba4 vmhba5 vmhba6 vmhba7 x1077/8020 x1077/8020
X1077/8020
X1077/8020 x1077/8022 x1077/8022 x1077/8021 x1077/8021 qlcnic qlcnic qlcnic qlcnic qla4xxx qla4xxx qla2xxx qla2xxx
Qle8242 Phy Port 0 (labeled1) Phy Port1 (labeled 2)
PF0 NIC
Vmnic6 qlcnic
PF2 NIC
Vmnic8 qlcnic
PF4 iscsi
Vmhba4 qla4xxx
PF6 FCoE
Vmhba6 qla2xxx
PF1 NIC vmnic7 qlcnic
PF3 NIC vmnic9 qlcnic
PF5 iscsi
Vmhba5 qla4xxx
PF7 FCoE
Vmhba7 qla2xxx

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QLE8242 - NPAR MAC Address Limitation
QLE8242
NPAR 0
NPAR 2
Port 0
NPAR 4
Port 1
NPAR 1
NPAR 3
NPAR 6
NPAR 5
NPAR 7
VM 1
VM 9
VM 17
VM 25
VM
VM
VM
Each NPAR port within a single QLE82xx physical port can accommodate communication of up to 8 virtual machines per NPAR port across the internal QLE8242 eSwitch.. In other words 8 MAC addresses per
NPAR port. Example: VM1 talking to VM9 within the same QLE8242 physical port.
If virtual machines are associated with NPAR ports that reside on different QLE8242 physical ports, then the internal adapter eSwitch is not used and there are no MAC address limitations imposed.
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Qlogic vCenter QCC Plugin

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Qlogic vCenter QCC Plugin
• Qlogic KB Article 2032 -QLogic KnowHow: Video
Installing CIM Provider and QCC vCenter Plugin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYn2lOnPVqs
• Qlogic KB Article 64 Plugin Installation instructions. https://support.qlogic.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/64/kw/Plugin
• Qlogic KB Article 1911 Troubleshooting Qlogic Plugin Issues: https://support.qlogic.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1911/kw/Plugin
• New Qlogic Document: User’s Guide QLogic QConvergeConsole
Plug-in for VMware vCenter Server
http://filedownloads.qlogic.com/Files/TempDownlods/84045/UsersGui de_QCC_PlugIn_for_vCenter_Server_SN0054677-00B.pdf
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vCenter QConvergeConsole Tab
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vCenter QCC Network Map
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vCenter QCC NIC QoS
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vCenter QCC QLE8242 NPAR Function 7 Transceiver
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vCenter QCC QLE8242 Function 7 FCoE Information
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Troubleshooting Qlogic in VMware
ESXi 5.x

Vmware KB Articles
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QLogic® KnowHow: Installing QLogic
Adapters in VMware ESXi 5.x
Environment Answer ID: 2031
QLogic ® Converged Network Adapter
Featuring Multi-Protocol VMware vMotion Overview (Video) Answer ID:
1962
QLogic ® KnowHow: Installing CIM
Provider and QConvergeConsole ® vCenter Plugin Answer ID: 2032
VMware Drivers and Tools for
QLogic® Adapters
Answer ID: 1849
VMware Data Gathering for
Troubleshooting QLogic Products
Answer ID: 1855
QLogic® vCenter Plugin Installation
Instructions Answer ID: 64
VMware iSCSI Path Failover with
QLogic iSCSI Adapters
Answer ID: 2046
Execution Throttle and Queue Depth with VMware and Qlogic
HBAs Answer ID: 599
QLogic ® Firmware for Vmware
Answer ID: 1870
Updating the HBA Firmware and BIOS for VMware ESXi Hosts.
Answer
ID: 560
Qlogic Driver Commands for VMWare
ESXi 5.0 **Internal**
Answer ID: 1844
Troubleshooting VMware QLogic®
Plugin Issues Answer ID: 1911
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Additional Information to Gather for Each ESXi Ticket
Please request a vmsupport dump from the impacted ESXi host – please put the sftp link within the support ticket so we can retrieve the submitted dumps.
Refer to Qlogic KB 1855 VMware Data Gathering for Troubleshooting QLogic
Products:
https://support.qlogic.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1855/kw/vmware
If the customer has not stated already in their problem description, please ask the following questions regarding the issue:
• Is the issue occurring on one host or many?
• What is the date/timestamp of the issue?
• How long has this issue been going on?
• Have there been any recent changes to the environment?
• Can this issue be recreated or is it intermittent?
• How many VMs are running on the impacted ESX host?
• Did the issue occur during times of Heavy IO?
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Decoding the vmsupport ESXi 5. dump
• Basics
• \proc\scsi\qla2xxx –Model, FC driver, FW, SN information
• \proc\scsi\qla4xxx - Model, iSCSI driver, FW, SN information
• \commands\nicinfo.sh.txt - Adapter model NIC driver information
• \commands\vmware_-v.txt – ESXi version and build number
• \commands\smbiosDump.txt – Physical server model information
• \commands\esxcfg\mpath_-b.txt - Provides Storage device type information per adapter connection
• \var\log\vmkwarning – Warning severity message repository
• \var\log\vmkernel – Vmkernel log messages. This is where Qlogic driver messages are found.
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ESXi5 – Vmsupport Dump - Directories
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Decoding the Vmsupport - ESXi5 \proc\scsi\qla2xxx
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Decoding the Vmsupport - \proc\scsi\qla2xxx
QLogic ISP8214 10GbE Controller for QMD8262 :
FC Firmware version 4.10.08 (804), Driver version 934.5.4.0-1vmw
Host Device Name vmhba3
Flash FW version 4.10.08
ISP: ISP8021 , Serial# RFE1215G02534
Request Queue = 0x81011000, Response Queue = 0x81016000
Request Queue count = 128, Response Queue count = 128
Number of response queues for multi-queue operation: 0
Total number of interrupts = 61
Device queue depth = 0x40
Number of free request entries = 128
Total number of outstanding commands: 0
Number of mailbox timeouts = 0
Number of ISP aborts = 0
Number of loop resyncs = 1
Host adapter:Loop State = <DEAD>, flags = 0x1a268
Link speed = <Unknown>
Dpc flags = 0x100c0
Link down Timeout = 030
Port down retry = 005
Login retry count = 008
ZIO mode = 0x0, ZIO timer = 0
Commands retried with dropped frame(s) = 0
Product ID = 0000 0000 0000 0000
Minidump feature: Enabled, driver_capture_mask = 0x1f
NPIV Supported : Yes
Max Virtual Ports = 63
Ethernet Device Information:
VLAN ID: 0
MAC: 00:00:00:00:00:00
SCSI Device Information: scsi-qla0-adapter-node=2000d4ae525cd274:000000:0; scsi-qla0-adapter-port=2001d4ae525cd274:000000:0;
FC Target-Port List:
• \proc\scsi\qla2xxx\
• Adapter Model, Driver and firmware
Version
• Vmkernel ID for adapter port
• Adapter Serial number
• Adapter, Device and Link State
• Driver option settings
• Wwnn, wwpn of adapter
• Attached device information
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Decoding the Vmsupport - \proc\scsi\qla4xxx
QLogic iSCSI Adapter
Driver version 624-01-34vmw
Firmware version 4.09.56.44976
SCSI HBA Information: vmhba5 iSCSI Name = "iqn.2000-
04.com.qlogic:isp8214.000E1E04BE9E.5"
IPv4 Address = 172.31.74.218 (3)
Mask = 255.255.255.0, Gateway = 172.31.1.1
Driver Info:
IPv4 options=0x9000 tcp=0x27
IPv6 options=0x0 add'l=0x0
Number of free request entries = 1024 of 1024
Number of free aen entries = 512 of 512
Number of Mailbox Timeouts = 0
Total H/W int = 0x4b8
Total RISC int = 0x0
ReqQptr=0x410024060000, ReqIn=0, ReqOut=0
Adapter flags = 0x20543, DPC flags = 0x0 ha=0x41000c01b330
Device state = <READY>
Firmware state = <READY> (0x86811)
Link State = UP
Total number of IOCBs (used/max) = (0/1024)
I/O Port = 0x0
Transciever Plugged In
TxRcvr State = 0x30
Runtime Parameters: ql4xextended_error_logging=0 recovery_tmo=16 cmd_timeout=20 ql4xdiscoverywait=10 ql4xdontresethba=0 ka_timeout=14 ioctl_timeout=10 ql4xenablemsix=1
SCSI Device Information:
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•
•
•
• \proc\scsi\qla4xxx\
Driver and firmware Version
Adapter, Device and Link State
Driver option settings
Attached device information
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Decoding the Vmsupport - \commands\nicinfo.sh.txt
Network Interface Cards Information.
Name PCI Device Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------vmnic0 0000:001:00.0 bnx2 Up 1000 Full 78:2b:cb:40:be:5f 1500 Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T vmnic1 0000:001:00.1 bnx2 Up 1000 Full 78:2b:cb:40:be:61 1500 Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T vmnic2 0000:002:00.0 bnx2 Up 1000 Full 78:2b:cb:40:be:63 1500 Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T vmnic3 0000:002:00.1 bnx2 Up 1000 Full 78:2b:cb:40:be:65 1500 Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T vmnic4 0000:005:00.0 igb vmnic5 0000:005:00.1 igb
Up 1000 Full 00:1b:21:d4:e2:88 1500 Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network Connection
Up 1000 Full 00:1b:21:d4:e2:89 1500 Intel Corporation 82576 Gigabit Network Connection vmnic6 0000:006:00.0 qlcnic Down 0 Half 00:0e:1e:04:be:98 1500 QLogic Corp QLogic QLE8242 Pci Express to 10GbE, Dual Channel
CNA vmnic7 0000:006:00.1 qlcnic Up 10000 Full 00:0e:1e:04:be:9c 1500 QLogic Corp QLogic QLE8242 Pci Express to 10GbE, Dual Channel
CNA vmnic6 0000:006:00.0 qlcnic Down 0 Half
00:0e:1e:04:be:98 1500 QLogic Corp QLogic QLE8242 Pci
Express to 10GbE, Dual Channel CNA vmnic7 0000:006:00.1 qlcnic Up 10000 Full
00:0e:1e:04:be:9c 1500 QLogic Corp QLogic QLE8242 Pci
Express to 10GbE, Dual Channel CNA
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Decoding the Vmsupport - \commands\nicinfo.sh.txt expanded
NIC: vmnic7
NICInfo:
Advertised Auto Negotiation: false
Advertised Link Modes: 10000baseT/Full
Auto Negotiation: false
Cable Type: FIBRE
Current Message Level: -1
Driver Info:
NICDriverInfo:
Bus Info: 0000:06:00.1
Driver: qlcnic
Firmware Version: 4.9.56
Version: 5.0.741
Link Detected: true
Link Status: Up
Name: vmnic7
PHY Address: 1
Pause Autonegotiate: false
Pause RX: false
Pause TX: false
Supported Ports: TP, FIBRE
Supports Auto Negotiation: false
Supports Pause: true
Supports Wakeon: true
Transceiver: external
Wakeon: None
Ring parameters for vmnic7:
Pre-set maximums:
RX:
RX Mini: 0
8192
RX Jumbo: 1024
TX: 2048
Current hardware settings:
RX:
RX Mini: 0
1024
RX Jumbo: 128
TX: 1024
NIC statistics: bad_skblen: 0 rcvd_badskb: 0 xmit_called: 78 xmit_finished: 78 rx_dropped: 0 tx_dropped: 0 csummed: 2287108 rx_pkts: 2287554 lro_pkts: 0 lro_bytes: 0 tso_pkts: 0 tso_bytes: 0 rx_bytes: 208672848 tx_bytes: 4680
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\proc\scsi\qla2xxx\7 QLE2562 \commands\esxcfg\mpath_-b.txt
QLogic PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter for QLE2562:
FC Firmware version 5.06.02 (90d5), Driver version
911.k1.1-19vmw
Host Device Name vmhba2
BIOS version 3.00
FCODE version 3.15
EFI version 2.21
Flash FW version 5.04.01
ISP: ISP2532
Request Queue = 0x83010000, Response Queue = 0x83051000
Request Queue count = 2048, Response Queue count = 512
Number of response queues for multi-queue operation: 2
CPU Affinity mode enabled
Device queue depth = 0x40
Number of free request entries = 546
Total number of outstanding commands: 0
Number of mailbox timeouts = 0
Number of ISP aborts = 0
Number of loop resyncs = 7
Host adapter:Loop State = <READY>, flags = 0x109aa68
Link speed = <4 Gbps>
SCSI Device Information: scsi-qla0-adapter-node=20000024ff204292:020300:0; scsi-qla0-adapter-port=
21000024ff204292
:020300:0;
FC Target-Port List: scsi-qla0-target-0=5000d3100031000b:010000:81:Online; scsi-qla0-target-1= 5000d3100031002d :010100:82:Online; naa.6000d31000310000000000000000000e : COMPELNT
Fibre Channel Disk
(naa.6000d31000310000000000000000000e) vmhba2 :C0:T1:L1 LUN:1 state:active fc Adapter:
WWNN: 20:00:00:24:ff:20:42:92 WWPN:
21:00:00:24:ff:20:42:92 Target: WWNN:
50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:02 WWPN:
50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:2d vmhba3:C0:T1:L1 LUN:1 state:active fc Adapter:
WWNN: 20:00:00:24:ff:20:42:93 WWPN:
21:00:00:24:ff:20:42:93 Target: WWNN:
50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:02 WWPN:
50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:2d
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50 naa.6000d31000310000000000000000000e : COMPELNT Fibre Channel Disk
(naa.6000d31000310000000000000000000e) vmhba2:C0:T1:L1 LUN:1 state:active fc Adapter: WWNN: 20:00:00:24:ff:20:42:92 WWPN:
21:00:00:24:ff:20:42:92 Target: WWNN: 50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:02 WWPN: 50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:2d vmhba3:C0:T1:L1 LUN:1 state:active fc Adapter: WWNN: 20:00:00:24:ff:20:42:93 WWPN:
21:00:00:24:ff:20:42:93 Target: WWNN: 50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:02 WWPN: 50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:2d naa.6000d31000310000000000000000000f : COMPELNT Fibre Channel Disk
(naa.6000d31000310000000000000000000f) vmhba2:C0:T1:L2 LUN:2 state:active fc Adapter: WWNN: 20:00:00:24:ff:20:42:92 WWPN:
21:00:00:24:ff:20:42:92 Target: WWNN: 50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:02 WWPN: 50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:2d vmhba3:C0:T1:L2 LUN:2 state:active fc Adapter: WWNN: 20:00:00:24:ff:20:42:93 WWPN:
21:00:00:24:ff:20:42:93 Target: WWNN: 50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:02 WWPN: 50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:2d naa.6d4ae520656689001698ee8f1212e97c : Local DELL Disk (naa.6d4ae520656689001698ee8f1212e97c) vmhba1:C2:T1:L0 LUN:0 state:active Local HBA vmhba1 channel 2 target 1 naa.6d4ae520656689001698ee84116e269b : Local DELL Disk (naa.6d4ae520656689001698ee84116e269b) vmhba1:C2:T0:L0 LUN:0 state:active Local HBA vmhba1 channel 2 target 0 naa.6000d310003100000000000000000010 : COMPELNT Fibre Channel Disk
(naa.6000d310003100000000000000000010) vmhba2:C0:T1:L3 LUN:3 state:active fc Adapter: WWNN: 20:00:00:24:ff:20:42:92 WWPN:
21:00:00:24:ff:20:42:92 Target: WWNN: 50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:02 WWPN: 50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:2d vmhba3:C0:T1:L3 LUN:3 state:active fc Adapter: WWNN: 20:00:00:24:ff:20:42:93 WWPN:
21:00:00:24:ff:20:42:93 Target: WWNN: 50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:02 WWPN: 50:00:d3:10:00:31:00:2d mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0 : Local PLDS CD-ROM (mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0) vmhba0:C0:T0:L0 LUN:0 state:active Local HBA vmhba0 channel 0 target 0 t10.DP______BACKPLANE000000 : Local DP Enclosure Svc Dev (t10.DP______BACKPLANE000000) vmhba1:C0:T32:L0 LUN:0 state:active Local HBA vmhba1 channel 0 target 32
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Decoding the Vmsupport
\commands\vmware_-v.txt \commands\smbiosDump.txt
• Contains the version of ESXi
VMware ESXi 5.0.0 build-
469512
• The smbiosDump.txt file will provide information regarding the physical server model
Dumping live SMBIOS data!
Type 218 Record: #55808
Data 00: da 0b 00 da b2 00 17 00
0e 20 00
BIOS Info: #0
Size: 0x00018
Vendor: "Dell Inc."
Version: "6.1.0"
Date: "10/18/2011“
Manufacturer: "Dell Inc."
Product: "PowerEdge R710"
Serial: "28ZBSS1"
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Decoding the vmsupport - \commands\esxcfg-info_-a.txt
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Decoding the Vmsupport - \commands\esxcfg-info
Structure
\tmp\esxcfg-info – Contains entire system configuration.
+Host :
\==+Hardware Info :
\==+Network Info :
\==+Storage Info :
\==+iScsi Interface :
\==+System Info :
\==+Loaded Modules :
\==+Module :
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Decoding the Vmsupport \var\log\vmkwarning and
\var\log\vmkernel
Search the \var\log\Vmkwarning or
\var\log\vmkernel file for:
• Qlogic driver messages by name: qla2xxx,qlcnic,qlge,qla4xxx
• The vmhba or vmnic ID specific to the Qlogic adapter.
Helpful KBs for vmkernel messages
• https://support.qlogic.com/app/a nswers/detail/a_id/628/kw/vmker nel
• https://support.qlogic.com/app/a nswers/detail/a_id/2025/kw/vmke rnel
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Decoding the Vmsupport - \var\log\vmkwarning - detail
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• 2012-07-17T12:50:47.432Z cpu12:2060)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceRequestFastDeviceProbe:237:NMP device "naa.2000000c50c3381c" state in doubt; requested fast path state update...
• 2012-07-17T12:50:47.634Z cpu12:2060)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceRequestFastDeviceProbe:237:NMP device "naa.20000004cfe72909" state in doubt; requested fast path state update...
• 2012-07-17T12:55:45.005Z cpu10:2204)WARNING: NMP: nmp_IssueCommandToDevice:2954:I/O could not be issued to device "naa.2000000c50c33811" due to Not found
• 2012-07-17T12:55:45.005Z cpu10:2204)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceRetryCommand:133:Device
"naa.2000000c50c33811": awaiting fast path state update for failover with I/O blocked. No prior reservation exists on the device.
• 2012-07-17T12:55:45.005Z cpu10:2204)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceStartLoop:721:NMP Device
"naa.2000000c50c33811" is blocked. Not starting I/O from device.
• 2012-07-17T12:55:45.005Z cpu0:2698)WARNING: NMP: nmpDeviceAttemptFailover:599:Retry world failover device "naa.2000000c50c33811" - issuing command 0x412440dc0740
• 2012-07-17T12:55:45.005Z cpu0:2698)WARNING: NMP: nmpDeviceAttemptFailover:658:Retry world failover device "naa.2000000c50c33811" - failed to issue command due to Not found (APD), try again...
• command due to Not found (APD), try again...
• 2012-07-17T12:56:15.319Z cpu2:2698)WARNING: NMP: nmpDeviceAttemptFailover:708:Logical device
"naa.2000000c50c33811": awaiting fast path state update...
• 2012-07-17T12:56:25.006Z cpu12:2210)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceStartLoop:721:NMP Device
"naa.2000000c50c33811" is blocked. Not starting I/O from device.
• 2012-07-17T12:56:25.319Z cpu2:2698)WARNING: NMP: nmpDeviceAttemptFailover:562:Retry world restore device "naa.2000000c50c33811" - no more commands to retry
• 2012-07-17T12:56:25.319Z cpu2:2698)WARNING: NMP: nmp_IssueCommandToDevice:2954:I/O could not be issued to device "naa.2000000c50c33811" due to Not found
• 2012-07-17T12:56:25.319Z cpu2:2698)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceRetryCommand:133:Device
"naa.2000000c50c33811": awaiting fast path state update for failover with I/O blocked. No prior reservation exists on the device.
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Vmkernel Message Formats
• Jan 11 15:57:47 pou-esx08 vmkernel: 1:04:57:35.963 cpu12:4197)<6>qla2xxx 0000:0f:00.0: scsi(5:3:4): Abort command issued -- 0 7ac84ad 2003.
• Message Source - - vmkernel:
• Device - - <6>qla2xxx 0000:0f:00.0 Device module presenting the error is QLogic FC driver qla2xxx pci bus 0f:00:00
• scsi controller:target:lun) arbitrary number assigned by scsi layer
- scsi(5:3:4):
56
• Message -- Abort command issued -- 0 7ac84ad 2003. (Driver qla2xxx issues abort command; reason is not specified in this message)
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