Identifying the firmware of a Qlogic or

Emulex FC HBA (1002413)

Details
This article provides information to determine the firmware that an HBA is running.

Solution
The steps below require shell access to the ESXi/ESX host. For instructions, see:

Using ESXi Shell in ESXi 5.x (2004746)

Using Tech Support Mode in ESXi 4.1 and ESXi 5.x (1017910)
Enabling root SSH login on an ESX host (8375637)

Once you have shell access to the host, proceed to step 1 in the relevant section for your HBA.

QLogic
To determine the firmware for a QLogic fibre adapter, run these commands on the ESXi/ESX host:

1. Go to /proc/scsi/qla####.

Where #### is the model of the Qlogic HBA

2. Run the ls command to see all of the adapters in the directory.

The output appears similar to:

1 2 HbaApiNode

3. Run the command:

head -2 #

Where # is the HBA number.

You see output similar to:

QLogic PCI to Fibre Channel Host Adapter for QLA2340 :

Firmware version: 3.03.19, Driver version 7.07.04.2vmw

To determine the firmware for a QLogic iSCSI hardware initiator on an ESXi/ESX host:

1. Go to /proc/scsi/qla####.

Where #### is the model of the Qlogic HBA

2. Run the ls command to see all of the adapters in the directory.

You see output similar to:

1 2 HbaApiNode

3. Run the command:

 head -4 #

Where # is the HBA number.

You see output similar to:

QLogic iSCSI Adapter for ISP 4022:

Driver version 3.24
Code starts at address = 0x82a314
Firmware version 2.00.00.45

Emulex
To determine the firmware for a Emulex HBA on an ESXi/ESX host:

1. Go to /proc/scsi/lpfc.

Note: the lpfc may be appended with model number appended. For
example, /proc/scsi/lpfc820

2. Run the ls command to see all of the adapters in the directory.

You see output similar to:

1 2

3. Run the command:

head -5 #

where # is the HBA number.

You see output similar to:

Emulex LightPulse FC SCSI 7.3.2_vmw2

Emulex LP10000DC 2Gb 2-port PCI-X Fibre Channel Adapter on PCI bus 42
device 08 irq 42
SerialNum: BG51909398
Firmware Version: 1.91A5 (T2D1.91A5)

Notes:

You can determine the firmware of HBAs only using Direct Console access or SSH and not via RCLI or
vMA.
In ESXi 5.5, you do not see native drivers in the /proc nodes. To view native driver details, run the
command:

/usr/lib/vmware/vmkmgmt_keyval/vmkmgmt_keyval -a

For more information, see Identifying correct driver for ESXi/ESX host PCI devices (HBA) using
VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide (HCL) (1031534).

You can find these information in the vm-support bundle. For more information, see Collecting
diagnostic information using vm-support command in VMware ESX/ESXi (1010705).