NodeSymb information from nslookup

[HowardJ]

I noticed that on my Brocade FC switches I can gather information like:

HG620A_01:FID128:admin> nsshow | grep -i emulex | grep -i 1205

    NodeSymb: [83] "Emulex HP-LPe1205A FV2.03X6 DV11.2.247.0 HN:neo3esx07 OS:VMware ESXi 6.0.0"

In this case it looks as if the FV indicates the adapter firmware version and the DV indicates the boot image firmware version. I

                The Emulex HP-LPe1205A is running adapter firmware version 2.03X6 with boot firmware version 11.2.247.0 on the host named neo3esx07.

Is this interpretation correct?

I am working on verifying that all the systems are running the appropriate version of firmware. Can this reliably be used to determine which adapters need upgrades?

I imagine that this information is passed to the name server if the operating system driver supports that functionality.

Howard Jares

[Marian Bezeg · Accepted solution]

Hello,

you're right FV is for firmware and DV is for driver.
HN: is a hostname of server.

You will see this info only for devices with FDMI enabled/supported. You may try command bellow to display info from DB.

fdmishow