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Enabling NVme support on FC HBA

  • 1.  Enabling NVme support on FC HBA

    Posted Feb 01, 2022 11:54 AM

    Hi,

    I have a ESX server  (7u3) that has a 8G FC HBA 2-port adapter and a 32G FC HBA 2-port adapter.
    I want to enable FC-NVMe support for the 32GB FC HBA. But I am not sure I can do that without any problems.
    I need to enable FC-NVME on the qlnativefc module/driver, but this driver is also used by the 8G HBA adapters.

    My question is, can I enable NVMe support without impacting the operation of the 8G adapters?

     
    [root@ESX1:~] esxcli storage san fc list
    Adapter: vmhba2
    Port ID: 0000EF
    Node Name: 20:00:00:24:ff:11:02:31
    Port Name: 21:00:00:24:ff:11:02:31
    Speed: 8 Gbps
    Port Type: LPort
    Port State: ONLINE
    Model Description: PCI-Express Single Channel 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA
    Hardware Version: PX2810403-02 N
    OptionROM Version: 3.27
    Firmware Version: 8.08.207 (90d5)
    Driver Name: qlnativefc
    DriverVersion: 4.1.34.0
     
     
     
    Adapter: vmhba3
    Port ID: 000001
    Node Name: 51:40:2e:c0:14:87:13:f1
    Port Name: 51:40:2e:c0:14:87:13:f0
    Speed: 32 Gbps
    Port Type: PTP
    Port State: ONLINE
    Model Description: HPE SN1600Q 32Gb 2p FC HBA
    Hardware Version: BK3210407-22 H
    OptionROM Version: 3.64
    Firmware Version: 8.08.230 (d0d5)
    Driver Name: qlnativefc
    DriverVersion: 4.1.34.0
     
    Thanks,
    Henk Snel