Finding HBA Firmware Version via CLI

[dsohayda]

I'm trying to find the firmware version of our HP Proliant BL460c G7 blade's "Brocade 804 8Gbps FC HBA for HP Bladesystem c-class" via the command line.

The blade is running 5.5u2d.

I'm aware of the method outlined here, VMware KB: Identifying the firmware of a Qlogic or Emulex FC HBA , but since it's a Brocade HBA with a bfa driver that method doesn't help.

I also tried the keyval command which does work on our BL685c G7 blades,

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

but that only outputs empty info as far as I can tell.

The HP Management page in the vsphere client shows firmware information, but I'm found that to be wildly inaccurate compared to going straight to the host.

Thanks

[rcporto]

Try this method: VMware: How to check HBA firmware version without rebooting ESX host | VMpros but remember to search on /proc/scsi/bfa.

[dsohayda]

ah, I thought I tried that and it didn't work. Its been a rough day...

Do you happen to also know of a powercli script to check that on a cluster by cluster basis? i'm greedy to ask, but it can't hurt right?

Thank you very much for your reply.