i wonder how Vsphere version 5.0 install Device Driver... by everything...

[HeeYeol]

i bought Brocade FC card 46M6049 (8Gb Single port product)....

but Vmware Vsphere is not support Device Driver it....

so i tried to installation Brodcade Driver....

by the way i don`t found any method for installation Driver....

so everybody help me this problem... i`m korean.. so if i found documentation and something... very hard....;;;

so could someone help me

thank you

[Virtualinfra]

Welcome to the community

check if the FC adapter is in teh VMware compatability list from the below link

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?rct=j&q=vmware%20hcl&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCAQFjAA&url=http://www.vmware.com/go/hcl&ei=tvA4T7vWEYfNrQehssDWBQ&usg=AFQjCNEXuH3H1BNILfm7AMoBNO0jQXhT-g&sig2=iLfYpoqWj8zJNiU5J9S7bg

If its is supported, then the Driver link will be proivded there, download the driver and install using below command from Vmware vcli

1. Extract the contents of the async driver zip file.
   
2. Identify the offline-bundle.zip file(s).
   
3. Log in to the ESXi host using vSphere client with administrator privileges, such as root.
   
4. Using Datastore Browser, upload the offline-bundle.zip file(s) to an ESXi host’s datastore.
   
5. Enter the host into maintenance mode.
   
6. Log in as root to the ESXi console through SSH or iLO/DRAC.
   
7. Run this command to install drivers using the offline bundle (requires absolute path):
   
   esxcli software vib install –d /path/offline-bundle.zip
   
   For example:
   
   esxcli software vib install –d /vmfs/volumes/datastore/offline-bundle.zip
   
   
   
8. Reboot the ESXi host.
   
9. Exit maintenance mode.
   

refer below link

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2005205

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[Shakaal]

Hi,

I have checked the compatibility, and found that it is async drvier i.e you have to manually install the driver, i have searched the link for you from where  you can download the driver

http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/5_0#drivers_tools

expand Drvier Cd option in the above link your drvier is the second one with version no. 3.0.0.0, download it once downloaded follow below Kb article

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2005205

And follow section "Existing ESXi installation using esxcli and offline bundle async driver zip file"

I hope that everything  will be fine any issues plz post them.

Regards

[HeeYeol]

thank you answer

but i will tried to this photo ...

but i don`t run something....

i`m so very crazy.....

i don`t know why this host made a  this situation....

hold on some answer...

thank you

[Shakaal]

Hi,

Please try following steps, also refer to the readme file in the bundle that you have downloaded

New Installation
----------------

For new installs, you should perform the following steps:

1. Copy the VIB to the ESX server.  Technically, you can
           place the file anywhere that is accessible to the ESX console shell,
           but for these instructions, we'll assume the location is in '/tmp'.

           Here's an example of using the Linux 'scp' utility to copy the file
           from a local system to an ESX server located at 10.10.10.10:
             scp VMware_bootbank_net-driver.1.1.0-1vmw.0.0.372183.vib root@10.10.10.10:/tmp

2. Issue the following command (full path to the VIB must be specified):
              esxcli software vib install -v {VIBFILE}
      
           In the example above, this would be:
              esxcli software vib install -v /tmp/VMware_bootbank_net-driver.1.1.0-1vmw.0.0.372183.vib

Regards

[Shakaal]

Hi,

try downloading the second option from the below link, incase if the adapter is not a CNA( convergerd Network Adapter)

http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/dt_esxi50_brocade_bna/dHRAYnQlQHBiZHAlJQ==

Regards

[HeeYeol]

OTZ....

i tried to your answer....(shakaal)

i have seen readme file.... but it isn`t running.... on my host....

my host install esxi 3hours ago....

i`m not understanding....

if i run any answer ...... just... got no data from .... i saw a this message....

thank you

[Virtualinfra]

could you please download a New ESXI ISO image from online and burn to CD and do a installation again as intial trouble shooting.. seems to be error with base image downloaded.

also once download check the integrity of the file using md5 sum number that is published in the website.

[cho9045]

When you specify the offload install image file, please try to write full path to the file from the root.

Say,

/tmp # esxcli software vib install -v /tmp/vib20/net-bnx2/Broadcom_bootbank_net-bnx2_2.1.12b.v50.3-1OEM.500.0.0.472560.vib

Here, to specify "Broadcom_bootbank_net-bnx2_2.1.12b.v50.3-1OEM.500.0.0.472560.vib" file, I have put full path name proceeding its file name.

[HeeYeol]

thank you answer

but i have done path full name and i was running this centense

/tmp# esxcli software vib install -v "full file name"

and

#esxcli software vib install -v "/tmp/full file name"....

but host answer....

got no data from process "bla bla"

hmm.....

i thnk of this driver (brocade 3.0.0.0) not support from esxi vshpere 5.0

have you been do to install brocade 8G single port (part number 46M6049)

hmm.......

thank you

[cho9045]

Please download driver from the below link where you can find VMware ESXi 5.0 Driver for Brocade HBAs and CNAs.

http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/dt_esxi50_brocade_bfa_3010/dHRAYnRoandiZHAlJQ==

And please refer below screen shot which I taken from my lab environment. I think it will go smoothly.

CCho-MBP:Downloads ccho$ ls -l BCD-bfa-3.0.1.0-00000-503860.zip
-rw-r--r--@ 1 ccho  staff  2223128 Feb 14 22:04 BCD-bfa-3.0.1.0-00000-503860.zip
CCho-MBP:Downloads ccho$ scp BCD-bfa-3.0.1.0-00000-503860.zip   root@172.16.140.162:/tmp
Password:
BCD-bfa-3.0.1.0-00000-503860.zip                                              100% 2171KB   2.1MB/s   00:00   

CCho-MBP:Downloads ccho$ ssh root@172.16.140.162
Password:
The time and date of this login have been sent to the system logs.

VMware offers supported, powerful system administration tools.  Please
see www.vmware.com/go/sysadmintools for details.

The ESXi Shell can be disabled by an administrative user. See the
vSphere Security documentation for more information.
~ # cd /tmp
/tmp # unzip BCD-bfa-3.0.1.0-00000-503860.zip
Archive:  BCD-bfa-3.0.1.0-00000-503860.zip
  inflating: BCD-bfa-3.0.1.0-00000-offline_bundle-503860.zip
  inflating: scsi-bfa-3.0.1.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib
  inflating: doc/README.txt
/tmp # unzip BCD-bfa-3.0.1.0-00000-offline_bundle-503860.zip
Archive:  BCD-bfa-3.0.1.0-00000-offline_bundle-503860.zip
  inflating: index.xml
  inflating: vendor-index.xml
  inflating: metadata.zip
  inflating: vib20/scsi-bfa/Brocade_bootbank_scsi-bfa_3.0.1.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560.vib

/tmp # esxcli software vib list > esxcli_software_vib_list.txt

/tmp # ls -l
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            2223128 Feb 13 08:53 BCD-bfa-3.0.1.0-00000-503860.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            1110239 Feb 13 08:54 BCD-bfa-3.0.1.0-00000-offline_bundle-503860.zip
drwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                512 Feb 13 08:54 doc
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root               6076 Feb 13 08:56 esxcli_software_vib_list.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root                320 Feb 13 08:54 index.xml
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root               2630 Feb 13 08:54 metadata.zip
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            1110134 Feb 13 08:54 scsi-bfa-3.0.1.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            2097152 Feb 13 08:18 test
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root                387 Feb 13 08:54 vendor-index.xml
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root                512 Feb 13 08:54 vib20
drwx------    1 root     root                512 Feb 10 10:49 vmware-root

Remarks) I am not sure which one is correct but I think you can only install one of two. Refer the second output. It says that host is not changed and reboot is not required. Try one by one.

/tmp # esxcli software vib install -v /tmp/scsi-bfa-3.0.1.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib
Installation Result
   Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.
   Reboot Required: true
   VIBs Installed: Brocade_bootbank_scsi-bfa_3.0.1.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560
   VIBs Removed:
   VIBs Skipped:
/tmp # esxcli software vib install -v /tmp/vib20/scsi-bfa/Brocade_bootbank_scsi-bfa_3.0.1.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560.vib
Installation Result
   Message: Host is not changed.
   Reboot Required: false
   VIBs Installed:
   VIBs Removed:
   VIBs Skipped: Brocade_bootbank_scsi-bfa_3.0.1.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560

~ # esxcli software vib list | grep -i brocade
scsi-bfa              3.0.1.0-1OEM.500.0.0.472560        Brocade   VMwareCertified   2012-02-13

Will this help of you? I hope so.