QLE8152 CNA, Not able to see VMNICs nut can see only 2 HBAs

[varun_lv]

I have recently installed QLE8152 CNA adapter on a host running ESXi 6.7.  I am able to see 2 HBAs but not able to see physical NICs. What do you this is the problem here? Am I missing something?

Below is the excerpt from ssh.

[root@ESXi31:~] usr/lib/vmware/vmkmgmt_keyval/vmkmgmt_keyval -l -i vmhba3/qlogic

Listing keys:

Name:   ADAPTER

Type:   string

value:

QLogic PCI Express to FCoE Converged Network Adapter for QLE8152:        FC Firmware version 5.09.00 (d8d4), Chip Type: QLE815x         MPI Firmware Version:  1.40.08 (66304)

        PHY Firmware Version:  1.08.00

Driver version 2.1.63.0

Host Device Name vmhba3

BIOS version 3.18

FCODE version 3.19

EFI version 3.44

Flash FW version 5.09.00

ISP: ISP8001, Serial# RFE1020A15831

MSI-X enabled

[root@ESXi31:~] esxcli network nic list

Name    PCI Device    Driver  Admin Status  Link Status  Speed  Duplex  MAC Address         MTU  Description

------  ------------  ------  ------------  -----------  -----  ------  -----------------  ----  ---------------------------------------------------------

vmnic0  0000:01:00.0  bnx2    Up            Up            1000  Full    00:21:9b:a1:ca:5d  1500  QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T

vmnic1  0000:01:00.1  bnx2    Up            Up            1000  Full    00:21:9b:a1:ca:5f  1500  QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T

vmnic2  0000:02:00.0  bnx2    Up            Down             0  Half    00:21:9b:a1:ca:61  1500  QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T

vmnic3  0000:02:00.1  bnx2    Up            Down             0  Half    00:21:9b:a1:ca:63  1500  QLogic Corporation QLogic NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T

[a_p_]

Not sure, but according to the HCL, this adapter requires an additional driver. Did you already install this driver? (see VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search )

André

[SupreetK]

For QLE8152 CNA to be detected as a NIC, driver 'qlge' needs to be installed. Can you run the command <esxcli software vib list | grep -i qlge> to check if the driver is installed? If not, download the driver from the below link, install it and reboot the host -

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI55-QLOGIC-QLGE-30059&productId=353

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Cheers,

Supreet

[diegodco31]

Hi, you need update the firmware and driver of the QLE8152.

The firmware version is many old.

Version actual: FC Firmware version 5.09.00

Update Version: 7.03.00

Update firmware and after update driver.

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Let us know if you fix your problem.

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[varun_lv]

Thanks for the help. I have made baseline with this driver earlier than this post which is showing as complaint  which made me to think there is something else to make this card to work. But running esxcli software vib list gave me no drivers with qlge prefix. So I installed the drivers from esxcli command and reboot of server worked. I can now see two vmnics.