QLE8242 CNA, Not able to see VMNICs but i can see 2 HBAs

[tobistar3]

Hey Guys,

i hope you can help me...

I have recently installed QLE8242 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?

usr/lib/vmware/vmkmgmt_keyval/vmkmgmt_keyval -l -i vmhba3/qlogic

Listing keys:

Name:   ADAPTER

Type:   string

value:

HP StorageWorks CN1000Q Dual Port Converged Network Adapter for CN1000Q:

FC Firmware version 4.20.01 (804), Driver version 2.1.24.0

Host Device Name vmhba3

Flash FW version 4.20.01

ISP: ISP8021, Serial# MY510920WL

MSI-X enabled

Request Queue = 0x4309d1d47000, Response Queue = 0x4309d1d4a000

Request Queue count = 128, Response Queue count = 128

Number of response queues for CPU affinity operation: 0

Total number of interrupts = 1

Device queue depth = 0x40

Number of free request entries = 128

FAWWN support: disabled

Total number of outstanding commands: 0

Number of mailbox timeouts = 0

Number of ISP aborts = 0

Number of loop resyncs = 0

Host adapter:Loop State = [DEAD], flags = 0xa260

Link speed = [Unknown]

Dpc flags = 0x110000

Link down Timeout =  030

Port down retry =  010

Login retry count =  010

ZIO mode = 0x0, ZIO timer = 0

Commands retried with dropped frame(s) = 0

Product ID = 0000 0000 0000 0000

NPIV Supported : Yes

Max Virtual Ports = 63

Ethernet Device Information:

VLAN ID: 0

MAC: 00:00:00:00:00:00

SCSI Device Information:

scsi-qla0-adapter-node=20003c4a921b969b:000000:0;

scsi-qla0-adapter-port=21003c4a921b969b:000000:0;

Name:   TARGET

Type:   string

value:

Driver version 2.1.24.0

Host Device Name vmhba3

FC Target-Port List:

Name:   NPIV

Type:   string

value:

Driver version 2.1.24.0

Host Device Name vmhba3

NPIV Supported : Yes

esxcli network nic list

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

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

vmnic0  0000:03:00.0  igbn    Up            Down             0  Half    b4:2e:99:33:a6:bd  1500  Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network Connection

vmnic1  0000:05:00.0  igbn    Up            Up            1000  Full    b4:2e:99:33:a6:bf  1500  Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network Connection

esxcli software vib list | grep -i ql

qlogic-fastlinq-esxcli-plugin  3.1.47-01                             QLGC    PartnerSupported  2019-06-04

viplugin-cimprovider           1.0.42-2768847                        QLGC    VMwareAccepted    2019-06-06

net-qlcnic                     6.1.191-1OEM.600.0.0.2494585          QLogic  VMwareCertified   2019-06-10

net-qlge                       3.0.0.59-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820         QLogic  VMwareCertified   2019-06-10

qlnativefc                     2.1.24.0-1OEM.600.0.0.2768847         QLogic  VMwareCertified   2019-06-10

qlogic-adapter-provider        1.6.72-1045108                        QLogic  VMwareAccepted    2019-06-06

ima-qla4xxx                    2.02.18-1vmw.670.0.0.8169922          VMW     VMwareCertified   2019-05-19

scsi-qla4xxx                   5.01.03.2-7vmw.670.0.0.8169922        VMW     VMwareCertified   2019-05-19

Thanks for any help.

[ashishsingh1508]

Check the NIC BIOS and see if the NIC is presented properly

[mguidini]

I would try to see if the adapter is in the PCI list, you might get some more information following the steps below:

- Check if the adapter is showing up in the iLO\iDRAC or whatever is your host management client.

- List Ethernet PCIs from the ESXi CLI using:

#lspci -v | grep Ethernet

#lspci -v | grep hba

Also might be worth it to get the adapter ID from this command:

#vmkchdev -l | grep vmhba

#vmkchdev -l | grep vmnic

And run it against the compatibility guide: VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search

[tobistar3]

Hey Guys,

i startet my (self builded) server today and i dont know why but now the nics are there...

But the Ports are offline so they dosent the a signal.

At the moment my PC is direct connected to the Server and i can the a Link on the Green LED. But if i change the Fibre Channel Cable to the other Port the LED dosent switch or blink or something.

I started the the server again but they are gone on the webclient.. only the HBA are there

here the console commands:

the outpout is the same! with showing NIC´s and when they are gone

lspci -v | grep Ethernet

0000:03:00.0 Network controller Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network Connection [vmnic0]

0000:05:00.0 Network controller Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network Connection [vmnic1]

0000:07:00.0 Network controller Ethernet controller: Aquantia Corp. AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE 802.3bz Ethernet Controller [AQtion]

0000:09:00.0 Network controller Ethernet controller: QLogic Corp HP StorageWorks CN1000Q Dual Port Converged Network Adapter [vmnic2]

0000:09:00.1 Network controller Ethernet controller: QLogic Corp HP StorageWorks CN1000Q Dual Port Converged Network Adapter [vmnic3]

lspci -v | grep hba

0000:01:00.1 Mass storage controller SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] X399 Series Chipset SATA Controller [vmhba1]

0000:09:00.6 Serial bus controller Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp 8200 Series 10GbE Converged Network Adapter (FCoE) [vmhba3]

0000:09:00.7 Serial bus controller Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp 8200 Series 10GbE Converged Network Adapter (FCoE) [vmhba4]

0000:0b:00.2 Mass storage controller SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD FCH SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] [vmhba2]

0000:41:00.0 Mass storage controller Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller SM981/PM981 [vmhba0]

vmkchdev -l | grep vmhba

0000:01:00.1 1022:43b6 1b21:1062 vmkernel vmhba1

0000:09:00.6 1077:8021 103c:3348 vmkernel vmhba3

0000:09:00.7 1077:8021 103c:3348 vmkernel vmhba4

0000:0b:00.2 1022:7901 1458:b002 vmkernel vmhba2

0000:41:00.0 144d:a808 144d:a801 vmkernel vmhba0

vmkchdev -l | grep vmnic

0000:03:00.0 8086:1533 1458:e000 vmkernel vmnic0

0000:05:00.0 8086:1533 1458:e000 vmkernel vmnic1

0000:09:00.0 1077:8020 103c:3346 vmkernel vmnic2

0000:09:00.1 1077:8020 103c:3346 vmkernel vmnic3

[mguidini]

I see that the vmnics are listed and being recognized by the ESXi server:

0000:09:00.0 Network controller Ethernet controller: QLogic Corp HP StorageWorks CN1000Q Dual Port Converged Network Adapter [vmnic2]

0000:09:00.1 Network controller Ethernet controller: QLogic Corp HP StorageWorks CN1000Q Dual Port Converged Network Adapter [vmnic3]

0000:09:00.0 1077:8020 103c:3346 vmkernel vmnic2

0000:09:00.1 1077:8020 103c:3346 vmkernel vmnic3

Are they showing up now in the esxcli network nic list command?

I tried to run these ID numbers (1077:8020 103c:3346) against the compatibility guide (VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search ) and couldn't find this adapter in the 6.7 supported list. Might be a compatibility issue.

Lastly, the fact that you can't see the led blinking seems like a physical issue, as the switchport being down.

[tobistar3]

the command i will try when iam home (in 7 hours)

in the vmware compatibility search i found my QLE8242

VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search

and there are driver for 6.7 U2 and so on

and my pc is directly connected to the server so i don't have a switch between them

[mguidini]

The driver you found on this link is the FCoE: Device Type : FCoE CNAs "qlnativefc"

In the Device Type you are looking for "Network", this one runs the vmnics.

[tobistar3]

Ok its weird... today my nics shown uo with the same not working something...

esxcli network nic list

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

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

vmnic0  0000:03:00.0  igbn    Up            Down             0  Half    b4:2e:99:33:a6:bd  1500  Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network Connection

vmnic1  0000:05:00.0  igbn    Up            Up            1000  Full    b4:2e:99:33:a6:bf  1500  Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network Connection

vmnic2  0000:09:00.0  qlcnic  Up            Down             0  Half    3c:4a:92:1b:96:98  1500  QLogic Corp HP StorageWorks CN1000Q Dual Port Converged Network Adapter

vmnic3  0000:09:00.1  qlcnic  Up            Down             0  Half    3c:4a:92:1b:96:9c  1500  QLogic Corp HP StorageWorks CN1000Q Dual Port Converged Network Adapter

now i searched again for the network driver and i think the driver are only for max esxi 6.0

https://my.vmware.com/de/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI60-QLOGIC-QLCNIC-61191&productId=491&download=true&fi…

i will test that when i have time and will post the result

thanks for your help