Question on Raid controller

[ManivelR]

Hi All,

I have supermicro hardware and installed freshly ESXi 6.0.0 update 2.

When i check the raid controller version,im seeing two different drivers version. Why it is showing ?

Also i could not able to find out the RAID firmware version command. May i know what is the command?

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks,

Manivel R

[sk84]

The command "esxcli software vib list" lists only all installed drivers. And of course more drivers can be installed than actively used.

To find out which driver is used for your raid controller, you can use the command "esxcli storage core adapter list".

Or "esxcfg-info". This will show a complete list of all loaded modules. But it's best to redirect the output to a file and look for your raid controller model "MegaRAID" in this file because the output of escfg-info is a lot.

We also have a LSI MegaRAID controller in some of our UCS servers and we use the "storcli" tool for all raid controller relevant infos like firmware.

For example:

[root@cybl-lab-esx01:~] /opt/lsi/storcli/storcli /call show

Generating detailed summary of the adapter, it may take a while to complete.

Controller = 0

Status = Success

Description = None

Product Name = LSI MegaRAID SAS 9271-8i

...

FW Package Build = 23.33.1-0058

BIOS Version = 5.49.03.0_4.16.08.00_0x060B0200

FW Version = 3.450.245-8272

Driver Name = lsi-mr3

Driver Version = 6.910.18.00

Vendor Id = 0x1000

Device Id = 0x5B

SubVendor Id = 0x1000

SubDevice Id = 0x9271

Host Interface = PCI-E

Device Interface = SAS-6G

Bus Number = 130

Device Number = 0

Function Number = 0

Drive Groups = 24

...

[ManivelR]

Hi Sebastian,

Thanks so much.

This is the driver actively being used.

LSI MegaRAID SAS Invader Controller

[root@localhost:~] esxcli software vib list | grep lsi

lsi-mr3                        6.605.08.00-7vmw.600.1.17.3029758     VMware  VMwareCertified   2018-09-27

I have one another question.The below driver is another driver which is not being used.Can we delete this driver if it is not required? or we need to keep this driver also ? Please suggest.

Thanks,

Manivel Rajarathinam.

[sk84]

If it's certainly not needed, you could delete it. But the question is, why do you want to do that?

It is included in the VMware default installation image and does not conflict with other drivers.

I would therefore go by the motto "never touch a running system".

[ManivelR]

I just wanted to check this.Im not going to delete this driver.

Storcli tool will work with LSI MegaRAID SAS Invader Controller ?

Thanks,

Manivel R

[sk84]

As far as I know the storcli tool works with all LSI controllers.

[ManivelR]

Thank you.I will check and update.

[ManivelR]

Great Sebastian.It works fine.

[root@localhost:~] /opt/lsi/storcli/storcli /call show

Generating detailed summary of the adapter, it may take a while to complete.

CLI Version = 007.0604.0000.0000 Feb 20, 2018

Operating system = VMkernel 6.0.0

Controller = 0

Status = Success

Description = None

Product Name = AVAGO 3108 MegaRAID

Serial Number =

SAS Address =  500304801df04200

PCI Address = 00:01:00:00

System Time = 10/06/2018 04:41:10

Mfg. Date = 00/00/00

Controller Time = 10/06/2018 04:41:07

FW Package Build = 24.15.0-0018

BIOS Version = 6.31.03.0_4.17.08.00_0x06140200

FW Version = 4.650.00-6223

Driver Name = lsi-mr3

Driver Version = 6.605.08.00

Thanks,

Manivel Rajarathinam.

[SupreetK]

For all the controllers, you can use the command </usr/lib/vmware/vmkmgmt_keyval/vmkmgmt_keyval -a> to get the relevant details.

Cheers,

Supreet