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Emulex Driver for VMware ESX Driver Version 7.4.0.40 User Manual

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1. X EMULEX Variable Default Min Max Dynamic Comments Ipfc max lun 256 256 Yes Specifies the maximum number of LUNs per target A value of 20 means LUNs from 0 to 19 are valid Ipfc max target 256 256 No This configuration parameter limits how many targets the driver will support Ipfc max vpi Oxffff Oxffff No NPIV Maximum number of vpis available per physical port Ipfc nodev holdio 1 On Yes If the device disappears hold I O until it comes back Ipfc no device delay 30 Yes Delay to fail back an I O in seconds Ipfc nodev tmo 30 255 Yes Seconds to hold I O err if device disappears Ipfc ns threads 32 Yes NPIV Number of concurrent NameServer requests allowed to be outstanding Ipfc pci max read 0 driver default 512 512 bytes 1024 1024 bytes 2048 2048 bytes 4096 4096 bytes No The maximum number of bytes transferred per pci DMA read The default value 0 means the driver will automatically determine the correct value Update1 only Ipfc peer vport login Yes NPIV Allows peer vports to log into each other Ipfc scan down 0 Off 1 On Yes Select method for scanning ALPA to assign a SCSI ID Ipfc scsi req tmo 30 255 Yes Time out value in seconds for SCSI passthrough requests Ipfc tgt queue depth Oxffff Oxffff
2. Yes Default max commands sent to a single target Value not to exceed what the adapter supports minus ten see Ipfc hba queue depth For example if the adapter supports 512 the target will default to 502 Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 10 Table 3 Driver Configuration Parameters Continued X EMULEX Variable Default Min Max Dynamic Comments Ipfc topology 0 0x0 loop No FC link topology defaults to then P2P loop if it fails attempts 0x2 P2P only point to point mode 0x4 loop only 0x6 P2P then loop Ipfc use adisc 0 0 Off 1 On Yes Send ADISC instead of PLOGI for device discovery or RSCN Ipfc xmt que size 256 128 8192 No Number of outstanding IP commands for an adapter Creating a Fibre Channel Remote Boot Disk For instructions on creating a Fibre Channel remote boot disk refer to VMware s vi3 esx san cfg pdf Chapter 6 Using Boot from SAN with ESX Server Systems Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 11 X EMULEX Troubleshooting Introduction There are several circumstances in which your system may operate in an unexpected manner The Troubleshooting section explains many of these circumstances and offers one or more workarounds for each situation Unusual Situations and Their Resolutions General Situations Table 4 General Situations Situation Resolution Vports created on an adapter are not Vports a
3. Minimum firmware version 1 92a1 LP982 adapter Minimum firmware version 1 92a1 LP9002DC LP9002L and LP9000 adapters Minimum firmware version 3 93a0 LP952L adapter Minimum firmware version 3 93a0 Check Emulex s support page or your OEM provider for guidance on FW and BIOS levels per adapter model Contact Emulex Support with questions or clarifications Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 3 X EMULEX Known Issues For ESX 3 5 0 Refer to the README file located in usr sbin hbanyware README txt for issues related to the HBAnyware and hbacmd utilities Emulex found that only 56 vports could be successfully created Various FC switches handle high vports counts differently causing the vport login to fail Emulex is targeting a subsequent release to fix this issue At times the switch name server maintains the device name after the vport sends a LOGO This could be misleading for administrators looking at the name server database Some switches require an explicit DA ID ELS command to clean up the name server database other switches do not Emulex is targeting a subsequent release to address this issue The Emulex Iputil utility is not supported on Emulex 21000 series or 12000 series adapters Installing the Driver The Emulex 7 4 0 40 driver ships inbox with ESX 3 5 U4 and no installation is necessary A future asynchronous release supporting FCoE with 7 4 0 40 is planned Contact E
4. did on vpi lt vpi gt DESCRIPTION The driver freed a node table entry DATA None SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION No action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 50 X EMULEX Miscellaneous Events 1200 1299 Ipfc mes1208 C CT request error DESCRIPTION The CT response returned more data than the user buffer could hold DATA 1 dfc flag 2 4096 SEVERITY Information LOG LOG MISC verbose ACTION Modify the user application issuing a CT request to allow for a larger response buffer Ipfc mes1210 Convert ASC to hex Input byte cnt 1 DESCRIPTION ASCII string to hexadecimal conversion failed The input byte count is greater than 1 DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes1212 Convert ASC to hex Output buffer too small DESCRIPTION ASCII string to hexadecimal conversion failed The output buffer byte size is less than 1 2 of the input byte count Every two input characters bytes require one output byte DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes1213 Convert ASC to hex Input char seq not ASC hex DESCRIPTION The ASCII hexadecimal input string contains a non ASCII hex character DATA
5. 4 status 5 result 6 iotag SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG_FCP verbose ACTION Check the state of the target in question Ipfc mes0730 FCP command failed RSP DESCRIPTION The FCP command failed with a response error DATA 1 Status2 2 Status3 3 Resld 4 SnsLen 5 RspLen 6 Info3 SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG FCP verbose ACTION Check the state of the target in question Ipfc mes0734 FCP read check error DESCRIPTION The issued FCP command returned a read check error DATA 1 fcpDI 2 rspResld 3 fcpi parm 4 cdb 0 SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG FCP verbose ACTION Check the state of the target in question Ipfc mes0735 FCP read check error with check condition DESCRIPTION The issued FCP command returned a read check error and a check condition DATA 1 fcpDI 2 rspResld 3 fcpi parm 4 cdb 0 SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG FCP verbose ACTION Check the state of the target in question Ipfc mes0736 Received Queue Full status from FCP device tgt lun DESCRIPTION Received a Queue Full error status from specified FCP device DATA 1 dfull retry count 2 dfull retries 3 currentOutstanding 4 maxOutstanding SEVERITY Information LOG LOG FCP verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0737 lt ASC ASCQ gt Check condition received DESCRIPTION The issued FCP command resulted in a check condition DATA 1 CFG CHK COND ERR 2 CFG DELAY RSP ERR 3 Ip SEVERITY Information LOG LOG FCP LOG
6. DATA 1 ulploTag 2 fc_ffstate SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0120 PLOGI chkparm OK DESCRIPTION Received a PLOGI from a remote NPort and its Fibre Channel service parameters match this HBA Request can be accepted DATA 1 nlp DID 2 nlp state 3 nlp flag 4 nlp Rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0121 PLOGI chkparm OK DESCRIPTION Received a PLOGI from a remote NPort and its Fibre Channel service parameters match this HBA Request can be accepted DATA 1 nlp DID 2 nlp state 3 nlp flag 4 nlp Rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0122 PLOGI chkparm OK DESCRIPTION Received a PLOGI from a remote NPort and its Fibre Channel service parameters match this HBA Request can be accepted DATA 1 nlp DID 2 nlp state 3 nlp flag 4 nlp Rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0123 PLOGI chkparm OK DESCRIPTION Received a PLOGI from a remote NPort and its Fibre Channel service parameters match this HBA Request can be accepted DATA 1 nlp DID 2 nlp state 3 nlp flag 4 nlp Rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 18 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0124 PLOGI chkpar
7. DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 41 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0451 Enable interrupt handler failed DESCRIPTION The driver attempted to register the HBA interrupt service routine with the host operating system but failed DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or driver problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0452 Adapter failed to init mbxCmd cmd CONFIG_HBQ mbxStatus status DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing CONFIG HBQ mailbox command DATA 1 mbx Command 2 mbx Status 3 hbq entry SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If problems persist report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0453 Adapter failed to init mbxCmd cmd READ CONFIG mbxStatus status DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing a READ CONFIG mailbox command DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0454 Adapter failed to init mbxCmd cmd INIT LINK mbxStatus status DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing an INI
8. This message indicates the adapter HBA I O queue is full Typically this happens when heavy I O is running on a low end 3 digit adapter We suggest you upgrade to a higher end adapter Ipfc mes0319 The driver issued a READ SPARAM mbox command to the HBA that failed DESCRIPTION The driver issued a READ SPARAM mbox command to the HBA that failed DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a firmware or hardware problem Report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0320 CLEAR LA mbxStatus error lt mbxStatus gt hba state hba state DESCRIPTION The driver issued a CLEAR LA mbox command to the HBA that failed DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a firmware or hardware problem Report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0321 Unknown IOCB command DESCRIPTION Received an unknown IOCB command completion DATA 1 ulpCommand 2 ulpStatus 3 ulploTag 4 ulpContext SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver or firmware problem If these problems persist report these errors to Technical Support Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 33 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0322 Ring lt ringno gt handler unexpected completion loTag lt loTag gt DESCRIPTION The driver could not find a matching command for the completion received on the specified ring DATA 1 ulpStatus 2 ulpWord 4 3 ulpCommand
9. kit version for the current release 3 Type rpm e elxvmwarecorekit lt kit version To uninstall Iputil 1 CD to the directory where the Ipfcutil lt kit version gt tgz kit was originally unpacked 2 Follow the removal instructions in the README file Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 5 X EMULEX Configuration Introduction You can configure the driver parameters using native ESX tools or Emulex s HBAnyware and Iputil configuration utilities This document describes how to configure parameters using native ESX tools For a more comprehensive description of ESX tools refer to the vi3_server_config pdf documentation If you have further questions contact a VMware technical support representative Note VMware does not officially support unloading the driver via vmkload_mod u If you must unload the driver contact VMware customer support Refer to the Emulex HBAnyware and Iputil User Manuals for more information about those utilities Note NPIV port creation and deletion are performed by VMware s Infrastructure Client VIC Refer to VMware s Infrastructure Client documentation for more information Configuration Methods Using Native ESX Tools There are four ways to configure the driver parameters Permanently global e Permanently per adapter Temporary global Temporary per adapter Note The HBAnyware utility version 4 0 also supports all four ways to configure driver pa
10. 4 ulpContext SEVERITY Error LOG LOG SLI verbose ACTION This warning is benign during ELS disturbances and unexpected for FCP I O In the absence of any SAN disturbances this error could indicate a software driver or firmware problem If problems persist report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0323 Unknown Mailbox command cmd Cmpl DESCRIPTION A unknown mailbox command completed DATA 1 Mailbox Command SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver firmware or hardware problem Report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0324 Adapter initialization error mbxCmd cmd READ NVPARM mbxStatus status DESCRIPTION A read nvparams mailbox command failed during port configuration DATA 1 Mailbox Command 2 Mailbox Command Status SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver firmware or hardware problem Report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0325 Rsp ring lt ringno gt error IOCB MESSAGE Rsp ring lt ringno gt error OCB DESCRIPTION Received an IOCB response error DATA 1 wdO 2 wd1 3 wd2 4 wd3 5 wd4 6 wd5 7 wd6 8 wd SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG SLI verbose ACTION This error could indicate a software driver problem If problems persist report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0326 Reset HBA MESSAGE Reset HBA DESCRIPTION The HBA has been reset DATA 1 hba state 2
11. CHK COND verbose ACTION None required Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 46 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0747 Cmpl target reset DESCRIPTION Target reset completed DATA 1 scsi id 2 lun id 3 status SEVERITY Information LOG LOG FCP verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0748 Cmpl LUN reset DESCRIPTION LUN reset completed DATA 1 scsi id 2 lun id 3 status 4 command frag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG FCP verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0749 Cmpl abort task set DESCRIPTION Abort task set completed DATA 1 scsi id 2 lun id 3 cmpl time mS SEVERITY Information LOG LOG FCP verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0750 Failed Abort Task Set Data x x x ld DESCRIPTION Abort Task Set completed DATA 1 tgt id 2 lun id 3 timeout mS SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver problem If problems persist report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0754 SCSI timeout DESCRIPTION An FCP IOCB command was posted to a ring and did not complete within ULP timeout seconds DATA 1 did 2 sid 3 command 4 iotag SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION If I O is not going through the adapter reboot the system otherwise check the state of the target in question Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 47 X EMULEX Node Table Events 0900 0999 Ipfc mes0900 Cleanup node for NPort lt nlp_DID gt on vpi lt vpi
12. DESCRIPTION A syntax error occurred while parsing WWNN binding configuration information DATA None Detail Binding syntax error codes 0 FC SYNTAX OK 1FC SYNTAX OK BUT NOT THIS BRD 2 FC SYNTAX ERR ASC CONVERT 3 FC SYNTAX ERR EXP COLON 4 FC SYNTAX ERR EXP LPFC 5 FC SYNTAX ERR INV LPFC NUM 6 FC SYNTAX ERR EXP T 7 FC SYNTAX ERR INV TARGET NUM 8 FC SYNTAX ERR EXP D 9 FC SYNTAX ERR INV DEVICE NUM 10 FC SYNTAX ERR INV RRATIO NUM 11 FC SYNTAX ERR EXP NULL TERM SEVERITY Error config LOG Always ACTION Make necessary changes to the Ipfc configuration file Ipfc mes0432 WWPN binding entry node table full DESCRIPTION More bindings entries were configured than the driver can handle DATA None SEVERITY Error config LOG Always ACTION Make necessary changes to the Ipfc configuration file so that fewer bindings are configured Ipfc mes0433 WWNN binding entry node table full DESCRIPTION More bindings entries were configured than the driver can handle DATA None SEVERITY Error config LOG Always ACTION Make necessary changes to the Ipfc configuration file so that fewer bindings are configured Ipfc mes0434 DID binding entry num syntax error code lt code gt DESCRIPTION A syntax error occurred while parsing DID binding configuration information DATA None Detail Binding syntax error codes 0 FC SYNTAX OK 1 FC SYNTAX OK BUT NOT THIS BRD 2FC SYNTAX ERR ASC CONVERT 3 FC SYNTAX ERR EXP C
13. DISCOVERY LOG FCP verbose ACTION Check persistent binding information Ipfc mes0231 RSCN timeout DESCRIPTION The driver has lost track of what NPorts have RSCNs pending DATA 1 fc ns retry 2 fc max ns retry SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION None required The driver should recover from this event Ipfc mes0232 Continue discovery with num disc nodes PLOGIS to go DESCRIPTION Device discovery is in progress DATA 1 fc plogi cnt 2 fc flag 3 vport 2port state SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0234 ReDiscovery RSCN DESCRIPTION The number type of RSCNs has forced the driver to go to the nameserver and re discover all NPorts DATA 1 fc defer rscn q cnt 2 fc flag 3 hba state SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 25 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0235 Deferred RSCN DESCRIPTION The driver has received multiple RSCNs and has deferred the processing of the most recent RSCN DATA 1 fc defer rscn q cnt 2 fc flag 3 hba state SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0236 NameServer req DESCRIPTION The driver is issuing a NameServer request to the fabric DATA 1 cmdcode 2 fc flag 3 fc rscn id cnt SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No actio
14. Manual Page 53 X EMULEX Ipfc mes1313 Invalid FRU data found on adapter DESCRIPTION Return adapter to Emulex for repair DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG LOG LINK EVENT Error ACTION Return adapter to Emulex for repair LIBDFC Events 1600 1699 Ipfc mes1600 dfc ioctl entry DESCRIPTION The entry point for processing diagnostic ioctl DATA 1 c cmd 2 status 3 c outsiz SEVERITY Information LOG LOG P verbose ACTION None required Vport Events 1800 1899 Ipfc mes1800 Failed to create vport Insufficient VPIs DESCRIPTION There are no VPIs available to create a vport Either the physical port does not support VPIs or all available VPls are in use DATA 1 vpi 2 max vpi 3 vpi cnt SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Delete unused unneeded vports If problems persist report error to Emulex Technical Support Ipfc mes1801 Failed to create vport Incorrect SLI revision DESCRIPTION The FW must report SLI 3 capable for vport creation DATA 1 sli rev SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG VPORT verbose ACTION Check FW revision and contact Emulex Technical Support Ipfc mes1802 VMKernel issued unknown VPORT command rejecting DESCRIPTION The VMKernel issued an unknown vport command error command DATA 1 vport cmd SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Contact Emulex Technical Support Ipfc mes1803 VPort unreg login to all rpis failed trying single rpi unreg DESCRIPTION The vport s u
15. a hardware or firmware problem If this problem persists report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0465 Adapter failed to init retry mbxCmd cmd CONFIG PORT mbxstatus status DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing a CONFIG PORT mailbox command DATA 1 hbainit SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If problems persist report these errors to Technical Support Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 44 X EMULEX FCP Traffic History 0700 0799 Ipfc_mes071 Issue Abort Task Set to TGT num LUN num DESCRIPTION The SCSI layer detected that it needs to abort all I O to a specific device This causes the FCP Task Management command to abort the I O in progress DATA 1 rpi 2 flags SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_FCP verbose ACTION Check the state of the device in question Ipfc mes0702 Issue Target Reset to TGT num DESCRIPTION The SCSI layer detected that it needs to abort all I O to a specific target This results in an FCP Task Management command to abort the I O in progress DATA 1 rpi 2 flags SEVERITY Information LOG LOG FCP verbose ACTION Check the state of the target in question Ipfc mes0703 Issue LUN Reset to TGT num LUN num DESCRIPTION The SCSI layer detected that it must abort all I O to a specific device This results in an FCP Task Management command to abort the I O in pro
16. action needed informational Ipfc mes0104 ADISC completes to NPort nlp DID DESCRIPTION The HBA performed an ADISC into a remote NPort DATA 1 ulpStatus 2 ulpWord 4 3 disc 4 num disc nodes SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0105 LOGO completes to NPort nlp DID DESCRIPTION The HBA performed a LOGO to a remote NPort DATA 1 ulpStatus 2 ulpWord 4 3 num disc nodes SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 15 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0106 ELS cmd tag lt ulploTag gt completes DESCRIPTION The specific ELS command was completed by the firmware DATA 1 ulpStatus 2 ulpWord 4 SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0107 Retry ELS command lt elsCmd gt to remote NPort did DESCRIPTION The driver is retrying the specific ELS command DATA 1 retry 2 delay SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0108 No retry ELS command lt elsCmd gt to remote NPort did DESCRIPTION The driver decided not to retry the specific ELS command that failed DATA 1 retry 2 nlp flag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0109 ACC to LOGO completes to NPort nlp DID DESCRIPTION The d
17. all traffic and check system fans If problems persist report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0340 Port temp has returned to normal DESCRIPTION The adapter port temperature has decreased to a normal value DATA 1 temperature SEVERITY Information LOG LOG TEMP verbose ACTION No action needed Informational Ipfc mes0341 Restart Adapter DESCRIPTION The adapter has been restarted DATA 1 HBA state 2 sli flag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG SLI verbose ACTION No action needed Ipfc mes0342 Restart Adapter DESCRIPTION The adapter has been killed DATA 1 HBA state 2 sli flag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG SLI verbose ACTION No action needed Informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 36 X EMULEX Initialization Events 0400 0499 Ipfc mes0401 Detected Emulex PCI X HBA DESCRIPTION An Emulex PCI X HBA was detected during initialization DATA 1 jedec_id 2 pci device id Severity Information Log LOG_INIT verbose Action No action needed informational Ipfc mes0402 Max DMA Length mailbox command failed DESCRIPTION The driver could not set the limit the max DMA length DATA 1 mbxCommand 2 mbxStatus SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Check the FW revision and contact Technical Support Ipfc mes0403 Max DMA Length mailbox command successful DESCRIPTION The driver successfully set the max DMA length DATA 1 mbxCommand 2 mbxStatus
18. gt DESCRIPTION The driver node table entry for a remote NPort was removed DATA 1 nlp flag 2 nlp state 3 nlp rpi 4 status SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0901 FIND node DID mapped DESCRIPTION The driver is searching for a node table entry on the mapped node list based on the DID DATA 1 nlp 2 nlp DID 3 nlp flag 4 data1 SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0902 FIND node DID mapped DESCRIPTION The driver is searching for a node table entry on the mapped node list based on DID DATA 1 nlp 2 nlp DID 3 nlp flag 4 data1 SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0903 Add scsiid sid to BIND list DESCRIPTION The driver is putting the node table entry on the binding list DATA 1 bind cnt 2 nlp DID 3 bind type 4 blp SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0904 Add NPort did to PLOGI list on vpi lt vpi gt DESCRIPTION The driver is putting the node table entry on the plogi list DATA 1 plogi cnt 2 blp SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0905 Add NPort did to ADISC list DESCRIPTION The driver is putting the node table entry on the adisc list DATA 1 adisc cnt 2 blp SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Emulex Driver for VMwa
19. mailbox command DATA 1 hbainit SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0443 Failed to attach to Ipfc adapter bus bus device device irq lt irq gt DESCRIPTION An Ipfc adapter was found in the PCI config but the Ipfc driver failed to attach DATA 1 bus 2 device 3 irq SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If problems persist report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0446 Adapter failed to init mbxCmd cmd CFG RING mbxStatus lt status gt ring num DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing a CFG RING mailbox command DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0447 Adapter failed init mbxCmd cmd CONFIG LINK mbxStatus status DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing a CONFIG LINK mailbox command DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0448 Adapter failed to init mbxCmd cmd READ SPARM mbxsStatus status DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing a READ SPARM mailbox command
20. sli flag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG SLI verbose ACTION No action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 34 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0327 High priority IOCB cmd x x completed in d jiffies MESSAGE High priority IOCB cmd x x completed in d jiffies DESCRIPTION Make all high priority IOCBs completion times available to console DATA 1 ulpCommand 2 wait time in jiffies SEVERITY Information LOG LOG SLI ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0328 High priority IOCB cmd x x exceeded allotted wait time of d jiffies MESSAGE High priority IOCB cmd x x exceeded allotted wait time of d jiffies DESCRIPTION The driver didn t get a completion for a high priority IOCB within the wait time allotted DATA 1 ulpCommand 2 allotted wait time in jiffies SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Depending on the ulpCommand and the associated task command there could be an oversubscription condition in the SAN If problems persist report these error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0329 Ring d handler unexpected ASYNC STATUS evt code 0x x DESCRIPTION The port has issued an unexpected asynchronous event code to the driver DATA 1 ring no 2 event code SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a driver or firmware problem If problems persist report these error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0330 Command IOCB lookup miss on Fast lookup array MESSAGE Command I
21. target node binding DESCRIPTION The vport was called to remove a target given a target ID but the vport could not locate a node binding by TGTID DATA 1 vport vpi 2 vport DID 3 tgtid SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Contact Emulex Technical Support Ipfc mes1814 Vport discovery quiesce wait on vpi DESCRIPTION The vport node discovery is active Report vital data DATA 1 port state 2 fc flag 3 num disc nodes 4 num disc nodes 5 fc plogi cnt 6 fc adisc cnt 7 fc map cnt SEVERITY Informational LOG LOG VPORT verbose ACTION no action needed informational Ipfc mes1815 Vport discovery quiesce cmplt on vpi lt vpi gt DESCRIPTION The vport node discovery has completed DATA 1 port state 2 fc map cnt SEVERITY Informational LOG LOG VPORT verbose ACTION no action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 56 X EMULEX Ipfc mes1816 Vport discovery quiesce timeout on vpi lt vpi gt DESCRIPTION The vport node discovery timed out waiting to quiece See vital data DATA 1 port state 2 fc flag 3 num disc nodes 4 num disc nodes 5 fc plogi cnt 6 fc adisc cnt 7 fc map cnt SEVERITY Informational LOG LOG VPORT verbose ACTION no action needed informational Ipfc mes1817 Target targ id assigned to vpi vpi DID did WWPN lt wwpn gt WWNN lt wwnn gt DESCRIPTION Target mapping info for vport DATA None SEVERITY Informationa
22. that failed DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a firmware or hardware problem Report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0307 Mailbox Cmpl wdO lt pmbox gt wd1 lt varWord gt wd2 lt varWord gt cmpl mbox cmpl DESCRIPTION A mailbox command completed DATA None SEVERITY Information LOG LOG MBOX verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0308 Mbox cmd issue BUSY DESCRIPTION The driver attempted to issue a mailbox command while the mailbox was busy processing the previous command The processing of the new command will be deferred until the mailbox becomes available DATA 1 mbxCommand 2 hba state 3 sli flag 4 flag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG MBOX verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0309 Mailbox cmd cmd issue DESCRIPTION The driver is in the process of issuing a mailbox command DATA 1 hba state 2 sli flag 3 flag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG MBOX verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0310 Mailbox command cmd timeout DESCRIPTION A mailbox command was posted to the adapter and did not complete within 30 seconds DATA 1 hba state 2 sli flag 3 mbox active SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver or firmware problem If no I O is going through the adapter reboot the system If the problem persists report the error to Techni
23. Adapter Configuration The following example sets lun queue depth to 20 default is 30 for adapter 1 1 Set the adapter specific value Type esxcfg module s lpfcl lun queue depth 20 driver name Rebuild the ESX bootstrap settings Type esxcfg boot b Reboot the server Type reboot The new setting is used when the driver reloads To verify the setting type esxcfg module q The following example sets lun queue depth to 20 default is 30 for adapter 1 and lun queue depth to 10 default is 30 for adapter 2 1 Set the adapter specific value Type esxcfg module s lpfcl lun queue depth 20 lpfc2 lun queue depth 10 driver name Note Type command all on one line without a carriage return Rebuild the ESX bootstrap settings Type esxcfg boot b Reboot the server Type reboot The new settings are used when the driver reloads To verify the settings type esxcfg module q Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 7 X EMULEX Dynamically Add LUNs and Targets For instructions on dynamically adding LUNs and targets refer to VMware s vi3_esx_san_cfg pdf Using Rescan section Driver Configuration Parameters All adapter specific parameters have an IpfcX prefix where X is the driver instance number For example setting IpfcO lun queue depth 20 makes 20 the default number of maximum commands which can be sent to a single logical unit disk for Ipfc instance O D
24. Always ACTION If this condition persists contact Emulex Technical Support Ipfc mes0252 Unrecognized event type found in task list DESCRIPTION An event posted to the task list wasn t recognized DATA 1 evt 2 arg1 3 arg2 SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION If this condition persists contact Emulex Technical Support Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 28 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0256 Start nodev timer DESCRIPTION A target disappeared from the Fibre Channel network If the target does not return within nodev tmo timeout all I O to the target will fail DATA 1 nlp DID 2 nlp flag 3 nlp state 4 nlp SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0260 Stop Nodev timeout on NPort nlp DID DESCRIPTION The FCP target was rediscovered and I O can be resumed DATA 1 nlp DID 2 nlp flag 3 nlp_state 4 nlp SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION Check Fabric configuration The driver recovers from this and continues Ipfc mes0261 FAN received DESCRIPTION A FAN was received from the fabric DATA NONE SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0262 NameServer Rsp Error DESCRIPTION The driver received a nameserver response containing a status error DATA 1 CommandResponse bits CmdRsp 2 ReasonCode 3 Explanation 4 fc flag SEVERITY Information LOG LO
25. D 3 nlp flag 4 data1 SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0929 FIND node DID unmapped DESCRIPTION The driver is searching for a node table entry on the unmapped node list based on DID DATA 1 nlp 2 nlp DID 3 nlp flag 4 data1 SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 49 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0930 FIND node DID mapped DESCRIPTION The driver is searching for a node table entry on the mapped node list based on DID DATA 1 nlp 2 nlp DID 3 nlp flag 4 data1 SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0931 FIND node DID bind DESCRIPTION The driver is searching for a node table entry on the binding list based on DID DATA 1 nlp 2 nlp DID 3 nlp flag 4 data1 SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0932 FIND node did did NOT FOUND on vpi lt vpi gt DESCRIPTION The driver searched for a node table entry based on the DID and did not find the entry DATA 1 order SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION No action needed Informational Ipfc mes0933 func ALLOC node did did on vpi lt vpi gt DESCRIPTION The driver allocated a node table entry DATA None SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0934 func FREE node did
26. DISC ELS request succeeded DESCRIPTION A FDISC succeeded DATA 1 DID SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action need informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 19 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0130 Xmit Fabric LOGO ELS command to fabric DESCRIPTION A vport is sending a LOGO for its FDISC to the switch DATA 1 vport DID 2 vport vpi 3 vport state SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes131 Fabric LOGO Completes DESCRIPTION The vport s fabric LOGO failed to complete successfully DATA 1 vport DID 2 vport VPI 3 ulpStatus 4 iocb word 4 SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes132 Fabric acknowledging NPIV 0 1 DESCRIPTION If the fabric supports NPIV a 1 is printed 0 if not DATA 1 max vpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational However if the fabric NPIV support is incorrect contact Emulex Technical Support Ipfc mes133 FLOGI failure DESCRIPTION An ELS FLOGI command timed out and CLEAR LA cannot be issued DATA mbox error reason code 0 means no resources SEVERITY error LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 20 X EMULEX Link Discovery Events 0200 0299 Ipfc mes0200 CONFIG_LINK bad hba state lt hba_state gt DESCRIPTI
27. Emulex Driver for VMware ESX Driver Version 7 4 0 40 User Manual P003593 01A Rev B Critical Connectivity Solutions EMULEX Copyright 2009 Emulex All rights reserved worldwide No part of this document may be reproduced by any means nor translated to any electronic medium without the written consent of Emulex Information furnished by Emulex is believed to be accurate and reliable However no responsibility is assumed by Emulex for its use or for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of Emulex Emulex AutoPilot Installer BlockGuard cLAN FabricStream FibreSpy Giganet HBAnyware InSpeed IntraLink LightPulse MultiPulse SAN Insite SBOD and Vixel are registered trademarks and AutoPilot Manager Critical Connectivity Solutions EZPilot SLI and VMPilot are trademarks of Emulex All other brand or product names referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations Emulex provides this manual as is without any warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose Emulex may make improvements and changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without any notice Emulex assumes no responsibility for its use nor for any
28. G DISCOVERY verbose ACTION Check the fabric configuration The driver recovers from this and continues with device discovery Ipfc mes0263 NameServer Rsp Error DESCRIPTION The driver received a nameserver response containing a status error DATA 1 CommandResponse bits CmdRsp 2 ReasonCode 3 Explanation 4 fc flag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION Check the fabric configuration The driver recovers from this and continues with device discovery Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 29 X EMULEX Mailbox Events 0300 0399 Ipfc mes0300 READ LA no buffers DESCRIPTION The driver attempted to issue a READ LA mailbox command to the HBA but there were no buffers available DATA None SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG MBOX verbose ACTION This message indicates 1 a possible lack of memory resources Try increasing the Ipfc num bufs configuration parameter to allocate more buffers 2 A possible driver buffer management problem If this problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0301 READ SPARAM no buffers DESCRIPTION The driver attempted to issue a READ SPARAM mailbox command to the HBA but there were no buffers available DATA None SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG MBOX verbose ACTION This message indicates 1 a possible lack of memory resources Try increasing the Ipfc num bufs configuration parameter to allocate more buffers 2 A possible driver buf
29. LILP ALPA map An ALPA map message is also recorded if LINK EVENT verbose mode is set Each ALPA map message contains 16 ALPAs 5 mm 6 ft SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION If numerous link events are occurring check the physical connections to the Fibre Channel network Ipfc mes1304 Link Up Event ALPA map DESCRIPTION A link up event was received DATA 1 wd1 2 wd2 3 wd3 4 wd4 SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG LINK EVENT verbose ACTION If numerous link events are occurring check the physical connections to the Fibre Channel network Ipfc mes1305 Link Down Event lt eventTag gt received DESCRIPTION A link down event was received DATA 1 fc eventTag 2 hba state 3 fc flag 4 mm 5 ft SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION If numerous link events are occurring check the physical connections to the Fibre Channel network Ipfc mes1306 Link Down timeout DESCRIPTION The link was down for greater than the configuration parameter Ipfc linkdown tmo in seconds All I O associated with the devices on this link will fail DATA 1 hba state 2 fc flag 3 fc ns retry SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG LINK EVENT LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION Check the HBA cable connection to the Fibre Channel network Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 52 X EMULEX Ipfc mes1307 READ LA mbox error lt mbxStatus gt state lt hba_state gt DESCRIPTION The driver cannot determine what type of link event occurre
30. LOG LOG_DISCOVERY verbose ACTION Check the fabric configuration The driver recovers from this and continues with device discovery Ipfc mes0242 Abort outstanding I O to the Fabric DESCRIPTION All outstanding I Os to the fabric are cleaned up DATA 1 Fabric_DID SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0243 Issue FDMI request failed DESCRIPTION Cannot issue an FDMI request to HBA DATA 1 cmdcode SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0244 Issue FDMI request failed DESCRIPTION Cannot issue an FDMI request to the HBA DATA 1 cmdcode SEVERITY Information LOG LOG Discovery verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0245 ALPA based bind method used on an HBA which is in a nonloop topology DESCRIPTION ALPA based bind method used on an HBA which is not in a loop topology DATA 1 topology SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION Change the bind method configuration parameter of the HBA to 1 WWNN or 2WWPN or 3 DID Ipfc mes0246 RegLogin failed DESCRIPTION The firmware returned a failure for the specified RegLogin DATA Did mbxStatus hbaState SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This message indicates that the firmware could not do RegLogin for the specified Did There may be a limitation on how many nodes an HBA can see Emulex Driver for VMwar
31. Max Dynamic Comments lIpfc_dqfull_throttle_up_time 1 0 30 Yes Time interval in seconds to increment LUN queue depth Ipfc extra io tmo 0 0 255 Yes Extra FCP cmd timeout when connected to a fabric in seconds Ipfc fcp bind DID inactive N A N A No Bind specific SCSI IDs to targets based on Fibre Channel FC Port ID Ipfc fcp bind method 2 1 4 No Specifies the bind method WWWN WWPN DID ALPA map to be used Ipfc fcp bind WWNN inactive N A N A No Bind specific SCSI IDs to targets based on FC WWNN Ipfc fcp bind WWPN inactive N A N A No Bind specific SCSI IDs to targets based on FC WWPN Ipfc fcp class 3 2 3 Yes FC class for FCP data transmission Ipfc fdmi on 0 0 2 No False 0 if disabled 1 or 2 if enabled depending on type of support needed Ipfc iocb wdog tmo 40 0 55 No Timeout value for pending FC I O in the driver Ipfc linkdown tmo 30 0 255 Yes seconds How long the driver waits before deciding that the FC link is down Ipfc link speed 0 O auto select No Sets link speed 121 Gb s 2 2 Gb s 4 4 Gb s 8 8 Gb s Ipfc log verbose 0x0 0x0 Oxffff Yes bit mask Extra activity logging Ipfc lun queue depth 30 1 128 Yes Default max commands sent to a single logical unit disk Ipfc lun skip 0 0 Off 1 On No Allows SCSI layers to detect all LUNs if there are LUN holes on a device Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 9 Table 3 Driver Configuration Parameters Continued
32. N SCSI command to a FCP target and it completed DATA 1 ulpStatus 2 rspStatus2 3 rspStatus3 4 nlp failMask SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY LOG FCP verbose ACTION No action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 21 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0207 Issue Report LUN on NPort nlp DID DESCRIPTION The driver issued a REPORT_LUN SCSI command to a FCP target DATA 1 nlp failMask 2 nlp state 3 nlp rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY LOG FCP verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0208 Failmask change on NPort nlp DID on vpi lt vpi gt DESCRIPTION An event was processed that indicates the driver may not be able to communicate with the remote NPort DATA 1 nlp failMask 2 bitmask 3 flag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0209 RFT request completes ulpStatus lt ulpStatus gt CmdRsp lt CmdRsp gt DESCRIPTION A RFT request that was sent to the fabric completed DATA 1 nlp failMask 2 bitmask 3 flag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0210 Continue discovery with num disc nodes ADISCs to go DESCRIPTION A device discovery is in progress DATA 1 fc adisc cnt 2 fc flag 3 vport port state SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc me
33. None SEVERITY Error configuration LOG Always ACTION Make necessary changes to the Ipfc configuration file Link Events 1300 1399 Ipfc mes1300 Re establishing Link timer expired DESCRIPTION The driver detected a condition where it had to re initialize the link DATA 1 fc flag 2 fc ffstate SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION If numerous link events are occurring check the physical connections to the Fibre Channel network Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 51 X EMULEX Ipfc mes1301 Re establishing Link DESCRIPTION The driver detected a condition in which it had to re initialize the link DATA 1 status 2 status1 3 status2 SEVERITY Information LOG LOG LINK EVENT verbose ACTION If numerous link events are occurring check the physical connections to the Fibre Channel network Ipfc mes1302 Reset link speed to auto 1G HBA cfg d for 2G DESCRIPTION The driver is reinitializing the link speed to auto detect DATA 1 current link speed SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG LINK EVENT verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes1303 Link Up Event lt eventTag gt received DESCRIPTION A link up event was received It is also possible for multiple link events to be received together DATA 1 fc eventTag 2 granted AL PA 3 UlnkSpeed 4 alpa map 0 Detail If link events received log 1 last event number received 2 ALPA granted 3 Link speed 4 number of entries in the loop init
34. O identifies the LOG message as coming from EMULEX adapter0 e 0234 identifies the LOG message number e Dli identifies the LOG message as a DISCOVERY DI INFORMATION i message Note If the word Data is present in a LOG message any information to the right of Data is intended for Emulex technical support engineering use only Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual i Device Discovery Page 14 X EMULEX ELS Events 0100 0199 Ipfc mes0100 FLOGI failure DESCRIPTION An ELS FLOGI command that was sent to the fabric failed DATA 1 ulpStatus 2 ulpWord 4 SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0101 FLOGI completes successfully DESCRIPTION An ELS FLOGI command that was sent to the fabric succeeded DATA 1 ulpWord 4 2 e d tov 3 r a tov 4 edtovResolution SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0102 PLOGI completes to NPort nlp DID on vpi lt vpi gt DESCRIPTION The HBA performed a PLOGI into a remote NPort DATA 1 ulpStatus 2 ulpWord 4 3 disc 4 num disc nodes SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0103 PRLI completes to NPort nlp DID DESCRIPTION The HBA performed a PRLI into a remote NPort DATA 1 ulpStatus 2 ulpWord 4 3 num disc nodes SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No
35. OCB lookup miss on Fast lookup array DESCRIPTION The loTag provided did not result in a valid command IOCB in the fast lookup array DATA 1 loTag 2 Ring number SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a driver or firmware problem If problems persist report these error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0331 Ring d handler unexpected ASYNC STATUS iocb received evt code 0x x DESCRIPTION The port has issued an unexpected asynchronous IOCB with event code 0x x to the driver DATA 1 ring no 2 event code SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG SLI verbose ACTION This error could indicate a hardware firmware problem If problems persist report these error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0332 REG VPI failed DESCRIPTION reg rpi mailbox failed DATA 1 status SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Delete vports or increase Ipfc max vpi Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 35 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0333 UNREG_VPI failed DESCRIPTION Unreg_vpi mailbox failed DATA 1 status SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a driver or firmware problem If problems persist report these error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0339 Port temp critical Corrective action required DESCRIPTION The adapter port is at a critical temperature and must be cooled down DATA 1 temperature SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or system problem Shutdown
36. OLON 4FC SYNTAX ERR EXP LPFC 5 FC SYNTAX ERR INV LPFC NUM 6 FC SYNTAX ERR EXP T 7 FC SYNTAX ERR INV TARGET NUM 8 FC SYNTAX ERR EXP D 9 FC SYNTAX ERR INV DEVICE NUM 10 FC SYNTAX ERR INV RRATIO NUM 11 FC SYNTAX ERR EXP NULL TERM SEVERITY Error config Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 39 X EMULEX LOG Always ACTION Make necessary changes to the Ipfc configuration file Ipfc mes0435 DID binding entry node table full DESCRIPTION More bindings entries were configured than the driver can handle DATA None SEVERITY Error config LOG Always ACTION Make necessary changes to the Ipfc configuration file so that fewer bindings are configured Ipfc mes0436 Adapter failed to init timeout status reg status DESCRIPTION The adapter failed during powerup diagnostics after it was reset DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0437 Adapter failed to init chipset status reg status DESCRIPTION The adapter failed during powerup diagnostics after it was reset DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0438 Adapter failed to init chipset status reg status DESCRIPTION The adapter failed during powerup diagn
37. ON A CONFIG LINK mbox command completed and the driver was not in the right state DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Software driver error If this problem persists report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0201 Abort outstanding I O on NPort nlp DID DESCRIPTION All outstanding I Os are cleaned up on the specified remote NPort DATA 1 nlp flag 2 nlp state 3 nle nlp rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0202 Start Discovery on vpi lt vpi gt hba state hba state DESCRIPTION Device discovery rediscovery after FLOGI FAN or RSCN has started DATA 1 tmo 2 fc plogi cnt 3 fc adisc cnt 4 fc rscn id cnt SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0204 Create SCSI Target lt tgt gt DESCRIPTION A mapped FCP target was discovered and the driver has allocated resources for it DATA None SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY LOG FCP verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0205 Create SCSI LUN lun on Target lt tgt gt DESCRIPTION A LUN on a mapped FCP target was discovered and the driver has allocated resources for it DATA None SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY LOG FCP verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0206 Report Lun completes on NPort nlp DID DESCRIPTION The driver issued a REPORT LU
38. ON Received a PLOGI from a remote NPort and its Fibre Channel service parameters match this HBA Request can be accepted DATA 1 nlp DID 2 nlp state 3 nlp flag 4 nlp Rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0115 Unknown ELS command lt elsCmd gt received from NPort did DESCRIPTION Received an unsupported ELS command from a remote NPort DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Check remote NPort for potential problem Ipfc mes0116 Xmit ELS command lt elsCmd gt SID sid DID did on vpi lt vpi gt DESCRIPTION Xmit ELS command to remote NPort DATA 1 binfo gt fc_ffstate SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0117 Xmit ELS response lt elsCmd gt SID sid DID did on vpi lt vpi gt DESCRIPTION Xmit ELS response to remote NPort DATA 1 size SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 17 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0118 Xmit CT response on exchange lt xid gt DESCRIPTION Xmit a CT response on the appropriate exchange DATA 1 ulploTag 2 fc_ffstate SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0119 Issue GEN REQ IOCB for NPort did DESCRIPTION Issue a GEN REQ IOCB for remote NPort These are typically used for CT requests
39. SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_INIT verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0404 HBA setup complete SLI rev sli rev DESCRIPTION The driver finished configuring the HBA Final setup values are written to the console DATA 1 max_vpi 2 vpi_cnt 3 sli 3_options SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_INIT verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0405 Service Level Interface SLI selected DESCRIPTION A CONFIG_PORT SLI 2 mailbox command was issued DATA 1 SLI Level SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_INIT verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0410 Cannot find virtual addr for mapped buf on ring num DESCRIPTION The driver cannot find the specified buffer in its mapping table Thus it cannot find the virtual address needed to access the data DATA 1 first 2 q first 3 q last 4 q cnt SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver or firmware problem If problems persist report these errors to Technical Support Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 37 S EMULEX Ipfc mes0411 fcp bind method is 4 with Persistent binding ignoring fcp bind method DESCRIPTION The configuration parameter for fcp bind method conflicts with Persistent binding parameter DATA 1 a current 2 fcp mapping SEVERITY Error config LOG Always ACTION Make necessary changes to the Ipfc configuration file Ipfc mes0412 Scan d
40. T LINK mailbox command DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0455 Vital Product DESCRIPTION Vital product data VPD contained in the HBA flash DATA 1 vpd 0 2 vpd 1 3 vpd 2 4 vpd 3 SEVERITY Information LOG LOG INIT verbose ACTION No action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 42 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0456 Adapter failed to issue ASYNCEVT ENABLE mbox DESCRIPTION The HBA port failed to enable asynchronous mailbox events DATA 1 mailbox response status SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If problems persist report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0457 Adapter Hardware Error DESCRIPTION The driver received an interrupt indicating a possible hardware problem Data 1 status 2 status1 3 status2 SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0458 Bring adapter online DESCRIPTION The FC driver has received a request to bring the adapter online This may occur when running Iputil DATA None SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG INIT verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0459 HBA heartbeat failure DESCRIPTION The hba has not respond
41. T uu c EHE 13 Severity CODES cc ccccceeeeeeeeeecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaeaaeeeeeeeeaeaaaaaeeeeeeeeeesaaaeeeeeeees 13 Message Group Masks arsicisictccadctedccedatedccadededededatadadedatadcuadatedcuadedadannbabndans 13 Message Log Example cssseeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeees 14 ELS Events 0100 0 199 ossen AA 15 Link Discovery Events 0200 0299 21 Mailbox Events 0300 0399 ssssssssssssssseeeee eene 30 Initialization Events 0400 0499 ssssss HH 37 FCP Traffic History 0700 0799 HH 45 Node Table Events 0900 0999 ssssssssssssseeee nenne 48 Miscellaneous Events 1200 1299 0000 e 51 Link Events 1300 1399 sssssssssssse enne 51 LIBDFC Events 1600 1699 nenas 54 Vport Events 1800 1899 ssssssssssssss eene 54 Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page iii X EMULEX Installation Driver Information Supported Features Supports 256 0 255 logical unit numbers LUNs Supports dynamically adding LUNs and targets Topology support Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FC AL point to point fabric with auto topology negotiation Support for 1 2 4 and 8 Gb s capable adapters with auto rate negotiation Protocols SCSI FCP Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE and FC initiator mode Support for up to sixteen adapter ports Remote monitoring and parameter configuration using Emulex s HBAnywar
42. TOV for the fabric to send a FAN If no FAN is received a FLOGI will be sent after the timeout DATA None SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION None required The driver recovers from this condition by issuing a FLOGI to the fabric Ipfc mes0222 Initial FLOGI timeout DESCRIPTION The driver sent the initial FLOGI to fabric and never got a response back DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Check the fabric configuration The driver recovers from this and continues with device discovery Ipfc mes0223 Timeout while waiting for NameServer login DESCRIPTION Our login request to the NameServer was not acknowledged within RATOV DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Check the fabric configuration The driver recovers from this and continues with device discovery Ipfc mes0224 NameServer Query timeout DESCRIPTION Node authentication timeout node Discovery timeout A NameServer Query to the fabric or discovery of reported remote NPorts is not acknowledged within R A TOV DATA 1 fc ns retry 2 fc max ns retry SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Check the fabric configuration The driver recovers from this and continues with device discovery Ipfc mes0225 Device Discovery completes on vpi lt vpi gt DESCRIPTION This indicates successful completion of device re discovery after a link up DATA None SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed
43. able is displayed as part of the log message The lower case x of the preamble string defines the severity of the log message and represents one of five lower case letters defined in the severity codes table Table 6 Message Log Table LOG Massage Preamble From To Verbose Verbose Description Verbose Mask String ae Bit Definition LOG_ELS ELx 0100 0199 0x1 ELS events LOG_DISCOVERY DIx 0200 0299 0x2 Link discovery events LOG_MBOX MBx 0300 0399 0x4 Mailbox and SLI events LOG_SLI LOG_INIT INx 0400 0499 0x8 Initialization events Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 13 Table 6 Message Log Table Continued X EMULEX LOG Message Preamble From To Verbose Verbose Description Verbose Mask String i Bit Definition Future 0500 0599 LOG FCP FPx 0700 0799 0x40 FCP traffic history Future 0800 0899 LOG NODE NDx 0900 0999 0x80 Node table events Reserved 1000 1099 0x100 Reserved TMx 1100 1199 0x200 LOG MISC MIx 1200 1299 0x400 Miscellaneous events LOG LINK EVENT LKx 1300 1399 0x10 Link and FCoE events FCoE Future 1400 1499 LOG LIBDFC 10x 1600 1699 0x2000 IOCTL events LOG_VPORT VPx 1800 1899 0x4000 Vport events LOG_ALL_MSG Oxffff Log all messages Message Log Example The following is an example of a LOG message Jul 12 16 30 26 node kernel completes In the above LOG message 1pfc0 0234 D J e pfc
44. cal Support Ipfc mes0311 Mailbox command cmd cannot issue DESCRIPTION The driver is in the wrong state to issue the specified command DATA 1 hba state 2 sli flag 3 flag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG MBOX verbose ACTION No action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 31 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0312 Ring lt ringno gt handler portRspPut lt portRspPut gt is bigger then rsp ring lt portRspMax gt DESCRIPTION The port rsp ring put index is larger than the size of the rsp ring DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver firmware or hardware problem Report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0313 Ring lt ringno gt handler unexpected Rctl lt Rctl gt Type Type received DESCRIPTION The Rctl Type of a received frame did not match any for the configured masks for the specified ring DATA 1 ring number 2 rctl 3 type SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver firmware or hardware problem Report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0314 Ring lt ringno gt issue portCmdGet lt portCmdGet gt is bigger then cmd ring lt portCmdMax gt DESCRIPTION The port cmd ring get index is greater than the size of cmd ring DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver firmware or hardware problem Report these errors to T
45. d DATA None SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_LINK_EVENT verbose ACTION If numerous link events are occurring check the physical connections to the Fibre Channel network May indicate a possible hardware or firmware problem Ipfc mes1308 Menlo Maint Mode Link Up Event lt eventTag gt rcvd DESCRIPTION The driver received a Menlo Maint Mode Link Up Event DATA link event tag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_LINK_EVENT verbose ACTION None Ipfc mes1309 Menlo Maint Mode Link Down Event lt evTag gt rcvd Data lt fc_evTag gt hba state fc flag DESCRIPTION The driver received a Menlo Maint Mode Link down Event DATA link event tag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG LINK EVENT verbose ACTION None Ipfc mes1310 FCoE is running golden firmware Update immediately DESCRIPTION The FCoE card requires a firmware update DATA link event tag SEVERITY Error LOG LOG LINK EVENT error ACTION Firmware update required Ipfc mes1311 FCoE hba port in diagnostic mode Operational use suspended DESCRIPTION Adapter port is not operational while in diagnostic mode DATA None SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG LINK EVENT warning ACTION Firmware update required Ipfc mes1312 FCoE chip is running unknown firmware ft DESCRIPTION The FCoE card requires a firmware update DATA firmware tag SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG LINK EVENT warning ACTION Firmware update may be required Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User
46. e version 4 0 Java based graphical user interface GUI client utility and the hbacmd scriptable command line interface Parameter configuration using Emulex s LightPulse Iputil command line interface utility Note The Iputil application cannot flash firmware on the LPe12 and LP21 series adapters Use the elxvmware core kit for this operation on the LPe12000 LPe12002 LPe1250 LP21000 and LP21002 adapters Support for Common HBA API Supports NPort Id Virtualization NPIV Technology New Features in this Release Driver version 7 4 0 40 for ESX includes the following enhancements The VMware Tools link on the VMware portion of the Emulex Web site Visit the link to see the available tools Support for the ANSI INCITS t11 standard for NPIV deployment in ESX starting with release 3 5 For LP11 and LPe11 series adapters the version 2 72a2 firmware increases the number of vports from 8 to 16 Supports LP21000 and LP21002 FCoE converged network adapters CNAs Supports NPIV for CNAs Supports HBAnyware 4 0 Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 1 Prerequisites X EMULEX The following table lists the support relationship between VMware ESX releases and Emulex drivers Refer to VMware s vi3_io_guide_pdf for more detailed information Table 1 Emulex Driver Support in ESX Releases VMware ESX Release Emulex Driver Version ESX 2 5 4 Ipfc 7 3 2 vmw3 4 Gb s provided wi
47. e ESX User Manual Page 27 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0247 Start Discovery Timer state hba state DESCRIPTION Start the device discovery RSCN rescue timer DATA 1 tmo 2 disctmo 3 fc plogi cnt 4 fc adisc cnt SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0248 Cancel Discovery Timer state hba state DESCRIPTION Cancel the device discovery RSCN rescue timer DATA 1 fc flag 2 rc 3 fc plogi cnt 4 fc adisc cnt SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0249 Unsupported Addressing Mode i on NPort nlp DID Tgt sid DESCRIPTION The driver issued a REPORT LUN SCSI command to a FCP target DATA None SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG DISCOVERY LOG FCP verbose ACTION Check configuration of target Driver will default to peripheral addressing mode Ipfc mes0250 EXPIRED nodev timer DESCRIPTION A device disappeared for greater than the configuration parameter Ipfc nodev tmo seconds All I O associated with this device will fail DATA 1 dev did 2 scsi id 3 rpi SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Check physical connections to Fibre Channel network and the state of the remote PortlD Ipfc mes0251 Unrecognized event type while flushing task list DESCRIPTION The driver found an unsupported event type when flushing the event list DATA 1 evt 2 arg1 3 arg2 SEVERITY Error LOG
48. echnical Support Ipfc mes0315 Ring lt ringno gt issue portCmdGet lt portCmdGet gt is bigger then cmd ring lt portCmdMax gt DESCRIPTION The port cmd ring get index is greater than the size of cmd ring DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver firmware or hardware problem Report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0316 Cmd ring lt ringno gt put iotag lt iotag gt greater then configured max lt fast_iotag gt wdO lt icmd gt DESCRIPTION The assigned I O iotag is greater than the allowed maximum DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver firmware or hardware problem Report these errors to Technical Support Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 32 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0317 Rsp ring lt ringno gt get iotag lt iotag gt greater then configured max lt fast_iotag gt wd0O lt irsp gt DESCRIPTION The assigned I O iotag is greater than the maximum allowed DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver firmware or hardware problem Report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0318 Outstanding I O count for ring lt ringno gt is at max lt fast_iotag gt DESCRIPTION An I O tag cannot be assigned because none are available The maximum number of allowed I Os are currently outstanding DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION
49. ed to a heartbeat command in the time allotted DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If problems persist report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0460 Bring adapter offline DESCRIPTION The FC driver has received a request to bring the adapter offline This may occur when running Iputil DATA None SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG INIT verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0462 Too many cmd rsp ring entries in SLI 2 SLIM DESCRIPTION The configuration parameter for Scan down is out of range DATA 1 totiocb 2 MAX SLI 2 IOCB SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This is a software driver error If this problem persists report these errors to Technical Support Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 43 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0463 Port max temp exceeded temp taking port offline DESCRIPTION The hba port is in an overtemperature condition and must be shutdown DATA 1 status 2 status1 3 status2 SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If problems persist report these errors to Technical Support Ipfc mes0464 Adapter failed to init Retry in SLI 2 mode mbxCmd cmd CONFIG PORT mbxsStatus status DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing CONFIG PORT mailbox command DATA 1 hbainit SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate
50. ed vport display vital data DATA 1 vpi 2 vport DID 3 port type 4 port state SEVERITY information LOG LOG VPORT verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes1809 Unallowed delete of physical vport from vport delete DESCRIPTION The physical vport belongs to the physical host DATA 1 vport DID 2 port type 3 port state SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION No action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 55 X EMULEX Ipfc mes1810 Vport getinfo on vpi lt vpi gt DID DID DESCRIPTION The vport is returning vport data elements to the caller DATA 1 fail_reason 2 prev fail reason 3 vports max 4 vports inuse 5 linktype 6 port_state SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_VPORT verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes1811 VPort delete requested on vport DID DID vpi lt vpi gt state port state DESCRIPTION A request to delete a vport is executing The driver dumps the vport s state and node counts DATA 1 plogi cnt 2 adisc cnt 3 unmapped cnt 4 mapped cnt SEVERITY Informational LOG LOG VPORT verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes1812 VPort fabric LOGO didn t complete treating as failure DESCRIPTION The VPort s fabric logout didn t complete Continuing vport teardown DATA 1 vport DID SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Contact Emulex Technical Support Ipfc mes1813 VPort could located
51. fer management problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0302 REG LOGIN no buffers DESCRIPTION The driver attempted to issue a REG LOGIN mailbox command to the HBA but there were no buffers available DATA None SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG MBOX verbose ACTION This message indicates 1 a possible lack of memory resources Try increasing the Ipfc num bufs configuration parameter to allocate more buffers 2 A possible driver buffer management problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0304 Stray mailbox interrupt mbxCommand cmd mbxStatus status DESCRIPTION Received a mailbox completion interrupt and there are no outstanding mailbox commands DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0305 Mbox cmd cmpl error RETRYing DESCRIPTION A mailbox command completed with an error status that causes the driver to reissue the mailbox command DATA 1 mbxCommand 2 mbxStatus 3 word1 4 hba state SEVERITY Information LOG LOG MBOX verbose ACTION No action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 30 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0306 CONFIG LINK mbxStatus error lt mbxStatus gt HBA state lt hba_state gt DESCRIPTION The driver issued a CONFIG_LINK mbox command to the HBA
52. gress DATA 1 rpi 2 flags SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_FCP verbose ACTION Check the state of the device in question Ipfc mes0712 SCSI layer issued abort device DESCRIPTION The SCSI layer is requesting the driver to abort I O to a specific device DATA 1 target 2 lun 3 Ipfc cmd 4 cur iocbq SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Check the state of the device in question Ipfc mes0714 SCSI layer issued bus reset DESCRIPTION The SCSI layer is requesting the driver to abort all I Os to all targets on this HBA DATA 1 scsi id 2 lun id 3 status SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Check the state of the targets in question Ipfc mes0716 FCP residual underrun expected len residual lt resid gt DESCRIPTION An FCP device provided less data than was requested DATA 1 fcpi parm 2 cmnd 0 3 underflow SEVERITY Information LOG LOG FCP verbose ACTION None required Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 45 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0717 FCP command cmd residual underrun converted to error DESCRIPTION The driver converted this underrun condition to an error based on the underflow field in the SCSI command DATA 1 len 2 resid 3 underflow SEVERITY Information LOG LOG_FCP verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0729 FCP cmd lt cmnd gt failed lt target gt lt lun gt DESCRIPTION The specified device failed an FCP command DATA 1 cmds 2 scsi_id 3 lun_id
53. informational Ipfc mes0226 Device discovery completion error DESCRIPTION This indicates that an uncorrectable error was encountered during device re discovery after a link up Fibre Channel devices will not be accessible if this message is displayed DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Reboot the system If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Run with verbose mode on for more details Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 24 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0227 Node Authentication timeout DESCRIPTION The driver has lost track of what NPorts are being authenticated DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION None required The driver should recover from this event Ipfc mes0228 CLEAR LA timeout DESCRIPTION The driver issued a CLEAR LA that never completed DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION None required The driver should recover from this event Ipfc mes0229 Assign scsi ID sid to NPort nlp DID DESCRIPTION The driver assigned a SCSI ID to a discovered mapped FCP target DATA 1 nlp bind type 2 nlp flag 3 nlp state 4 nlp rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY LOG FCP verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0230 Cannot assign scsi ID on NPort nlp DID DESCRIPTION The driver cannot assign a SCSI ID to a discovered mapped FCP target DATA 1 nlp flag 2 nlp state 3 nlp rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG
54. infringements of patents or other rights of third parties that may result Periodic changes are made to information contained herein although these changes will be incorporated into new editions of this manual Emulex disclaims any undertaking to give notice of such changes Emulex 3333 Susan Street Costa Mesa CA 92626 Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page ii ma Table of Contents gt gt EMULEX DUS Cen AO eset nne 1 Bnet ELE aaaea aaea aa a a a 1 Supported Features ccccccceeeceececceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeaeeaeeeeeeeeeeaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeaaaeeaeeeeees 1 New Features in this Release ssssssse eee 1 i re ce D 2 eremo tior ES 3 INMOWNSISSUCS cott tnu 4 Installing the Driver essen 4 PEU 4 Uninstalling the Utilities 5 Configurati n C S 6 iigeolUIeilo E 6 Configuration Methods Using Native ESX Tools ees 6 Permanent Configuration Methods ssennne 6 Dynamically Add LUNs and Targets eee 8 Driver Configuration Parameters 0 00 00 eee 8 Creating a Fibre Channel Remote Boot Disk ssssessee 11 Dite 12 WATFODU CU OM PL 12 Unusual Situations and Their Resolutions i iia 12 General Situations ccc ccceeecceeeecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeaeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaseeeeeees 12 Ipfe LOG Messages t e cenettieeanetnneenneeneann ea 13 Frye Xe eC eters eee
55. l LOG LOG_VPORT verbose ACTION no action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 57
56. m OK DESCRIPTION Received a PLOGI from a remote NPort and its Fibre Channel service parameters match this HBA Request can be accepted DATA 1 nlp DID 2 nlp_state 3 nlp flag 4 nlp Rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0125 PLOGI chkparm OK DESCRIPTION Received a PLOGI from a remote NPort and its Fibre Channel service parameters match this HBA Request can be accepted DATA 1 nlp DID 2 nlp state 3 nlp flag 4 nlp Rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0126 PLOGI chkparm OK DESCRIPTION Received a PLOGI from a remote NPort and its Fibre Channel service parameters match this HBA Request can be accepted DATA 1 nlp DID 2 nlp state 3 nlp flag 4 nlp Rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0127 ELS timeout DESCRIPTION An ELS IOCB command was posted to a ring and did not complete within ULP timeout seconds DATA 1 elscmd 2 did 3 ulpcommand 4 iotag SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION If no ELS command is going through the adapter reboot the system If problem persists contact Technical Support Ipfc mes0128 FDISC ELS request failed DESCRIPTION A FDISC failed DATA SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Make sure the switch supports NPIV If problem persists contact Technical Support Ipfc mes0129 F
57. mulex suppport for further details Installing the Utilities Follow these instructions to install the Emulex HBAnyware Agent and Iputil configuration utilities To install the HBAnyware Agent 1 2 3 4 Log in as root Copy the elxvmwarecorekit kit version gt rpm file to a directory on the install machine CD to the directory to which you copied the rpm file Install the rpm Type rpm i elxvmwarecorekit kit version gt i386 rpm For example rpm i elxvmwarecorekit 4 0a27 2 1386 rpm The rpm contents are installed in usr sbin hbanyware The hbacmd utility is also located in this directory The README is installed in usr share doc elxvmwarecorekit kit version To install Iputil 1 2 3 4 Download the Ipfcutil kit version gt tgz kit from Emulex s VMware support page Move the Ipfcutil lt kit version gt tgz file to a directory of your choice on the target machine Unpack the file Type tar xvzf lpfcutil kit version gt tgz For example tar xvzf lpfcutil 7 3 2 3 tgz Follow the installation instructions in the README file Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 4 X EMULEX Uninstalling the Utilities Follow these instructions to uninstall the Emulex configuration utilities To uninstall the HBAnyware Agent 1 Login as root 2 Type rpm q elxvmwarecorekit to verify that this kit is installed This command should list elxvmwarecorekit
58. n needed informational Ipfc mes0237 Pending Link Event during Discovery DESCRIPTION Received link event during discovery Causes discovery restart DATA 1 hba state 2 ulploTag 3 ulpStatus 4 ulpWord 4 SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION None required unless problem persists If persistent check cabling Ipfc mes0238 NameServer Rsp DESCRIPTION The driver received a NameServer response DATA 1 Did 2 nlp flag 3 fc flag 4 fc rscn id cnt SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0239 NameServer Rsp DESCRIPTION The driver received a NameServer response DATA 1 Did 2 ndlp 3 fc flag 4 fc rscn id cnt SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0240 NameServer Rsp Error DESCRIPTION The driver received a NameServer response containing a status error DATA 1 CommandResponse bits CmdRsp 2 ReasonCode 3 Explanation 4 fc flag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION Check the fabric configuration The driver recovers from this and continues with device discovery Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 26 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0241 NameServer rsp error DESCRIPTION The driver received a NameServer response containing a status error DATA 1 CommandResponse bits CmdRsp 2 ReasonCode 3 Explanation 4 fc_flag SEVERITY Information
59. nreg login to all rpis failed defaulting to sequential unreg login per rpi DATA 1 vport DID SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Contact Emulex Technical Support Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 54 X EMULEX Ipfc mes1804 VPort unreg vpi failed DESCRIPTION The VPort s unreg_login didn t complete treating as a failure and defaulting to sequential unreg_login per rpi DATA 1 vport DID SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Contact Emulex Technical Support Ipfc mes1805 Failed to create scsi host for VPort instance d DESCRIPTION The VPort create failed because the scsi_register failed to create a scsi host DATA 1 vport instance SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Contact Emulex Technical Support Ipfc mes1806 Failed to allocate VPort memory resources instance d DESCRIPTION The VPort create failed because the vport could not be allocated DATA 1 vport instance SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Contact Emulex Technical Support Ipfc mes1807 VPort FDISC did not complete in time allotted DESCRIPTION The VPort s FDISC did not complete in the timeout period DATA None SEVERITY Warning LOG LOG VPORT verbose ACTION This could be a fabric issue with a large vport count If problems persist contact Emulex Technical Support Ipfc mes1808 Successfully created VPort vpi lt vpi gt DID vport DID Type port type State port state DESCRIPTION Successfully creat
60. o NPort nlp DID DESCRIPTION A SCSI ID is assigned due to BIND ALPA DATA 1 nlp bind type 2 nlp flag 3 nlp state 4 nlp rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY LOG FCP verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0217 Unknown Identifier in RSCN payload DESCRIPTION Typically the identifier in the RSCN payload specifies a domain area or a specific Nport ID If neither of these are specified a warning will be recorded DATA 1 didp gt un word SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Potential problem with the fabric Check with the fabric vendor Ipfc mes0218 FDMI Request DESCRIPTION The driver is sending an FDMI request to the fabric DATA 1 fc flag 2 hba state 3 cmdcode SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0219 Issue FDMI request failed DESCRIPTION Cannot issue FDMI request to HBA DATA 1 cmdcode SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0220 FDMI rsp failed DESCRIPTION An error response was received to FDMI request DATA 1 SWAP DATA16 fdmi cmd SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION The fabric does not support FDMI check fabric configuration Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 23 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0221 FAN timeout DESCRIPTION A link up event was received without the login bit set so the driver waits E D
61. ostics after it was reset DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0439 Adapter failed to init mbxCmd cmd READ REV mbxStatus status DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing a READ REV mailbox command DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0440 Adapter failed to init mbxCmd cmd READ REV detected outdated firmware DESCRIPTION Outdated firmware was detected during initialization DATA 1 read rev reset SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem Update the firmware If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 40 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0441 VPD not present on adapter mbxCmd cmd DUMP VPD mbxStatus status DESCRIPTION The DUMP VPD mailbox command failed DATA None SEVERITY Information LOG LOG INIT verbose ACTION This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem If the problem persists report the error to Technical Support Ipfc mes0442 Adapter failed to init mbxCmd cmd CONFIG PORT mbxsStatus status DESCRIPTION Adapter initialization failed when issuing a CONFIG PORT
62. own is out of range ignoring scan down DESCRIPTION The configuration parameter for scan down is out of range DATA 1 clp ICFG SCAN DOWN a current 2 fcp mapping SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Make necessary changes to the Ipfc configuration file Ipfc mes0413 Configuration parameter out of range resetting to default value DESCRIPTION User is attempting to set a configuration parameter to a value not supported by the driver Resetting the configuration parameter to the default value DATA 1 a string 2 a low 3 a hi 4 a default SEVERITY Error config LOG Always ACTION Make necessary changes to the Ipfc configuration file Ipfc mes0430 WWPN binding entry num syntax error code lt code gt DESCRIPTION A syntax error occurred while parsing WWPN binding configuration information DATA None Detail Binding syntax error codes 0 FC SYNTAX OK 1FC SYNTAX OK BUT NOT THIS BRD 2FC SYNTAX ERR ASC CONVERT 3 FC SYNTAX ERR EXP COLON 4FC SYNTAX ERR EXP LPFC 5 FC SYNTAX ERR INV LPFC NUM 6 FC SYNTAX ERR EXP T 7 FC SYNTAX ERR INV TARGET NUM 8FC SYNTAX ERR EXP D 9 FC SYNTAX ERR INV DEVICE NUM 10 FC SYNTAX ERR INV RRATIO NUM 11 FC SYNTAX ERR EXP NULL TERM SEVERITY Error config LOG Always ACTION Make necessary changes to the Ipfc configuration file Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 38 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0431 WWNN binding entry num syntax error code lt code gt
63. rameters This is the preferred way of setting configuration parameters Refer to the HBAnyware 4 0 User Manual for more information Permanent Configuration Methods Permanent configuration requires that the new values be saved in the ESX environment These changes are considered permanent because they stay in effect across system reboots To make changes that impact all adapters in the system global changes follow these steps See Driver Configuration Parameters on page 8 for parameter names and values Parameter values are hexadecimal and decimal 1 From the Console Operating System COS terminal window type esxcfg module s param value param2 value driver name The driver name is obtained from the vnk1oad mod 1 call Look for the Ipfc prefix 2 Rebuild the ESX bootstrap settings Type esxcfg boot b 3 Reboot the server Type reboot Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 6 X EMULEX Example of Permanent Global Configuration The following example sets lun_queue_depth to 20 default is 30 for all Emulex adapters in your system 1 2 Locate the parameter in Table 3 on page 8 Set the permanent value Type esxcfg module s lpfc lun queue depth 20 driver name gt Rebuild the ESX bootstrap settings Type i esxcfg boot b Reboot the server Type reboot The new setting is used when the driver reloads To verify the setting type esxcfg module q Example of Permanent Per
64. re ESX User Manual Page 48 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0906 Add NPort did to UNMAP list DESCRIPTION The driver is putting the node table entry on the unmap list DATA 1 unmap cnt 2 blp SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0907 Add NPort did to MAP list scsiid sid DESCRIPTION The driver is putting the node table entry on the mapped list DATA 1 map cnt 2 blp SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0908 FIND node DID bind DESCRIPTION The driver is searching for a node table entry on the binding list based on DID DATA 1 nlp 2 nlp DID 3 nlp flag 4 data1 SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0909 Removing default rpi on vpi lt vpi gt DESCRIPTION The driver is searching for a node table entry on the binding list based on DID DATA 1 vport DID 2 rport DID 3 nlp flag 4 status SEVERITY Information LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0910 FIND node DID unmapped DESCRIPTION The driver is searching for a node table entry on the unmapped node list based on the SCSI ID DATA 1 nlp 2 nlp DID 3 nlp flag 4 data1 SEVERITY Information LOG LOG NODE verbose ACTION None required Ipfc mes0911 FIND node DID unmapped DESCRIPTION The driver is searching for a node table entry on the unmapped node list based on DID DATA 1 nlp 2 nlp DI
65. re assigned to a specific adapter only They cannot be recreated if the adapter is replaced transferred to a new adapter You must create new vports if an adapter is replaced NPIV configuration not working as Check for a message similar to the following message in the expected VMkernel log The Adapter failed to init retry in SLI 2 mode This error could indicate a hardware or firmware problem Try reflashing your up to date FW or flash up to the latest FW firmware and if this problem persists report the error to Technical Support Emulex PCI X adapters and PCI X bridge Sun Emulex and VMware have worked together to identify an chipsets DMA size transfer issue issue with certain PCI X bridge chipsets The issue is currently limited to Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 servers NOTE The Sun Fire X4100 M2 and X4200 M2 servers are not affected The issue is centered around the size of a DMA transfer that works repeatedly and successfully from the AMD chipset versus the maximum DMA transfer size supported by the adapter The primary symptoms are hung VMs and a large number of SCSI commands timed out by the Emulex driver If you are experiencing these symptoms please contact VMware Technical Support for a supported driver that corrects the DMA transfer issue In addition the adapter may require a firmware upgrade The minimum firmware revisions are LP10000 series HBA 1 92a1 LP11000 series HBA 2 72a2 If you have any questions on
66. river received a LOGO from a remote NPort and successfully issued an ACC response DATA 1 nlp flag 2 nlp state 3 nlp rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0110 ELS response tag lt ulploTag gt completes DESCRIPTION The specific ELS response was completed by the firmware DATA 1 ulpStatus 2 ulpWord 4 3 nlp DID 4 nlp flag 5 nlp state 6 nle nlp rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0111 Dropping received ELS cmd DESCRIPTION The driver decided to drop an ELS Response ring entry DATA 1 ulpStatus 2 ulpWord 4 SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION This error could indicate a software driver or firmware problem If problems persist report these errors to Technical Support Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 16 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0112 ELS command lt elsCmd gt on vpi lt vpi gt received from NPORT did DESCRIPTION Received the specific ELS command from a remote NPort DATA 1 fc ffstate SEVERITY Information LOG LOG ELS verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0113 An FLOGI ELS command lt elsCmd gt was received from DID did in Loop Mode DESCRIPTION While in Loop Mode an unknown or unsupported ELS command was received DATA None SEVERITY Error LOG Always ACTION Check device DID Ipfc mes0114 PLOGI chkparm OK DESCRIPTI
67. s0211 DSM IN vpi lt vpi gt event evt on NPort nlp DID in state cur state DESCRIPTION The driver Discovery State Machine is processing an event DATA 1 nlp flag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0212 DSM OUT vpi vpi state rc on NPort nlp DID DESCRIPTION The driver Discovery State Machine completed processing an event DATA 1 nlp flag SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0213 Reassign scsi id sid to NPort nlp DID DESCRIPTION A previously bound FCP Target has been rediscovered and reassigned a SCSI ID DATA 1 nlp bind type 2 nlp flag 3 nlp state 4 nlp rpi SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY LOG FCP verbose ACTION No action needed informational Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 22 X EMULEX Ipfc mes0214 RSCN received DESCRIPTION An RSCN ELS command was received from a fabric DATA 1 fc flag 2 i 3 Ip 4 fc rscn id cnt SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0215 RSCN processed DESCRIPTION An RSCN ELS command was received from a fabric and processed DATA 1 fc flag 2 cnt 3 fc rscn id cnt 4 fc ffstate SEVERITY Information LOG LOG DISCOVERY verbose ACTION No action needed informational Ipfc mes0216 Assign scandown scsi id sid t
68. th ESX 2 5 4 Patch 4 ESX 2 5 5 Ipfc 7 3 2 vmw4 2 and 4 Gb s ESX 3 0 0 Ipfc 7 1 14 vmw1 2 Gb s Ipfc 7 3 2 vmw1 4 Gb s ESX 3 0 1 Ipfc 7 3 2 vmw2 2 and 4 Gb s ESX 3 0 2 Ipfc 7 3 2 vmw4 2 and 4 Gb s ESX 3 5 0 Ipfc 7 4 0 13 2 and 4 Gb s ESX 3 5 Update 1 Ipfc 7 4 0 13 1 2 and 4 Gb s ESX 3 5 Update 2 Ipfc 7 4 0 13 2 2 4 and 8 Gb s Asynchronous CNA Release for ESX 3 5 Update 2 Ipfc 7 4 0 31 2 4 8 Gb s and FCoE ESX 3 5 Update 4 Ipfc 7 4 0 40 2 4 8 Gb s and FCoE Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 2 Compatibility X EMULEX Table 2 HBA Firmware Rev BOOT Bios Mapping Table LP21000 and LP21002 10 GbE PCle FCoE adapters Minimum firmware version 1 00a5 0 5a4 LPe12000 LPe12002 and LPe1250 adapters Minimum firmware version 1 00a9 Minimum Emulex BIOS version 2 02a2 LPe11000 LPe11002 LPe11004 and LPe1150 adapters Recommended firmware version 2 72a2 Minimum Emulex BIOS version 2 02a2 LP11000 LP11002 and LP1150 adapters Recommended firmware version 2 72a2 Minimum Emulex BIOS version 2 02a2 LP1005DC CM2 adapter Minimum firmware version 1 92a1 LP10000ExDC and LP1050Ex adapters Minimum firmware version 1 92a1 LP10000DC and LP10000 adapters Minimum firmware version 1 92a1 LP1050DC and LP1050 adapters Minimum firmware version 1 92a1 LP9802DC adapter Minimum firmware version 1 92a1 LP9802 adapter
69. the minimum firmware revision contact Emulex Technical Support Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 12 X EMULEX Ipfc Log Messages Introduction Log messages are organized into logical groups based on code functionality within the Fibre Channel driver Each group consists of a block of 100 log message numbers Most groups require a single block of 100 message numbers however some groups INIT FCP require two blocks The groups and the associated number ranges are defined in the Message Log table below The preamble string shown in the Message Log table is displayed as part of the log message The lower case x of the preamble string defines the severity of the log message The x will be replaced by one of five lower case letters Those letters are defined in the Severity Code table Severity Codes Information and warning messages can be turned ON or OFF by setting resetting the appropriate mask bit s in the variable Ipfc log verbose located in the driver configuration module Ipfc conf c By default both information and warning messages are disabled Configuration error c error e and panic p messages can not be disabled Table 5 Severity Code Table Code Severity i Information w Warning C Configuration Error e Error p Panic Message Group Masks Table 6 defines the log message groups and the associated number ranges The preamble string shown in this t
70. ynamic parameters do not require a system reboot for changes to take effect Table 3 Driver Configuration Parameters Variable Default Min Max Dynamic Comments Ipfc hba queue depth Oxffff 1 Oxffff Yes Maximum number of FCP commands that can queue to an Emulex adapter The value cannot exceed what the adapter supports Ipfc initiator login 0 0 Off 1 On Yes Enables logins to other virtual initiators Ipfc_ackO 0 0 Off 1 On No Use ACKO for class 2 Ipfc automap 1 0 Off 1 On No Automatically assign SCSI IDs to FCP targets detected Ipfc check cond err 0 0 Off 1 On Yes Treat certain FCP check conditions as FCP RSP errors Ipfc cr count 1 1 255 No This parameter determines the values for I O coalescing for cr delay msec or cr count outstanding commands Ipfc cr delay 0 0 63 No This parameter determines the values for I O coalescing for cr delay msec or cr count outstanding commands Ipfc delay rsp err 0 0 Off 1 On Yes Treat FCP RSP errors like no device delay Ipfc discovery threads 1 30 64 No Specifies the maximum number of ELS commands that can be outstanding for a discovery Ipfc daqfull throttle up inc 1 0 128 Yes Amount to increment LUN queue depth each time Emulex Driver for VMware ESX User Manual Page 8 Table 3 Driver Configuration Parameters Continued X EMULEX Variable Default Min

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