Default QLogic HBA driver/firmware versions for ESXi

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information on the default QLogic driver/firmware versions included in the ESXi image.

Environment

VMware ESXi 4.1.x Installable
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Embedded
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1

Resolution

The QLogic driver versions which are included in ESXi images are:

• ESXi 5.1
  
  scsi-qla2xxx_902.k1.1-9vmw.510.0.0.799733
scsi-qla4xxx_5.01.03.2-4vmw.510.0.0.799733
  
  
• ESXi 5.0u2
  
  scsi-qla2xxx_901.k1.1-14vmw.500.2.26.914586
scsi-qla4xxx_5.01.03.2-3vmw.500.2.26.914586
  
  
• ESXi 5.0u1
  
  scsi-qla2xxx_901.k1.1-14vmw.500.1.11.623860
scsi-qla4xxx_5.01.03.2-3vmw.500.1.11.623860
  
  
• ESXi 5.0
  
  scsi-qla2xxx_901.k1.1-14vmw.500.0.0.469512
scsi-qla4xxx_5.01.03.2-3vmw.500.0.0.469512
  
  
• ESXi 4.1u3
  
  scsi-qla2xxx-400.831.k1.28.1-7vmw.3.26.800380.x86_64
scsi-qla4xxx-400.5.01.03.1-10vmw.3.26.800380.x86_64
  
  
• ESXi 4.1u2
  
  scsi-qla2xxx-400.831.k1.28.1-7vmw.2.11.502767.x86_64
scsi-qla4xxx-400.5.01.03.1-10vmw.2.11.502767.x86_64
  
  
• ESXi 4.1u1
  
  scsi-qla2xxx-400.831.k1.28.1-1vmw.1.4.348481.x86_64
scsi-qla4xxx-400.5.01.03.1-10vmw.1.4.348481.x86_64
  
  
• ESXi 4.1
  
  scsi-qla2xxx-400.831.k1.28.1-1vmw.0.0.260247.x86_64
scsi-qla4xxx-400.5.01.03.1-9vmw.0.0.260247.x86_64

Additional Information

To manually check the QLogic driver version installed on your ESXi host, run these esxcli commands:

 

esxcli software vib get -n scsi-qla2xxx
esxcli software vib get -n scsi-qla4xxx

Example output:

VMware_bootbank_scsi-qla4xxx_5.01.03.2-4vmw.510.0.0.799733
Name: scsi-qla4xxx
Version: 5.01.03.2-4vmw.510.0.0.799733
Type: bootbank
Vendor: VMware
Acceptance Level: VMwareCertified
Summary: qla4xxx: scsi driver for VMware ESX
Description: Qlogic iSCSI HBA Driver
ReferenceURLs:
Creation Date: 2012-08-02
Depends: vmkapi_2_1_0_0, com.vmware.driverAPI-9.2.1.0, com.vmware.iscsi_linux-9.2.1.0
Conflicts:
Replaces:
Provides: com.vmware.qla4xxx-9.2.1.0
Maintenance Mode Required: True
Hardware Platforms Required:
Live Install Allowed: False
Live Remove Allowed: False
Stateless Ready: True
Overlay: False
Tags: driver, module
Payloads: scsi-qla

To manually check the QLogic firmware version for the HBAs installed on your ESXi host, run this command:

cat /proc/scsi/qla*/* | grep -A6 "Host Device" | less

 

Example output:

Host Device Name vmhba1

 

BIOS version 1.26

FCODE version 1.17

EFI version 1.09

Flash FW version 4.00.90

ISP: ISP2432, Serial# #############

--

Host Device Name vmhba2

 

BIOS version 1.26

FCODE version 1.17

EFI version 1.09

Flash FW version 4.00.90

ISP: ISP2432, Serial# #############

 

Caution: Always use only the cat command when pulling information from /proc/