Shell script to get HBA/NIC firmware/driver versions and HCL links for ESXi

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi
• VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure

Issue/Introduction

The commands contained below can be used on a live ESXi system to get HBA and NIC driver/firmware details as well as generating hardware compatibility links.

Environment

ESXi: 6.x, 7.x, 7.0 U3, 8.x
TCI: 2.2

Resolution

• For NIC Firmware/Driver versions and HCL links, copy/paste the following command to a live ESXi system:

echo -e "\n\n";localcli network nic list; /usr/lib/vmware/vm-support/bin/nicinfo.sh | egrep -w "Name:|Version|Driver:" | awk '!seen[$0] {print "\033[33;1m" $0 "\033[m"} {++seen[$0]}' | awk '/Driver:/{print "\n\n"}1'| sed "s|Name:||"; for u in `vmkchdev -l | grep vmnic | awk '{print $2,$3,$5}'| sort -uk1,1 | awk '{print $3}'`; do da=$(vmkchdev -l | grep $u | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F ":" '{print $1}'); de=$(vmkchdev -l | grep $u | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F ":" '{print $2}'); df=$(vmkchdev -l | grep $u | awk '{print $3}' | awk -F ":" '{print $1}'); dg=$(vmkchdev -l | grep $u | awk '{print $3}' | awk -F ":" '{print $2}'); dn=$(vmkchdev -l | grep $u | awk '{print $5}'); echo "";localcli network nic list | egrep $u | awk '{print $3}'; echo "http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/search.php?deviceCategory=io\&VID=$da\&DID=$de\&SVID=$df\&SSID=$dg\&details=1";done

• For HBA Firmware/Driver versions and HCL links, copy/paste the following command to a live ESXi system:

echo -e "\n\n";localcli storage core adapter list;for b in `esxcfg-scsidevs -a | awk '{print $1}'`;do echo "";echo -e "\033[0;31m$b\033[0m";v=$(esxcfg-scsidevs -a | grep $b | awk '{print $2}');aa=$(vmkload_mod -s $v |grep -i -A 1 $v | awk -F "/" '{print $6}');ab=$(vmkload_mod -s $v |grep -i -A 1 $v | grep Version | sed 's/Version//g');echo "Driver: $aa";echo "Version $ab";vsish -e cat /storage/scsifw/adapters/$b/info | grep "firmware";bb=$(vmkchdev -l | grep $b | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F ":" '{print $1}');bc=$(vmkchdev -l | grep $b | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F ":" '{print $2}');bd=$(vmkchdev -l | grep $b | awk '{print $3}' | awk -F ":" '{print $1}');be=$(vmkchdev -l | grep $b | awk '{print $3}' | awk -F ":" '{print $2}');echo "";echo -e "\033[0;31mHCL Link $b\033[0m";echo "http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/search.php?deviceCategory=io\&VID=$bb\&DID=$bc\&SVID=$bd\&SSID=$be\&details=1";echo "-------------------------------------------------";done

Additional Information

Example of command output for NICs:

Name    PCI Device    Driver   Admin Status  Link Status  Speed  Duplex  MAC Address        MTU   Description
------  ------------  -------  ------------  -----------  -----  ------  -----------------  ----  -----------
vmnic0  0000:0f:00.0  ixgben   Up            Up            1000  Full    ##:##:##:##:##:2c  1500  Intel(R) Ethernet Controller 10 Gigabit X540-AT2
vmnic1  0000:0f:00.1  ixgben   Up            Up            1000  Full    ##:##:##:##:##:2e  1500  Intel(R) Ethernet Controller 10 Gigabit X540-AT2
vmnic2  0000:48:00.0  bnxtnet  Up            Up           10000  Full    ##:##:##:##:##:ca  1500  Broadcom BCM57416 
vmnic3  0000:48:00.1  bnxtnet  Up            Up           10000  Full    ##:##:##:##:##:cb  1500  Broadcom BCM57416 r

            Driver: ixgben
            Firmware Version: 4.03.0 0x80000389
            Version: 1.13.1.0
       vmnic0
       vmnic1

            Driver: bnxtnet
            Firmware Version: 218.0.152.0 /pkg 218.0.166.0
            Version: 223.0.152.0
       vmnic2
       vmnic3

bnxtnet
http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/search.php?deviceCategory=io\&VID=14e4\&DID=16d8\&SVID=14e4\&SSID=1592\&details=1

ixgben
http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/search.php?deviceCategory=io\&VID=8086\&DID=1528\&SVID=8086\&SSID=0001\&details=1

Example of command output for HBAs:

HBA Name  Driver     Link State  UID            Capabilities         Description
--------  ---------  ----------  -------------  -------------------  -----------
vmhba0    pvscsi     link-n/a    pscsi.vmhba0                        (0000:03:00.0) VMware Inc. PVSCSI SCSI Controller
vmhba1    vmkata     link-n/a    ide.vmhba1                          (0000:00:07.1) Intel Corporation PIIX4 for 430TX/440BX/MX

vmhba0
Driver: pvscsi
Version  : 0.1-4vmw.703.0.20.19193900
   firmware Version: 2.0.1

HCL Link vmhba0
http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/search.php?deviceCategory=io\&VID=15ad\&DID=07c0\&SVID=15ad\&SSID=07c0\&details=1
==========================

vmhba1
Driver: vmkata
Version  : 0.1-1vmw.703.0.20.19193900
   firmware Version: 12.0

HCL Link vmhba1
http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/search.php?deviceCategory=io\&VID=8086\&DID=7111\&SVID=15ad\&SSID=1976\&details=1
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