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

Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

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

Environment

ESXi 6x
ESXi 7x
ESXi 8x

Cause

It can be cumbersome to get HBA/NIC firmware/driver details on a live ESXi system, these commands streamline the procedure.

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}
_{-------------------------------------------------}