After replacing FC HBA in an ESXi host the new HBA can not see the devices

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

• After replacing Fiber Channel (FC) HBA in an ESXi host the new HBA can not see the devices
• Via Host > Configure > Storage Adapters > vmhba# > Targets, Devices, & Paths are all showing 0's

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi (All Versions)

Cause

FC zoning wasn't updated with the new WWPNs of the new ESXi FC HBA in the FC switches and storage array

Resolution

Update the FC switch and storage array zoning with the new ESXi FC HBA WWPNs.

Additional Information

The new WWPN after replacing the FC HBA can be confirmed from the “Port Name” in the output of the following command.

# esxcli storage san fc list

Example output:
----
FcDevice:
   Adapter: vmhba#
   Port ID: ######
   Node Name: ##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##
   Port Name: ##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##
   : 
FcDevice:
   Adapter: vmhba#
   Node Name: ##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##
   Port Name: ##:##:##:##:##:##:##:##
   : 
----

Japanse KB: ESXiホストでFC HBAを交換した後、新しいHBAがデバイスを認識できない