Identifying supported firmware for Emulex adapters and VMware ESXi

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information on determining the supported firmware version(s) for Emulex adapters on an ESXi host.

 

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 5.*
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.*
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0

Resolution

To determine the current firmware, see Determining Network/Storage firmware and driver version in ESXi/ESX 4.x, ESXi 5.x and ESXi 6.x (1027206).

Use the appropriate link below to find the supported versions of firmware for your Emulex adapter and ESXi version.

Emulex

https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search

HP Supported Firmware

http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/hpq/recipes/

Dell Supported Firmware

https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search?pg=&pf=Fibre+Channel+Host+Bus+Adapters&pn=&pa=&po=Dell&dk=

Lenovo Supported Firmware

Lenovo System x and Flex is to point to FixCentral: In the Fix Central Search box type in Emulex firmware VMware to see all available versions by adapter.

http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Thinkserver link: Drill down by supplying the server model and adapter type.

http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products?type=Servers&c=1

Fujitsu Supported Firmware

https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search?pg=&pf=Fibre+Channel+Host+Bus+Adapters&pn=&pa=&po=Fujitsu&dk= 

Huawei Supported Firmware

https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search?pg=&pf=Fibre+Channel+Host+Bus+Adapters&pn=&pa=&po=Huawei&dk=

Hitachi Supported Firmware

https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search?pg=&pf=Fibre+Channel+Host+Bus+Adapters&pn=&pa=&po=Hitachi+Data+Systems&dk=

EMC Supported Firmware

https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search?pg=&pf=Fibre+Channel+Host+Bus+Adapters&pn=&pa=&po=EMC&dk=

NetApp Supported Firmware

https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search?pg=&pf=Fibre+Channel+Host+Bus+Adapters&pn=&pa=&po=NetApp&dk=

Additional Information

Determining Network/Storage firmware and driver version in ESXi

Emulex アダプタおよび VMware ESXi のサポート対象ファームウェアの識別