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5–Installation in a VMware Environment
Identifying QLogic Adapters Using vSphere Client
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6. Display adapter networking driver and firmware versions for QLogic vmnic
interfaces by issuing the following command:
# ethtool –i vmnic[N]
In this command, [N] is the adapter number that corresponds to a QLogic
interface from the ifconfig –a display (Figure 5-11). A QLogic
interface MAC address begins with 00:0C:DD. The example in Figure 5-12
shows networking driver version and firmware version for adapter 3.
Figure 5-12. Displaying Networking Driver and Firmware Versions
Identifying QLogic Adapters Using vSphere
Client
You can use the VMware vSphere client to identify Converged Network Adapters
on a VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 host server.
To display Converged Network Adapters using the vSphere client:
1. Start the vSphere client and select the host you want.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
3. In the Hardware pane, select Storage Adapters to display all storage
adapters, including QLogic Fibre Channel and Converged Network
Adapters, as shown in Figure 5-13.