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Installing the QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug-in for ESX/ESXi
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Installing the QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug-in for
ESX/ESXi
This section on installing the QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug-in contains the
following:
“Introduction” on page 1-10
“Requirements” on page 1-11
“Installing the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider” on page 1-12
“Starting the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider” on page 1-13
“Removing the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider” on page 1-13
“Starting the QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug-in” on page 1-15
“Removing the QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug-in” on page 1-15
“Installing the Flash Utility” on page 1-15
“Updating the Flash” on page 1-16
“Using the vCenter Plug-in on a Tomcat Server” on page 1-17
“Plug-in Unregistration from a Manual Installation” on page 1-19
“Launching the Plug-in from vSphere Client” on page 1-20
Introduction
The QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug-in is a user-interface extension to the vSphere™
Client that allows you to manage and configure QLogic adapters, including the NIC
partitioning feature, on ESX and ESXi servers. When the you select an ESX or ESXi
host that has QLogic adapters installed, the extension appears in the client as an
additional tab named
QLogic Adapter
, as shown in
Figure 1-1
.
Figure 1-1. vSphere Client Showing QLogic Adapter Tab