Emulex® CIM Provider Package Installation Guide Release 12.
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Emulex CIM Provider Package Installation Guide Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Supported Platforms.................................................................................................................................................4 1.2 Supported CIM Provider Profiles ...............................................................................................
Emulex CIM Provider Package Installation Guide Chapter 1: Introduction The Emulex® CIM provider enables comprehensive management of Emulex HBAs. It uses an industry-standard API, Common Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI) v2.0, to manage various Emulex adapters.
Emulex CIM Provider Package Installation Guide Boot Control DMTF 1.1.0 FC HBA SNIA SMI-S 1.5 Part 6 Clause 5 FC HBA Diagnostic Profile DMTF DSP1104 FC Initiator Ports Profile SNIA SMI-S 1.5 Part 2 Clause 17 1.
Emulex CIM Provider Package Installation Guide Chapter 2: Installing the Emulex CIM Provider The following items must be installed before you can install the Emulex CIM provider.
Emulex CIM Provider Package Installation Guide 2.2.1 Updating Firmware on Emulex Adapters Use the Software Update profile to update the firmware on Emulex adapters. The following methods are implemented in the Emulex-specific Software Update profile: Install from a byte stream – Requires a custom CIM client that can read the firmware file and create a byte stream used to update the firmware.
Emulex CIM Provider Package Installation Guide To disable provider logs, enter the following command: wbemcli -noverify cm 'https://root:@/root/emulex: ' RequestStateChange.RequestedState=3 2.2.3 Generating Provider Logs if Listing Them Fails To enable provider logs if listing them fails, perform the following steps: 1. Stop the CIMOM using the following command. esxcli system wbem set -e 0 2. Create a .dmp file.
Emulex CIM Provider Package Installation Guide Chapter 3: Troubleshooting The following error message might appear if the CIM hosts are not properly added to the Emulex HBA Manager application: Unknown or invalid host specified There could be instances in which the drivers, the CIM provider, and the CIM client on a Windows machine are all properly installed, but the CIM hosts are still not added to the Emulex HBA Manager application. The following table shows the most common reasons for this problem.
