HP Emulex Adapters Release Notes

• In BFS configurations where there are more than two Emulex HBAs in the same zone as the
boot HBA, a crash-dump may not be generated due to a timeout condition when the boot
HBA interacts with the non-boot HBAs. A workaround is to reconfigure the zoning such that
the boot instance (for each path) is in its own zone separate from the other non-boot HBAs.
In some cases, this also results in faster boot-up times.
• When installing the OS to attached storage of the 403621-B21 LPe1105 mezzanine card in
a VC environment through a Brocade switch, neither the target LUN nor the WWN for the
boot controller are visible in the zone via the switch administrative tool. The workaround is to
take note of the mezzanine card WWN when installing it into the system, or retrive it from
the VC manager or EFI utility. Then manually enter the WWN into the desired zone on the
switch when configuring the zone. Scan for targets and continue with normal installation steps
to boot from the mezzanine card.
• In a BFS configuration, the installed HBAs can display different names when viewed through
the device manager. This is a cosmetic condition, not a functional issue.
• When selecting the Load Driver option during the operating system build of a Windows
2008 server in a BFS configuration, a multiple entry of the Emulex driver is displayed. If
multiple types of HBAs are displayed, select the first entry before proceeding.
• For more information, see “FCoE BFS build requirement” (page 13).
VMware notes
This section describes information about using VMware and CNAs/HBAs.
OCM GUI on ESX COS servers does not display all SAN storage arrays
The OCM GUI on ESX COS servers does not display all SAN storage arrays due to an issue with
the communication path between the OCM GUI and ESX COS server.
If this occurs, delete the affected server from the host inventory, and then add the server with CIM
credentials (as a CIM server).
VMware ESX4.1 OneCommand Issue
There is an issue when loading and running the elxcomcore rpm on ESX COS servers. If
attempting to add the ESX host using the CIM interface via the Windows OCM GUI, the Windows
OCM is unable to connect to SFCB server.
To avoid this issue, install the Emulex VMware COM provider on the ESX COS (4.1) server, and
then use the Windows OCM GUI CIM interface to add the server.
Downloading CIM Provider for ESXi 5.0 and ESXi 5.1
Use the following links to download CIM Provider.
• ESXi 5.1—http:www.emulex.com/downloads/emulex/vmware/vsphere-51/management.html
• ESXi 5.0—http:www.emulex.com/downloads/emulex/vmware/vsphere-50/management.html
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