Confirming Driver Installation With Vmware Tools - Dell Brocade Adapters Installation And Reference Manual

Confirming driver installation with VMware tools

Verify if the driver installed successfully using the following commands:
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The following commands print the names of the Brocade storage driver (bfa) if installed.
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For ESX 4.0 and 4.1 systems
# rpm -qa|grep -i bfa
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For ESX 5.0 systems
esxcli software vib list | grep bfa
These commands print the names of the Brocade network driver (bna) if installed.
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For ESX 4.0 and 4.1 systems
# rpm -qa|grep -i bna
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For ESX 5.0 systems
esxcli software vib list | grep bfa
This command lists loaded modules.
esxcfg-module -l
For the storage driver, verify that an entry for bfa exists and that the ID loaded.
For the network driver, verify that an entry for bna exists and that the ID loaded.
This command displays the latest versions of installed drivers for ESX 4.X systems.
cat /proc/vmware/version
For the storage driver, verify that an entry for bfa exists.
For the network driver, verify that an entry for bna exists.
These commands display the latest versions of installed drivers for ESX 5.0 systems
esxcli software vib list | grep bfa
esxcli software vib list | grep bna
This command prints the names of the Brocade adapter storage driver package (bfa) if
installed.
rpm -qa|grep -i bfa
This command prints the names of the Brocade adapter network driver package (bna) if
installed.
rpm -qa|grep -i bna
This utility displays information about all PCI buses in the system and all devices connected to
them. Fibre Channel: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. displays for an HBA or Fabric
Adapter port configured in HBA mode. Fibre Channel: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
and Ethernet Controller display for a CNA or Fabric Adapter port configured in CNA or NIC mode
if driver packages have correctly loaded.
# lspci
This command displays information about all loaded modules. If bfa appears in the list, the
storage driver is loaded to the system. If bna appears in the list, the network driver is loaded to
the system.
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