Broadcom Emulex CIM Provider Package User guide

Brand: Broadcom

Model: Emulex CIM Provider Package

Type: User guide

Broadcom Emulex CIM Provider Package enables advanced management and monitoring capabilities for Emulex adapters in virtualized environments. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools for configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting Emulex adapters, including features like performance monitoring, fault detection, and firmware updates. With this package, you can proactively manage and maintain your Emulex adapters, ensuring optimal performance and reliability in your virtualized infrastructure.

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Emulex

CIM Provider Package Release Notes

Purpose and Contact Information

These release notes describe supported firmware versions, supported driver versions, new

features, resolved known issues, current known issues, and technical tips associated with these

versions of the Emulex

CIM Provider Package.

For the latest product documentation, go to www.broadcom.com. If you have questions or

require additional information, contact an authorized Broadcom

technical support

representative at ecd-tech.support@broadcom.com, 800-854-7112 (US/Canada toll free),

+1 714-885-3402 (International), or +49 8941352 0244 (Europe, Middle East, and Africa; UK

business hours only 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. UTC Monday through Friday).

Supported Firmware Versions

Refer to the Broadcom website for supported firmware and boot code versions for the following

adapters:

 Emulex OCe11100x-series

 Emulex LPe1200x-series

 Emulex OCe14000-series

 Emulex LPe1600x-series

 Emulex LPe31000-series and LPe32000-series

Supported Driver Versions

Refer to the Broadcom website for supported driver versions for the following adapters:

 VMware ESXi 5.5 network interface card (NIC), Internet Small Computer System

Interface (iSCSI), and Fibre Channel/Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FC/FCoE)

 VMware ESXi 6.0 NIC, iSCSI, and FC/FCoE

New Features

There are no new features.

Resolved Issues

There are no resolved issues.

Versions:

ESXi 5.5: 11.1.145.1

ESXi 6.0: 11.1.145.1

Linux: 11.1.152.23

Windows: 11.1.152.23

Date:

September 9, 2016

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Known Issues

1. Known issues regarding updating firmware.

The following notes apply to updating firmware on Emulex OCe14000-series adapters for

this release.

 After an adapter has been flashed to firmware version 10.2.261.36 or later, do not attempt

to flash down to an older version without first contacting Lenovo System X support.

Lenovo System X support provides a special required downgrade flash procedure. If this

procedure is not followed, there is a risk in making the adapter permanently unusable.

 If the adapter in use is currently running firmware 10.0.803.2202 or earlier and iSCSI boot

firmware table (iBFT) functionality is required, special steps must be followed when

upgrading to this release. The flash method to use is the Emulex OneConnect

Offline

Flash ISO, which allows flashing in a single step.

 To upgrade and enable iBFT functionality with online tools, the most recent version of

the NIC driver, the Emulex OneCommand

Manager application, and the Broadcom

Emulex CIM Provider must first be installed. Additionally, the firmware must be flashed

twice with a reboot after each flash.

2. Broadcom provides event notifications only for link up and link down events.

Workaround

None.

3. The inbox iSCSI driver installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.1/6.2 or SUSE

Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP1 distributions does not support CIM Provider

functionality.

When the inbox iSCSI driver is installed on RHEL 6.1/6.2 or SLES 11 SP1 distributions, the

CIM Provider is unable to configure and monitor the Broadcom Emulex adapter.

Workaround

Update the iSCSI driver to a new release for normal CIM Provider functionality.

4. Running diagnostic loopback tests with the

infinite option is not supported.

Workaround

None.

5. Associations for some of the indication profile implementation classes are not available

due to limitations in the CIM model object manager (CIMOM).

Workaround

None.

6. Externally upgrading only one of the CIM Providers (FC or UCNA) causes some classes of

non-upgraded Broadcom Emulex CIM Providers to not enumerate.

Workaround

Upgrade both FC and UCNA CIM Providers.

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7. On VMware platforms, indications are not supported.

Workaround

None.

8. On Windows Server (64-bit) platforms, the provider is 32 bit. Because the Lenovo CIMOM

is 32 bit, you must install a 32-bit Client URL (cURL) before you download firmware using

http/https, and you must also point the system path to the directory where the 32-bit DLL

is located.

Workaround

None.

9. Concurrent firmware upgrades performed on the same ESXi host might not be fully

copied.

If a firmware upgrade is attempted using the http protocol, the firmware file is copied to the

/filesystem of the ESXi system. This file is deleted after the firmware upgrade is complete.

Therefore, if concurrent firmware upgrades are performed on the same ESXi host, due to

space constraints, the firmware file might not be copied fully, and the firmware upgrades

might fail with an error.

Workaround

None.

10. Running a full core dump on an ESXi host fails.

Management interface library (MILI) fails to allocate memory for a segment that contains

ARM logs.

Workaround

Use the Broadcom Emulex OneCapture™ device driver utility to perform full core dumps.

For more information, refer to the OneCapture User Manual.

11. On VMware ESXi 5.5 systems, converged network adapters (CNAs) are not detected by the

CIM Provider, libelxflash, OneCapture, and OneKat applications with the 10.0.727.28 (or

prior) version of the I/O Vendor Program (IOVP)-certified NIC driver.

Workaround

Upgrade the NIC driver to version 10.4.x or later.

12. On ESXi 5.5 U1 systems, an

out of memory message is displayed in the syslog when the

provider is kept loaded and queried for an extended period of time.

Workaround

Update ESXi 5.5 U1 to ESXi 5.5 U2.

13. The Broadcom Emulex CIM Provider might crash on ESXi due to an issue in the VMware

sfcb version, which releases the

CMPIArray object twice.

Workaround

Use the VMware patches 51p08 and 55P07.

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14. On Windows platforms, the Delete Dump fails on both FC and UCNA adapters.

Workaround

None.

15. The Emulex CIM Provider version 10.6.x or later fails to discover iSCSI ports on a card

running firmware version 10.5.x.

Workaround

Always use the firmware, the drivers, and the application from the same release.

16. Any change in the storage configuration might take some time (maximum 10 minutes) to

appear in the CIM Provider and ESXi plugin applications if the CIMOM is not restarted

after the change. This action is done to improve performance because frequent scanning of

storage can slow the response.

Workaround

Do one of the following after making a change to the storage configuration:

 Wait for a maximum of 10 minutes for the changes to appear in the CIM Provider.

 Manually restart the CIMOM to see the changes immediately.

Technical Tips

1. When the CIM Provider is installed to run on a guest operating system using the virtual

function Media Access Control (MAC) address, CIM active management commands fail

with incorrect error messages.

This behavior is expected because this functionality is not supported for devices discovered

on the guest operating system.

2. The Emulex CIM Provider displays the ESXi version supported by the kit along with the

kit version.

3. When using providers for an extended time period on ESXi 5.5 General Availability (GA),

memory leaks can occur. To avoid this issue, use ESXi 5.5 U2 instead.

For product information and a complete list of distributors, please go to our web site: www.broadcom.com. Broadcom, the pulse logo, Connecting

everything, Avago, Avago Technologies, the A logo, OneConnect, OneCommand, OneCapture, and Emulex are among the trademarks of Broadcom in

Broadcom Limited and/or its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.broadcom.com. Broadcom reserves the right to make changes

without further notice to any products or data herein to improve reliability, function, or design. Information furnished by Broadcom is believed to be

accurate and reliable. However, Broadcom does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of this information, nor the application or

use of any product or circuit described herein, neither does it convey any license under its patent rights nor the rights of others.

Broadcom Emulex CIM Provider Package User guide

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