User`s guide
Chapter 20 Upgrading XgOS 391
16. When the I/O cards all show up/up, check the state of the vNICs and vHBAs:
The state of the vNICs and vHBAs should be up/up.
The Fabric Interconnect uses a hold time which pauses the vNICs and vHBAs for
a window of time while the I/O cards come back online. This step checks to make
sure that all the vNICs and vHBAs have reconnected after the I/O card has come
up.
17. Log in to the ESX server when all vNICs and vHBAs in the Fabric Interconnect
have come to up/up state.
18. Verify that all the vNICs and vHBAs on the ESX server have reconnected and
returned to Up or active state.
a. For vNICs, type:
When the Link field is Up, the VNICs are connected.
6 up/up nwEthernet10Port1GbCard 0
10 up/up sanFc2Port8GbCard 2
12 up/up nwEthernet1Port10GbCard 2
14 up/up nwEthernet1Port10GbCard 0
15 up/up nwEthernet10Port1GbCard 0
6 records displayed
show vnic *
show vhba *
esxcfg-nics -l
Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU
Description
xnic0 0000:03:00.00 xsvnic Up 1000Mbps Full 00:13:97:02:51500
Broadcom Corporation Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-SX1:7e
xnic1 0000:04:00.00 xsvnic Up 1000Mbps Full 00:13:97:01:21:fe 1500
Mellanox Technologies MT26428 [ConnectX IB QDR, PCIe 2.0 5GT/s]