Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I QConvergeConsole VMware vCenter Server Plug-in
- 1 vCenter Server Plug-in Overview
- 2 Installing the vCenter Server Plug-in
- 3 Getting Started with vCenter Server Plug-in
- 4 Using the vCenter Server Plug-in
- Managing Hosts
- Managing Fibre Channel Adapters
- Adapter Management Window
- Managing a Fibre Channel Adapter Port
- Boot Configuration—Fibre Channel Port
- Firmware Parameters—Fibre Channel Port
- Transceiver Information—Fibre Channel Port
- Statistics Information—Fibre Channel Port
- Diagnostic Tests—Fibre Channel Port
- Retrieving Adapter Information
- VPD Information—Fibre Channel Port
- Temperature Information—Fibre Channel Port
- QoS Information—Fibre Channel Port
- Managing Converged Network Adapters
- Viewing Target Device Information
- Viewing LUN Information
- Updating Adapter Flash
- 5 Managing Marvell 578xx and 41000 Series Adapters
- Viewing Host Maps
- Managing 578xx/41000 Series Adapters
- Viewing Port Information for 578xx/41000 Series Adapters
- Configuring Port Boot Options
- Running Adapter Port Diagnostics
- Viewing Function Information for 578xx/41000 Series Adapters
- Viewing iSCSI Information for 578xx/41000 Series Adapters
- Viewing Information for an iSCSI Target Connected to 578xx/41000 Series Adapters
- Viewing Information for an iSCSI LUN Connected to 578xx/41000 Series Adapters
- Part II QConvergeConsole VMware vSphere Web Client Plug-in
- 7 vSphere Web Client Plug-in Overview
- 8 Installing the vSphere Web Client Plug-in
- 9 Getting Started with vSphere Web Client Plug-in
- 10 Using the vSphere Web Client Plug-in
- Managing Hosts
- Managing Adapters
- Managing NIC (Ethernet) Ports
- Managing Fibre Channel Ports
- Using the Fibre Channel Port Test Beacon
- Configuring Fibre Channel Port Boot Parameters
- Configuring Fibre Channel Port Parameters
- Viewing Fibre Channel Port Transceiver Information
- Viewing Fibre Channel Port Statistics
- Running Fibre Channel Port Diagnostics
- Viewing Fibre Channel Port VPD
- Viewing Fibre Channel Port Temperature Information
- Viewing Fibre Channel QoS Information
- Managing Converged Network Adapter Ports
- Managing NIC Functions
- Managing FCoE Functions
- Configuring FCoE Function NPAR Function Type
- Configuring FCoE Function Boot Parameters
- Configuring FCoE Function Parameters
- Viewing FCoE Function Transceiver Information
- Viewing FCoE Function Statistics
- Running FCoE Function Diagnostics
- Configuring the FCoE Function
- Viewing FCoE Function Temperature Information
- Viewing FCoE Function VPD
- Viewing FCoE Function Target Information
- Viewing FCoE Function LUN Information
- Managing iSCSI Functions
- 11 Managing Marvell 578xx and 41000 Series Adapters
- Managing Hosts
- Managing 578xx/41000 Series Adapters
- Viewing Port Information for 578xx/41000 Series Adapters
- Configuring Port Boot Options
- Running Adapter Port Diagnostics
- Viewing Function Information for 578xx/41000 Series Adapters
- Viewing iSCSI Information for 578xx/41000 Series Adapters
- Viewing Information for an iSCSI Target Connected to 578xx/41000 Series Adapters
- Viewing Information for an iSCSI LUN Connected to 578xx/41000 Series Adapters
- A Installing the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider Using VUM
- B Troubleshooting
- C Revision History
- Glossary
- Index
User’s Guide—QConvergeConsole Plug-ins for vSphere
QConvergeConsole GUI
Doc. No. TD-000965 Rev. 1
January 21, 2021 Page x Copyright © 2021 Marvell
List of Figures
Figure Page
i Managing an ESXi 6.0 Host Containing a FastLinQ or
Fibre Channel Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
ii Managing an ESXi 6.0/6.5 Host Using the vSphere Web Plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
iii Managing an ESXi 6.7/7.0 Host with a FastLinQ or Fibre Channel Adapter
Using the HTML5 Plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
1-1 Required Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2-1 InstallAnywhere Initial Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2-2 QLogic Adapter VI Plug-in Registration Wizard—Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2-3 QLogic Adapter VI Plug-in—Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2-4 QLogic Adapter VI Plug-in—Previous Version Found Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2-5 QLogic Adapter VI Plug-in—Select the Installation Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2-6 QLogic Adapter VI Plug-in—Installing the vCenter Server Plug-in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2-7 QLogic Adapter VI Plug-in—User Input Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2-8 QLogic Adapter VI Plug-in—Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2-9 QLogic Adapter VI Plug-in—Successful Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3-1 vSphere Client Login Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3-2 vCenter Server Plug-in User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3-3 vCenter Server Plug-in User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3-4 Plug-in Manager: Verifying vCenter Server Plug-in Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3-5 Plug-in Manager: Toggling vCenter Server Plug-in Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4-1 Host View—Storage Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4-2 Host View—Network Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4-3 Host View—Fibre Channel Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4-4 Host View—iSCSI Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4-5 Host View—Ethernet Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4-6 Adapter Management for Fibre Channel Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4-7 Adapter Management Window—Fibre Channel Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4-8 Fibre Channel Port—Information Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4-9 Fabric-Assigned WWPN (50-00-53-37-E5-FB-F0-04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4-10 D_Port Label on WWPN (FC_21-00-00-0E-1E-14-0E-90). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4-11 FEC Enabled on Port FC_21-00-00-0E-1E-08-C2-00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4-12 Fibre Channel Port—Boot Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4-13 Fibre Channel Port—Firmware Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4-14 Fibre Channel Port—Transceiver Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4-15 Fibre Channel Port—Statistics Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4-16 Fibre Channel Port—Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4-17 Fibre Channel Port—Ping Test Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4-18 Fibre Channel Port—VPD Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4-19 Fibre Channel Port—Temperature Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
4-20 Fibre Channel Port—QoS Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4-21 Fibre Channel Port—Adding an Entry to the QoS Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4-22 Adapter Management Window for Converged Network Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4-23 Adapter Management Window for Converged Network Adapter Port . . . . . . . . . . . 51