{"id":3453,"date":"2016-12-12T15:59:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T14:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/?p=3453"},"modified":"2017-01-20T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T14:00:16","slug":"vmware-esxi-broadcom-bcm75840-and-software-fcoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/vmware-esxi-broadcom-bcm75840-and-software-fcoe\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware ESXi &#8211; FCoE disappearing with Broadcom 75840"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>VMware ESXi &#8211; FCoE disappearing with Broadcom 75840<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dellfx2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3454\" src=\"http:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dellfx2-494x97.jpg\" alt=\"dellfx2\" width=\"494\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dellfx2-494x97.jpg 494w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dellfx2-288x56.jpg 288w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dellfx2-768x150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dellfx2.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DELL FX2s with:<\/li>\n<li>4x FC630\u00a0Blade Servers (latest firmware + BIOS + drivers, updated with SUU16.12.00)<\/li>\n<li>4x ESXi 6.0.0 4600944 (latest 12. 12. 2016)<\/li>\n<li>FN2210S adapters (QLogic 57840 10\/20 GbE Multifunction Adapter) &#8211; ver 1.713.10.v60v4, build :2494858,<\/li>\n<li>Software FCoE Adapter &#8211; used vmnic2+vmnic3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The problem<\/h3>\n<p>When i reboot a host &#8211;\u00a0<em><strong>the FCoE software adapter suddenly disappeared<\/strong><\/em>. Why???!!! Every\u00a0reboot go to the Configuration of ESXi and manually add the FCoE software adapter, which is not permissible&#8230;it\u00b4s crazy&#8230;\u00a0This problem was on all of the blades nodes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I tried:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patch ESXi 6.0.0 to latest<\/li>\n<li>Upgrade BIOS, firmwares and\u00a0drivers\u00a0on M630 blade server<\/li>\n<li>Reinstall M630 with Dell Customized image 6.0.0 u4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Solution<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/autodiscover-fcoe-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3456\" src=\"http:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/autodiscover-fcoe-1-494x114.png\" alt=\"autodiscover-fcoe-1\" width=\"494\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/autodiscover-fcoe-1-494x114.png 494w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/autodiscover-fcoe-1-288x66.png 288w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/autodiscover-fcoe-1-768x177.png 768w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/autodiscover-fcoe-1.png 1299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre class=\"theme:pspad lang:default decode:true\">esxcli system module parameters list -m bnx2fc<\/pre>\n<p>in default is parameter &#8222;autodiscovery&#8220; on bnx2fc driver set to disabled, this mean, that after reboot the FCoE targets are not discovered\/non-persistent.\u00a0So\u00a0i changed the settings &#8211; enable autodiscovery, which means that FCoE is persistent after reboot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/autodiscover-fcoe-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3457\" src=\"http:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/autodiscover-fcoe-2-494x99.png\" alt=\"autodiscover-fcoe-2\" width=\"494\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/autodiscover-fcoe-2-494x99.png 494w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/autodiscover-fcoe-2-288x58.png 288w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/autodiscover-fcoe-2-768x154.png 768w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/autodiscover-fcoe-2.png 1294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre class=\"theme:pspad lang:default decode:true\">esxcli system module parameters set --module bnx2fc --parameter-string\r\nbnx2fc_autodiscovery=1\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>change the value to 1 and reboot the ESXi\u00a0node and see if FCoE are now persistent<\/p>\n<p><strong>This issue is not documented anywhere\u00a0in DELL or VMware KBs.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VMware ESXi &#8211; 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