Retrieving firmware version of a FCA2214DC from Linux OS?

[TAck_1]

Hi,

As part of diagnosing a problem with our fibre attached MSL6060 (attached to our SAN), we need to verify the firmware version of our FCA2214DC fibre HBA from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS. I would have thought the information from /proc/scsi/qla2300/X would give this information, but, while it lists a firmware version of 3.03.11, the versions I would expect for this HP provided adapter are either 1.34 or 1.45.

Does anyone know if I am looking in the right place to find the firmware version that HP support is expecting? Does the firmware version returned by the /proc/scsi/qla2300/X file match the version numbering used by HP's BIOS updates for the card (which, according to the download web page, would include 1.34 or 1.45)?

Thanks,

Tom

[Steven Clementi · Accepted solution]

Thomas:

If you can reboot the server, the POST bios load for the hba will show the current firmware rev.

During the boot process, usually just after the Smart Array controller finishes initializing, the HBA BIOS loads up and your prompted to hit a specific key stroke to get into the bios if your booting from SAN and need to configure boot LUNs. This initial stamp displays the BIOS/Firmware rev. (You don't need to go into the utility, but you can see the rev in there as well.


Steven

[TAck_1]

Yes - this info is available from the BIOS displays during system boot (prior to OS load).

Another way to find it is to load SANSurfer on the system - it can show the BIOS versions without requiring a reboot.

Thanks.

[SAKET_5]

Tom,

cat /proc/scsi/qla2300/X command is telling you the truth and the firmware version of 3.03.11 is correct - remember that under Linux, the FCA driver on every initialisation loads the firmware to the card. if you have some qlogic literature - you will come across this. So, for all intents and purposes - from an OS perspective - that is the version of firmware that is loaded on your card - you can also additionally verify it by checking your Fabric Name Server against the switch port to which your server's FCA ports are connected to. You will find out that the driver and firmware version that the FCA reports to the Fabric Name Server is also the same as the value displayed by the output of cat /proc/scsi/qla2300/X command.

To determine the HP specific number - yes as you pointed out - a few options - also HP Management Agents with capabilities to display FCA information should help.