Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual
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Emulex Drivers Version 10.2 for VMware ESXi User Manual
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4. Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting the FC/FCoE Driver
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ACTION: Software driver error. If this issue persists, report these errors to Emulex
technical support.
elx_mes1806: Mbox
DESCRIPTION: A mailbox command could not be communicated because there was
no VPort associated with the mailbox command.
DATA: (1) mbxCommand
ACTION: Software driver error. If this issue persists, report these errors to Emulex
technical support.
elx_mes1807: IOCB
DESCRIPTION: An IOCB command could not be communicated because there was no
VPort associated with the mailbox command.
DATA: (1) ulpCommand
ACTION: Software driver error. If this issue persists, report these errors to Emulex
technical support.
elx_mes1808: Create VPORT failed: NPIV is not enabled: SLImode
DESCRIPTION: The driver failed to create a port because the adapter was in wrong
mode or was not capable of NPIV.
DATA: (1) sli_rev
ACTION: Load the driver with NPIV enabled on an adapter that supports SLI-3.
elx_mes1809: Create VPORT failed: Max VPORTs (
DESCRIPTION: The driver failed to create a port because the maximum number of port
supported by the driver is exceeded.
DATA: (1) max_vpi
ACTION: No Action. The driver cannot create any more VPorts.
elx_mes1810: Create VPORT failed: Cannot get instance number.
DESCRIPTION: The driver failed to allocate resources for an adapter and could not
assign an instance number.
DATA: None
ACTION: Software driver error. If this issue persists, report these errors to Emulex
technical support.
elx_mes1811: Create VPORT failed: vpi x
DESCRIPTION: The driver failed to create a port and had to eliminate all its resources.
DATA: (1) vpi
ACTION: Software driver error. If this issue persists, report these errors to Emulex
technical support.