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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elx_mes1812: vport_delete failed: Cannot delete physical host
DESCRIPTION: An attempt to delete a port failed because it was to delete a physical
port and not a virtual port. Only VPorts on physical ports can be deleted on an NPIV
system.
DATA: None
ACTION: Software driver error. If this issue persists, report these errors to Emulex
technical support.
elx_mes1813: Create VPORT failed. Cannot get sparam.
DESCRIPTION: The port could not be created because it could not be initialized
possibly due to unavailable resources.
DATA: None
ACTION: Software driver error. If this issue persists, report these errors to Emulex
technical support.
elx_mes1814: Mbox
DESCRIPTION: The VPort field of this mailbox command was not completed.
DATA: None
ACTION: None required.
elx_mes1815 Could not issue unreg_did (default rpis)
DESCRIPTION: Attempt to unregister RPI failed.
DATA: None
ACTION: Software driver error. If this issue persists, report these errors to Emulex
technical support.
elx_mes1818: VPort failed init, mbxCmd
mbxStatus
DESCRIPTION: A pending mailbox command issued to initialize port failed.
DATA: (1) mbxCommand, (2) mbxStatus, (3) rc
ACTION: Software driver error. If this issue persists, report these issues to Emulex
technical support.
elx_mes1820: Unable to select SLI-3. Not supported by adapter.
DESCRIPTION: The adapter is not capable of operating in a given mode.
DATA: None
ACTION: This is an informational message. SLI-3 mode is only available on some
adapters. Do not attempt to force an adapter to run in SLI mode 3 if that adapter does
not support SLI-3 mode. Adapters that do not support SLI-3 are configured to run in
SLI-2 mode. Nevertheless, it is recommended to use the auto setting (0).