Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 113)

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8. Managing Adapters and Ports
Using CIM (Windows only)
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8. Managing Adapters and Ports
This section describes the various adapter and port management functions you can
perform using the OneCommand Manager application.
Using CIM (Windows only)
VMware on the Visor-based ESXi platforms uses CIM as the only standard
management mechanism for device management. The OneCommand Manager
application uses the standard CIM interfaces to manage the adapters in the Visor
environment and supports CIM-based device and HBA management.
To manage the adapters on an ESXi host using the OneCommand Manager application
GUI, you must install the Emulex CIM Provider on the ESXi host.
ESXi comes with an inbox Emulex CIM Provider. The inbox Emulex CIM Provider
enables you to manage Emulex LightPulse adapters, but not Emulex UCNA adapters.
To manage Emulex UCNA adapters, you must install the out-of-box Emulex CIM
Provider. The Emulex CIM Provider is available as an offline bundle in ESXi platforms.
VMware recommends using the offline bundle to update software on VMware
platforms.
For more information about the ESXi Patch Management activities, refer to the VMware
website.
Note: For VMware ESXi hosts, when advanced adapter management capabilities are
required (for example, iSCSI Management and port disable), use the
OneCommand Manager application for VMware vCenter software plug-in. For
more details, see the OneCommand Manager for VMware vCenter User Manual.
FC/FCoE
Viewing FC Adapter Information
When you select an FC adapter from the discovery-tree, the Adapter Information tab
contains general attributes associated with the selected FC adapter.
To view FC adapter information:
1. Select Host, Fabric, or Virtual Ports view.