Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1143)

Emulex Drivers Version 10.2 for VMware ESXi User Manual P010087-01A Rev. A
4. Troubleshooting
ESXi 5.5 Native Mode NIC Driver Troubleshooting Support
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pci_read Read the 32-bit
register value from the
PCI space at the offset
set through the
“pci_read” file  #/usr/lib/vmware/vmkm
gmt_keyval/vmkmgmt_ke
yval -i
"vmnic0-KeyValue/emul
ex" -k "PciRead" -s
""
#/usr/lib/vmware/vmkm
gmt_keyval/vmkmgmt_ke
yval -i
"vmnic0-KeyValue/emul
ex" -k "PciRead" -g
pci_write Set the PCI space
offset for “pci_write”  #/usr/lib/vmware/vmkm
gmt_keyval/vmkmgmt_ke
yval -i
"vmnic0-KeyValue/emul
ex" -k "PciWrite" -s
""
port_stat Read the counters for
port 0 and port 1 and
formats them with
descriptions. These
counters are
clear-on-read. Partially
implemented
From vsish node
/net/pNics/vmnicXX/sta
ts.
Also available in a
custom esxcli plug-in in
the asynchronous driver:
esxcli elxnet stats
get -p
vlan_stat Get the driver-specific
VLAN status Not implemented Not relevant since the
driver does not use VLAN
filtering
Table 4-10 ESXi 5.5 Native Mode NIC Driver Troubleshooting Support (Continued)
Troubleshooting
Items from Earlier
vmklinux Driver
using the proc
Interface
Description
ESXi 5.5 Native
Mode Driver
Support
(VmkMgmtKeyVal
interface)
ESXi 5.5 Native
Mode Driver
Support
(esxcli plug-in)
Usage in ESXi 5.5
Native Mode Driver