VMware® Support for
FC and FCoE Adapters
Drivers and Utilities for FC and
FCoE SAN Connectivity
Quick Facts
Fibre Channel (FC) natively supported by ESX and •
ESXi
Unified driver model with integrated firmware •
FC topologies: Point-to-Point, FC-AL, FC-AL2, and •
Switched Fabric
Protocols: FCP-3 SCSI, FC-Tape •
Single driver support for 2/4/8Gb FC HBAs and •
10Gb Enhanced Ethernet (10GbEE) FCoE Converged
Network Adapter (CNA)
N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) support for FC •
Adapters
Boot from SAN support •
Support for MSI-X on 4Gb/8Gb FC HBAs and FCoE •
CNAs
Supports all hardware platforms and guest •
operating systems supported by ESX
High Availability
Support for LUN Multipathing Solution •
SCSI Path failover support for Active/Active and •
Active/Passive storage devices
Support for seamless live migration of Virtual •
Machines (VMs) and VM storage using VMotion™
and Storage VMotion™
Manageability
Performance monitoring using VMware Virtual •
Center or VMware
Tools to configure and manage QLogic FC HBAs: •
SANsurfer –
SANsurfer FC HBA Command Line Interface –
(CLI) for both interactive and scriptable modes
of operation
Integrated management support through VMware •
Infrastructure Client (VI Client) and VirtualCenter
esxtop
tool
®
FC HBA Manager GUI
FACT SHEET
Hardware and Software Support Specifications
Adapters* 10GbEE FCoE CNA: QLE8042 •
8Gb FC: QLE25 •
4Gb FC: QLA24 •
xx
xx
, QLE24xx, QMC24
xx,
QME24xx, QMH24xx
Server Hardware
2Gb FC: QLA23 •
x86, x64 •
xx
Platforms
ESX Versions ESX 3.5, ESXi 3.5, ESX 3.0. •
Management
Tools
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager (GUI) and CLI •
Integrated HBA management via VMware •
x
, ESX 2.5.
x
VirtualCenter and VI Client
Fast!
• UTIL BIOS utility for configuring HBA
parameters
Supported
Storage*
®
EMC •
CLARiiON®, Symmetrix
®
IBM •
TotalStorage® DS4000/8000
®
HP •
StorageWorks MSA, EVA, XP
®
Hitachi •
®
NetApp •
®
Diagnostics Loopback tests •
Read/Write buffer tests •
Link statistics •
Boot Support BIOS •
Boot from SAN •
PCI Form Factors PCIe •
®
, PCI-X®, PCI Express® Module, Mezzanine
adapters
* For the latest list of supported platforms, guest OSs, storage, and I/O devices, refer to
the respective VMware compatibility guides for your ESX version at www.vmware.com.
VMware Support for FC and FCoE Adapters Drivers and Utilities for FC and FCoE SAN Connectivity
FACT SHEET
Corporate Headquarters QLogic Corporation 26650 Aliso Viejo Parkway Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 949.389.6000 www.qlogic.com
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© 2008 QLogic Corporation. Specifications are subject to change without notice. All rights reserved worldwide. QLogic, the QLogic logo, and SANsurfer are registered trademarks of QLogic Corporation. VMware and the VMware logo are registered trademarks and
VMotion is a trademark of VMware, Inc. EMC, CLARiiON, and Symmetrix are registered trademarks of EMC Corporation. IBM and TotalStorage are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. PCI-X, PCIe, and PCI Express are registered
trademarks of PCI-SIG Corporation. HP StorageWorks is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. Hitachi is a registered trademark of Hitachi, Ltd. and/or its affiliates. NetApp is a registered trademark of Network Appliance, Inc. All other brand and
product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Information supplied by QLogic Corporation is believed to be accurate and reliable. QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors in this brochure. QLogic Corporation
reserves the right, without notice, to make changes in product design or specifications.
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