To trouble storage path and link issue on esxi 5.0.
To list the available HBA ports and Link status use the following command.
~ # esxcli storage core adapter list
HBA Name Driver Link State UID Description
-------- ----------- ---------- ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
vmhba0 qla2xxx link-up fc.208000e08b000162:218000e08b000162 (0:6:0.0) QLogic Corp ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA
vmhba1 qla2xxx link-up fc.20000024ff390e11:21000024ff390e11 (0:6:0.1) QLogic Corp ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA
vmhba32 usb-storage link-n/a usb.vmhba32 () USB
Ports that are able to see LUNs.
# esxcli storage core path list | grep -i vmhba*
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L0
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L1
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L2
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L3
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L4
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L5
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L6
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L7
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L8
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L9
Adapter: vmhba0
Vmware powercli command to get esxi host wwn
To list the available HBA ports and Link status use the following command.
~ # esxcli storage core adapter list
HBA Name Driver Link State UID Description
-------- ----------- ---------- ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
vmhba0 qla2xxx link-up fc.208000e08b000162:218000e08b000162 (0:6:0.0) QLogic Corp ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA
vmhba1 qla2xxx link-up fc.20000024ff390e11:21000024ff390e11 (0:6:0.1) QLogic Corp ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA
vmhba32 usb-storage link-n/a usb.vmhba32 () USB
Ports that are able to see LUNs.
# esxcli storage core path list | grep -i vmhba*
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L0
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L1
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L2
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L3
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L4
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L5
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L6
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L7
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L8
Adapter: vmhba0
Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T1:L9
Adapter: vmhba0
Vmware powercli command to get esxi host wwn