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VMware and QLogic provide drivers for various QLogic Fibre Channel (2Gb, 4Gb and 8Gb), FCoE, and iSCSI Adapters. All QLogic Fibre Channel and iSCSI Adapters are supported via Inbox Drivers that ship with ESX / ESXi.

QLogic Adapters are supported on ESX / ESXi 4.x and 3.x releases. For a specific list of QLogic adapters supported in VMware ESX / ESXi, please visit www.vmware.com/go/hcl and click on the IO Devices tab.

 
 
Drivers
NameVersionDescriptionSupport Files
FC Adapter Driver Update CD (x86/x64) 7.09-vm6 QLogic Fibre Channel driver for VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4.
FC-FCoE Driver (x86/x64) 831.k1.25vmw FC-FCoE driver for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0, 4.0 U1.
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[Previously released versions]
 
Management Tools
NameVersionDescriptionSupport Files
SANsurfer FC HBA CLI (x86/x64) 1.7.3 Build 32 Management tool (command line interface) for use with the VMware ESX.
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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager (x86/x64) 5.0.1 Build 75 Management tool (graphical user interface) for use with the VMware ESX.
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[Previously released versions]
 
API Libraries
NameVersionDescriptionSupport Files
ESX 3.5 U4 (8Gb, 4Gb, and 2Gb HBAs) N/A

SNIA API Library for VMware (QLogic) driver v7.08-vm66

FC-FCoE CIM Provider for HBAs and CNAs 1.3.2 ESX/ESXi 4.0.x CIM Provider for 2400/2500 Series Fibre Channel Adapters and 8100 Series Converged Network Adapters.
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Release Notes
ESX 4.0 (8Gb and 4Gb HBAs) N/A

SNIA API Library for VMware (QLogic) driver v8.02.01-K1-VMW38

ESX 3.5 U5 (8Gb, 4Gb, and 2Gb HBAs) N/A SNIA API Library for VMware (QLogic) driver 7.08-vm67.
ESX 4.0 U2 and 4.1 (8Gb and 4Gb) N/A SNIA API Library for VMware (QLogic) driver 8.02.01-k1-vmw48 for 4.0 U2 and 831.k1.28.1-1vmw for 4.1.
ESX 4.0 U1 (8Gb, 4Gb, and 2Gb HBAs) N/A SNIA API Library for VMware (QLogic) driver 8.02.01-k1-vmw43.
[Previously released versions]
 
Boot Code
NameVersionDescriptionSupport Files
BIOS for QLA23xx HBAs 1.54 BIOS: Supports QLA231x and QLA234x HBAs. Includes fastutil, version 1.66.
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Release Notes
Multi-boot image for 8Gb HBAs 2.01

Multi-boot Contains:

  • 8Gb BIOS version 2.02
  • Firmware version 4.03.01
  • FlasUtil version 1.75
  • Readme
    Release Notes
    Multi-boot image for 4Gb HBAs 1.69 Multi-boot Contains:
    4Gb BIOS version 2.02
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    Release Notes
    [Previously released versions]
     
     
     
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