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ESXi Putty command

Obtaining Host Bus adapter driver and firmware information Obtain the driver type that the Host Bus Adapter is currently using: # esxcfg-scsidevs -a You see output similar to: vmhba0  ata_piix   link-n/a  ide.vmhba0    (0:7.1) Intel Corporation Virtual Machine Chipset vmhba1  fnic     link-n/a  pscsi.vmhba1  (0:16.0) LSI Logic / Symbios Logic LSI Logic Parallel SCSI Controller vmhba32 ata_piix   link-n/a  ide.vmhba32   (0:7.1) Intel Corporation Virtual Machine Chipset Note: The second column shows the driver that is configured for the HBA. To view the driver version in use, run the command: # vmkload_mod -s HBADriver |grep Version For example, to check the mptspi driver: # vmkload_mod -s fnic |grep Version Version: Version 4.00.37.00.30vmw, Build: 721907, Interface: 9.0, Built on: May 18 2012 In this example, the driver version is 4.00.37.00.30vmw. To obtain the driver version for all HBAs in the system with a single command, us