Dell QLogic Family of Adapters QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide - Page 97
User Diagnostics and Utilities: QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide, Ethtool
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User Diagnostics and Utilities: QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide Back to Contents Page User Diagnostics for VMware NIC Driver Management Applications: QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide This section covers the following information for user diagnostics for VMware: Ethtool EFI Ethtool Use the ethtool utility to view adapter statistics and configure interface options. Supported options include the display of device information, protocol offload options, driver information, adapter statistics, and more. For details, refer to the ethtool man page. To view driver and firmware versions, issue the following command: ethtool -i vmnic[n] Example: # ethtool -i vmnic7 driver: qlcnic version: 4.0.614 firmware-version: 4.3.2 bus-info: 0000:10:00.3 To view interface statistics, issue the following command: ethtool -S vmnic[n] Example: # ethtool -S vmnic7 NIC statistics: bad_skblen: 0 rcvd_badskb: 0 xmit_called: 617618 xmit_finished: 617618 rx_dropped: 0 tx_dropped: 0 csummed: 777792 rx_pkts: 897558 lro_pkts: 0 rx_bytes: 78433279 tx_bytes: 60526284 EFI This section provides user notes regarding the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) driver contained in the 10 Gb multi-boot image. It includes the following sections: UEFI Package Contents Supported Features Fibre Channel Adapter Configuration Updating the UEFI (EfiUtilx64) UEFI Package Contents Files in the UEFI driver package include the following: p3pxxxxx.bin is a combined binary file, which includes the binaries for BIOS, FCode, UEFI driver, and RISC firmware. EfiUtil.EFI or EfiUtilx64.EFI is the UEFI Utility to update the UEFI driver, firmware, and NVRAM. QL8XXX.DRV is the auxiliary driver file used for updating the adapter. file:///T|/htdocs/NETWORK/QLogic/71922/en/diag_esx.htm[9/26/2012 4:26:13 PM]