PCI card as "Not Loaded"

[Racso]

Greetings,

So we have 3 UCS that have a FC HBA card installed, but when you check the PCI Adapters tab in the CIMC, this slot appears as "Not Loaded" in the Option ROM Status

Weirdly enough, when you check the BIOS Parameter configuration you see that the "PCIe Slot:1 Option ROM" appears as Disabled, even though the "All PCIe Slots OptionROM" is Enabled

If I enable the PCI Slot 1, it would work?

It is weird because I can see the UCS servers from the Fibre Switch but I can't link the ESXi to the FC storage

Thanks

[mojafri]

@Racso,

Since you have explicitly "disable" the PCIe slot, you have to set it enabled. Till the time option ROM is not enabled, it will not look for LUNs, but you will be seeing WWNs on SAN switch. 

Please rate if you find it helpful. 

Regards,

MJ

[sbhadrav@cisco.com]

The server must be powered on, or the properties will not display.
Procedure
Command or Action                  Purpose
Step 1    Server# scope chassis      Enters the chassis command mode.
Step 2    Server /chassis # show pci-adapter [detail]     
Displays PCI adapter properties.
This example displays PCI adapter properties:

Server# scope chassis
Server /chassis # show pci-adapter
Slot Vendor ID Device ID  SubVendor ID SubDevice ID  Firmware Version Product Name
---- --------- ---------- ------------ ------------- ---------------- -------------------    
L    0x8086    0x1521     0x1137        0x008b        0x80000AA5... Intel(R) I350 1 Gbps N...
1    0x19a2    0x0710     0x10df        0xe702        4.6.142.10    Emulex OCe11102-FX 2 p...
3    0x10de    0x118f     0x10de        0x097f        N/A           Nvidia TESLA K10 P2055...
4    0x14e4    0x1639     0x14e4        0x1639        N/A           Broadcom 5709 1 Gbps 2...
5    0x10de    0x0ff2     0x10de        0x1012        N/A           Nvidia GRID K1 P2401-502
M    0x1000    0x0073     0x1137        0x00b1        N/A           Cisco UCSC RAID SAS 20…

Option ROM Status
----------
Loaded
Not-Loaded
Not-Loaded
Loaded
Server /chassis #