HOW TO: Find HBA WWN number on VMware vSphere ESX server

~ # esxcli storage core adapter list
HBA Name  Driver        Link State  UID                                   Description
--------  ------------  ----------  ------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------
vmhba0    megaraid_sas  link-n/a    unknown.vmhba0                        (0:1:0.0) LSI / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS SKINNY Controller
vmhba1    fnic          link-up     fc.20000025b5020110:20000025b502a121  (0:8:0.0) Cisco Systems Inc Cisco VIC FCoE HBA Driver
vmhba2    fnic          link-up     fc.20000025b5020110:20000025b502a120  (0:9:0.0) Cisco Systems Inc Cisco VIC FCoE HBA Driver

~ # esxcfg-scsidevs -a
vmhba0  megaraid_sas      link-n/a  unknown.vmhba0                          (0:1:0.0) LSI / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS SKINNY Controller
vmhba1  fnic              link-up   fc.20000025b5020110:20000025b502a121    (0:8:0.0) Cisco Systems Inc Cisco VIC FCoE HBA Driver
vmhba2  fnic              link-up   fc.20000025b5020110:20000025b502a120    (0:9:0.0) Cisco Systems Inc Cisco VIC FCoE HBA Driver

$scope = Get-VMHost     # All hosts connected in vCenter
#$scope = Get-Cluster -Name 'MyCluster' | Get-VMHost # All hosts in a specific cluster
foreach ($esx in $scope){
Write-Host "Host:", $esx
$hbas = Get-VMHostHba -VMHost $esx -Type FibreChannel
foreach ($hba in $hbas){
$wwpn = "{0:x}" -f $hba.PortWorldWideName
Write-Host `t $hba.Device, "|", $hba.model, "|", "World Wide Port Name:" $wwpn
}}

Host: ESXi5-001.vstrong.info
vmhba1 | Cisco VIC FCoE HBA Driver | World Wide Port Name: 20000025b502a101
vmhba2 | Cisco VIC FCoE HBA Driver | World Wide Port Name: 20000025b502a100

12 comments to HOW TO: Find HBA WWN number on VMware vSphere ESX server

• anonymous

  18 October, 2013 at 09:32 · Reply

  ~ # esxcfg-scsidevs -a

  • Mark Strong

    18 October, 2013 at 10:09 · Reply

    Thank you. You can also run “esxcli storage core adapter list” on vSphere ESXi 5.0+. I updated the post with a new info.

• REne

  21 January, 2014 at 09:45 · Reply

  Connect-VIServer -Menu
  $vmHost = Get-VMHost
  $vmHost | Get-VMHostHba -Type FibreChannel | Select VMHost,Name,Pci,Driver, PortWorldWideName, @{name=”WWN”;Expression={“{0:x}” -f $_.PortWorldWideName}} |FT -Auto
  $vmHost =”
  Disconnect-VIServer

• ramshackle

  24 February, 2014 at 23:13 · Reply

  What does {0:x} -f do? (I mean, I see that it formats the WWPN properly, but how does it do it?)

  • Mark Strong

    25 February, 2014 at 12:11 · Reply

    Here is some light reading:
    https://devcentral.f5.com/articles/powershell-abcs-f-is-for-format-operator#.UwyG7YX0bLg

• Nawal Kishor Singh

  12 March, 2015 at 02:47 · Reply

  3. Powershell script to list host name, vmhba number, HBA model / driver and World Wide Port Name (WWN):

  Hello Guys,

  can you please modifiy this script to get all info in excel sheet.

• Abdel Sy Fane

  12 August, 2015 at 15:48 · Reply

  #===============================================================================================
  # Parameter Definitions
  #===============================================================================================

  Param
  (

  # Enter vCenter Name
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
  [string]$vCenterName,

  # Input the ClusterName, you may enter multiple, e.g “Cluster1″,”Cluster2″,”Cluster3”
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
  [String[]]$sClusterName

  )

  #===============================================================================================
  # Function Definitions
  #===============================================================================================

  function Get-ScriptDirectory {
  $Invocation = (Get-Variable MyInvocation -Scope 1).Value
  Split-Path $Invocation.MyCommand.Path
  }

  function Get-StorageAdapters
  {
  # If the provided cluster name cannot be found, script will stop and disconnected from vCenter
  $aCluster = Get-cluster $sClusterName
  if(!$aCluster)
  {
  throw{“Error! Unable to find cluster: $sClusterName”}
  If ($oVI)
  {
  Write-host “Disconnecting from vCenter $vCenterName”
  disconnect-viserver * -confirm:$false
  }
  }

  # Get all associated hosts to the cluster and place in an array
  $arrayESXHosts = @(Get-cluster $sClusterName | Get-VMHost)

  # Count how many hosts are in the array and loop that many times to get their storage info.
  $countHosts = $arrayESXHosts.count
  for($i = 0; $i -lt $countHosts; $i++)
  {
  $esxHost = $arrayESXHosts[$i]

  Write-Host “Working on Host: “, $esxHost`n
  $aHBAs = Get-VMHostHba -VMHost $esxHost -Type FibreChannel

  foreach ($HBA in $aHBAs)
  {
  $WWPN = “{0:x}” -f $HBA.PortWorldWideName
  #$WWN = $HBA.WorldWideName
  $Device = $HBA.Device
  $Model = $HBA.model
  $WWPName = $WWPN

  $out = new-object psobject
  $out | Add-Member noteproperty “ESX Host” $esxHost
  $out | Add-Member noteproperty “HBA Device” $Device
  $out | Add-Member noteproperty “HBA Model” $Model
  $out | Add-Member noteproperty “World Wide Port Name” $WWPName
  #$out | Add-Member noteproperty “World Wide Name” $WWN

  # For each host, an individual spreadsheet will be created with their data
  $array = @()
  $array += $out
  $array | Export-CSV “$sScriptPathStorage_Adapters$i.csv” -notype
  }
  }

  # For each hosts’ spreadsheet that were created, import back to PowerShell variable CSV
  for($i=0; $i -lt $countHosts; $i++){
  $CSV += @(Import-CSV “$sScriptPathStorage_Adapters$i.csv”)
  }

  # Export all spreadsheet that were imported to variable CSV to a single spreadsheet
  $CSV | Export-CSV “$sScriptPathStorage_Adapters.csv” -notype

  # Remove all of the individual spreadsheets that were created for each hosts
  for($i=0; $i -lt $countHosts; $i++){
  Remove-Item “$sScriptPathStorage_Adapters$i.csv”
  }
  }

  #===============================================================================================
  # Begin Main
  #===============================================================================================

  Write-Host “Begin Main”

  # Load the Powercli snapin
  If(!(Get-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
  {
  Write-host “Adding VMware Snappin”
  Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
  }

  TRY
  {
  # Connect to VCenter Server
  Write-Host “Connecting to vCenter $vCenterName`n”
  $oVI = connect-viserver $vCenterName -Port 443 -ErrorVariable Err -ErrorAction stop
  }

  CATCH
  {
  throw (“!!!Error: Unable to connect to vCenter Server: $vCenterName!!!”)
  }

  # Calls the function Get-ScriptDirectory
  $sScriptPath = Get-ScriptDirectory
  # calls the main function, which will get the storage adapter WWN, Device, and Model
  Get-StorageAdapters

  # If vCenter is still connected, disconnect all
  If ($oVI)
  {
  Disconnect-Viserver * -confirm:$false
  Write-Host “Disconnected from the vCenter Server: $vCenterName”
  }

• Nawal Kishor Singh

  7 September, 2015 at 22:39 · Reply

  Hi Abdel,

  I checked in our production environments is workign perfectly fine. I really appreciate you.

• Nawal Kishor Singh

  7 September, 2015 at 22:46 · Reply

  Hi All,

  In our prod environment we are using EMC and Netapp storage in VMware environment. so we are planning to decommission EMC storage and using only Netapp.

  I need powercli scripts to get any VMs that are not on Netapp storage. so that we will plan to moving the VMs to new Netapp datastore.

• Nawal Kishor Singh

  8 September, 2015 at 01:36 · Reply

  Hi All,

  I need powercli scripts to get ssh services status on all esxi host in excel sheet.

• Santosh

  15 January, 2017 at 13:31 · Reply

  Hello,

  Could you please help me to get 30 Days all VM snapshot deleted auto ?

• tony

  13 March, 2017 at 13:41 · Reply

  Worked for me. Thanks a lot!

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