06-09-2012
They are both excellent manufacturers with good support.
QLogic do supply their chips to motherboard manufacturers to mount on a variety of systems which means that their product is wide-spread and not just on their own HBA's. As a result my personal preference would QLogic but there really isn't much in it.
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ql-hba-snapshot
ql-hba-snapshot(8) System Administration ql-hba-snapshot(8)
NAME
ql-hba-snapshot - display specific information of the QLogic HBA.
SYNOPSIS
ql-hba-snapshot <Host number> [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
FC HBA Snapshot Utility
This utility displays the details of the QLogic HBA attached to the system. It uses one of the two file systems for scanning: proc or
sysfs.
<Host number> | <-a/--all> [optional]
Provide the <HOST NUMBER> to display the detailed information of the HBA. With no option specified, general information of all
hosts will be displayed. Ex. # /usr/sbin/ql-hba-snapshot <Host Number> # /usr/sbin/ql-hba-snapshot --procfs <Host Number> (For
procfs)
-h, --help
Prints the help message. Ex. # /usr/sbin/ql-hba-snapshot --help
-hl, --hostlist
This option displays the list of QLogic hosts (HBAs) connected to this system. The <HOST NUMBER> can be obtained by using following
command Ex. # /usr/sbin/ql-hba-snapshot --hostlist
-p, --parameters
This option displays the command line parameters that can be passed to the QLogic HBA driver. Ex. # /usr/sbin/ql-hba-snapshot
--parameters <Host Number>
-s, --statistics
This option displays the statistical information for specified host. Stastics option is only supported in "sysfs" based scan. Ex.
# /usr/sbin/ql-hba-snapshot --statistics <Host number/--all>
-proc, --procfs
This options forces the the utility to scans information based on "procfs", instead of default sysfs. Ex. # /usr/sbin/ql-hba-snap-
shot --procfs [Other valid option]
-v, --verbose
This enables verbose display. The detailed information of LUNs will be displayed in addition to standard one. This option is only
supported in sysfs. Ex. # /usr/sbin/ql-hba-snapshot --verbose <Host number/-a>
SEE ALSO
ql-dynamic-tgt-lun-disc(8), ql-lun-state-online(8), ql-set-cmd-timeout(8)
Matthias Schmitz <matthias@sigxcpu.org> July 2009 ql-hba-snapshot(8)