Symptom

When VLANs are not enabled in UEFI on an Emulex VFA5.2 Ethernet adapter, LXCA displays the VLAN ID value and the VLAN priority ID value as non-matching values.

(where LXCA = Lenovo XClarity Administrator)

Affected Configurations

The system may be any of the following Lenovo servers:

• ThinkSystem SR630, Type 7X01, any model
• ThinkSystem SR630, Type 7X02, any model

The system is configured with at least one of the following:

• Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA), any model See below for specific versions

The system is configured with one or more of the following Lenovo Options:

• Emulex VFA5.2 2x10 GbE SFP+ Adapter and FCoE/iSCSI SW, Option 00AG580, any model
• Emulex VFA5.2 2x10 GbE SFP+ PCIe Adapter, Option 00AG570, any model
• Emulex VFA5.2 ML2 2x10 GbE SFP+ Adapter and FCoE/iSCSI SW, Option 01CV770, any model
• Emulex VFA5.2 ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter, Option 00AG560, any model

The system has the symptom described above.

Note: This does not imply that the network operating system will work under all combinations of hardware and software.
Please see the compatibility page for more information:

http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/

Solution

This behavior will be corrected in a future release of adapter firmware.

The target date for this release is scheduled for Second Quarter 2018.

The file is or will be available by selecting the appropriate Product Group, type of System, Product name, Product machine type, and Operating system on Lenovo Support web page, at the following URL:

http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/

Workaround

Check the actual VLAN ID and VLAN priority ID under the UEFI adapter settings.

Additional Information

Reading the VLAN ID and VLAN priority ID under the UEFI page instead of the Lenovo LXCA can avoid the issue.