topic Re: Intel DC 3600 NVME not showing delete support under ESXi 6? in Solid State Drives (NAND)

Intel DC 3600 NVME not showing delete support under ESXi 6?

KDoul — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:52:47 GMT

Intel DC 3600 Enterprise grade PCIe NVME SSD should support delete but it is not?

# esxcli storage core device vaai status get

t10.NVMe____INTEL_SSDPEDME400G4_*******__00000001

VAAI Plugin Name:

ATS Status: unsupported

Clone Status: unsupported

Zero Status: unsupported

Delete Status: unsupported

latest driver (intel-nvme-1.0e.2.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1391871.x86_64.vib), recent firmware

Message was edited by: Konstantin Doulepov remove serial#

Re: Intel DC 3600 NVME not showing delete support under ESXi 6?

jbenavides — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 00:03:46 GMT

Hello Humay,

We advise you to try the 1.2.0.27-4 VMWare driver that can be obtained from http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=io&productid=38469&deviceCategory=io&details=1&partner=46&keyword=p360&deviceTypes=22&page=1&display_interval=500&sortColumn=Partner&sortOrder=Asc VMware Compatibility Guide: I/O Device Search website.

Please be advised that the latest firmware 8DV10171 is required for this driver version.

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/80996/Intel-SSD-DC-P3600-Series-400GB-1-2-Height-PCIe-3-0-20nm-MLC- Drivers & Software

Re: Intel DC 3600 NVME not showing delete support under ESXi 6?

KDoul — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 04:19:15 GMT

Hello,

jonathan_intel

Thanks for quick reply

Still no Delete status support

Checked Firmware was current: 8DV10171

vSphere Storage APIs for Array Integration +

# esxcli software vib list| grep nvme

nvme 1.2.0.27-4vmw.550.0.0.1331820 VMware VMwareCertified 2016-01-26

# esxcli storage core device vaai status get

t10.NVMe____INTEL_SSDPEDME400G4*****

VAAI Plugin Name:

ATS Status: unsupported

Clone Status: unsupported

Zero Status: unsupported

Delete Status: unsupported

# esxcfg-scsidevs -l

t10.NVMe____INTEL_SSDPEDME400G4_____________________*****

Device Type: Direct-Access

Size: 381554 MB

Display Name: Local NVMe Disk (t10.NVMe____INTEL_SSDPEDME400G4_____________________*****)

Multipath Plugin: NMP

Console Device: /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.NVMe____INTEL_SSDPEDME400G4_____________________****

Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.NVMe____INTEL_SSDPEDME400G4_____________________****__00000001

Vendor: NVMe Model: INTEL SSDPEDME40 Revis: 8DV1

SCSI Level: 6 Is Pseudo: false Status: on

Is RDM Capable: false Is Removable: false

Is Local: true Is SSD: true

Other Names:

vml.010000000043564d443531373430314a3434303041474e2020494e54454c20

VAAI Status: unsupported

also its shows as Parallel SCSI as transport

Re: Intel DC 3600 NVME not showing delete support under ESXi 6?

jbenavides — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:15:32 GMT

Hello Humay,

We would like to get additional information about this issue. Please check your private messages for further details about this matter.

Re: Intel DC 3600 NVME not showing delete support under ESXi 6?

KDoul — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 11:08:48 GMT

any news on Delete Status? Its takes too long to investigate?

Re: Intel DC 3600 NVME not showing delete support under ESXi 6?

jbenavides — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 02:01:03 GMT

Hello Humay,

We are currently looking into this, we will provide further updates as soon as they are available.

Re: Intel DC 3600 NVME not showing delete support under ESXi 6?

KDoul — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:38:14 GMT

month after ... hmm where updates? there is definitely bug in drivers something not right

Re: Intel DC 3600 NVME not showing delete support under ESXi 6?

KDoul — Mon, 23 May 2016 09:46:24 GMT

https://github.com/vmware/nvme/issues/9 Intel DC 3600 NVME not showing delete support under ESXi 6 · Issue # 9 · vmware/nvme · GitHub

https://github.com/harderock harderock commented https://github.com/vmware/nvme/issues/9# issuecomment-220921963 an hour ago

Just found that on ESXi build 3620759, all vaai status are disabled by default, you can enable delete status by:

esxcli storage core device vaai status set -D 1 -d t10.xxxxxxxxxxxx