Intel 750 not showing up in ESXi 5.5

[SChan70]

Judging from another question, I guess it is possible. I have 1.0e.2 installed:

~ # vmkload_mod -s intel-nvme

vmkload_mod module information

input file: /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/intel-nvme

Version: 1.0e.2.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1391871

License: BSD

Required name-spaces:

com.vmware.vmkapi# v2_2_0_0

Parameters:

On this box, I have two SATA SSDs, a Intel 3700 and this drive. The 3700 shows up fine.

~ # esxcli storage core device list

t10.NVMe____INTEL_SSDPEDMD400G4_CVFT4474004C400BGN__00000001

Display Name: Local NVMe Disk (t10.NVMe____INTEL_SSDPEDMD400G4_CVFT4474004C400BGN__00000001)

Has Settable Display Name: true

Size: 381554

Device Type: Direct-Access

Multipath Plugin: NMP

Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.NVMe____INTEL_SSDPEDMD400G4_CVFT4474004C400BGN__00000001

Vendor: NVMe

Model: INTEL SSDPEDMD40

Revision: 0110

SCSI Level: 6

Is Pseudo: false

Status: on

Is RDM Capable: false

Is Local: true

Is Removable: false

Is SSD: true

Is Offline: false

Is Perennially Reserved: false

Queue Full Sample Size: 0

Queue Full Threshold: 0

Thin Provisioning Status: unknown

Attached Filters:

VAAI Status: unknown

Other UIDs: vml.010000000043564654343437343030344334303042474e2020494e54454c20

Is Local SAS Device: false

Is USB: false

Is Boot USB Device: false

No of outstanding IOs with competing worlds: 32

750 is there:

\==+PCI Device :

|----Segment.........................................0x0000

|----Bus.............................................0x81

|----Slot............................................0x00

|----Function........................................0x00

|----Runtime Owner...................................vmkernel

|----Has Configured Owner............................false

|----Configured Owner................................

|----Vendor Id.......................................0x8086

|----Device Id.......................................0x0953

|----Sub-Vendor Id...................................0x8086

|----Sub-Device Id...................................0x370d

|----Vendor Name.....................................Intel Corporation

|----Device Name.....................................NVM-Express PCIe SSD

|----Device Class....................................264

|----Device Class Name...............................Non-Volatile memory controller

|----PIC Line........................................11

|----Old IRQ.........................................11

|----Vector..........................................57

|----PCI Pin.........................................0

|----Spawned Bus.....................................0

|----Flags...........................................513

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[SChan70]

Doesn't work with ESX 6.0 either both with the builtin driver and Intel

~ # vmkload_mod -s intel-nvme

vmkload_mod module information

input file: /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/intel-nvme

Version: 1.0e.2.0-1OEM.550.0.0.1391871

License: BSD

Required name-spaces:

com.vmware.vmkapi# v2_2_0_0

Parameters:

Built in:

~ # vmkload_mod -s nvme

vmkload_mod module information

input file: /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/nvme

Version: 1.0e.0.35-1vmw.600.1.17.3029758

Build Type: release

License: BSD

Required name-spaces:

com.vmware.vmkapi# v2_3_0_0

Parameters:

nvme_compl_worlds_num: int

Total number of NVMe completion worlds/queues.

max_namespaces: int

Maximum number of namespaces supported.

max_io_request: int

IO Queue high water marker throttle

transfer_size: int

Maximum IO request Xfer size in 1K bytes maximum 1024

io_command_id_size: int

Number of command IDs per submission queue

io_cpl_queue_size: int

NVMe number of IO completion queue entries

io_sub_queue_size: int

NVMe number of IO submission queue entries

admin_cpl_queue_size: int

NVMe number of Admin completion queue entries

admin_sub_queue_size: int

NVMe number of Admin submission queue entries.

max_prp_list: int

Maximum number of PRP lists supported.

nvme_force_intx: int

Force using INTX mode instead of MSIx.

nvme_log_level: int

Log level.

1 - error

2 - warning

3 - info (default)

4 - verbose

This is with the latest ESX (6.0.0 # 1 SMP Release build-3073146 Sep 16 2015)

[idata]

I think I need to understand again what you have in your system. The SSD 750 should be visible as a data drive. Does it show in system BIOS?

You said "On this box, I have two SATA SSDs, a Intel 3700 and this drive. The 3700 shows up fine."

The SSD 750 is not SATA and the correct hardware and bios settings are required to support it. If the drive looks like a SATA then you have the 2.5" version and will need a proper HBA or U.2 cable to connect it to. If a drive bay is used the system will need an Intel(R) Xeon(tm) E5 "v3" processor to have the PCIe lanes routed in the drive bays.

To confirm can you provide the SSD model# and the motherboard or system model you are using.

[SChan70]

Sorry I mis-wrote. It is a PCIe drive (and not the 2.5" version) - please globally replace SATA with PCIe in my message.

It is showing up as NVM-Express PCIe SSD, Device ID: 953, Sub Device ID: 370D, Class ID: 108, Vendor ID: 8086

Its a Super Micro SYS-2028TP-DTTR

Thanks Warren

[SChan70]

~ # vmkvsitools lspci | grep SSD

0000:81:00.0 Mass storage controller: Intel Corporation NVM-Express PCIe SSD [vmhba2]

Thouogh hba2 does not show up in storage list

~ # esxcli storage core adapter list

HBA Name Driver Link State UID Description

-------- ------ ---------- ------------ ------------------------------------------------------

vmhba38 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba38 (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation Wellsburg AHCI Controller

vmhba39 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba39 (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation Wellsburg AHCI Controller

vmhba0 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba0 (0:0:17.4) Intel Corporation Wellsburg AHCI Controller

vmhba1 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba1 (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation Wellsburg AHCI Controller

vmhba32 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba32 (0:0:17.4) Intel Corporation Wellsburg AHCI Controller

vmhba33 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba33 (0:0:17.4) Intel Corporation Wellsburg AHCI Controller

vmhba34 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba34 (0:0:17.4) Intel Corporation Wellsburg AHCI Controller

vmhba35 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba35 (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation Wellsburg AHCI Controller

vmhba36 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba36 (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation Wellsburg AHCI Controller

vmhba37 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba37 (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation Wellsburg AHCI Controller

Rescan did not help either

# esxcli storage core adapter rescan --all