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

[KDoul]

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#

[jbenavides]

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&deviceCat... 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-3-0-2... Drivers & Software

[KDoul]

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

[jbenavides]

Hello Humay,

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

[KDoul]

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