P3520 lost datastore in esxi 5.5 u3 back after reboot

[BBopp]

We have a P3520 1,2TB in an ESXi 5.5 U3. After one year in production it went offline within the ESXi host and the datastore was lost. After a reboot the datastore was back online again. We use the intel nvme 1.0e2.0 driver.

Firmware is MDV10271.

I wanted to update to firmware version MDV10290 but the newer data center tools that include this firmware update are not provided for ESXi anymore. The newest SSD-Firmware-Update-Tool also only includes MDV10271.

My questions:

Is there any known bug that can lead to the problem that ESXi doesnt see the P3520 NVME anymore until reboot?

Is there a list of what has been fixed between firmware version MDV10271 to MDV10290?

Thank you!

[Santiago_A_Inte · Accepted solution]

Hi BBopp;

Thank you for posting on Intel® SSD communities.

In reference with the issue reported, please find below our comments:

As the latest version of Intel® SSD Data Center Tool (Intel® SSD DCT) Version: 3.0.20; has no ESXi* support, we will have to lead you to access the following link, to find the Intel® SSD DCT Version: 3.0.19 (Previously Released😞 https://downloadcenter.intel.com/downloads/eula/28639/Intel-SSD-Data-Center-Tool-Intel-SSD-DCT-?http... this version, has included latest firmware version MDV10290 for your DC P3520 SSD.

There are no known bugs or similar reports on issues for this DC P3520 SSD on the ESXi* environment.

To find the Firmware fixes from version to version, please follow this link: https://downloadmirror.intel.com/28639/eng/Intel_SSD_Data_Center_Tool_3_0_19_Release_Notes.pdf to download the release notes for this Intel® SSD DCT version; please go to page 14, to find the Intel® Solid State Drive DC P3520 Series Revision History   

Please let us know if there’s anything else we can help you with.

We will be available to help you in any way we can.

Have a nice day.

Santiago A.

Intel® Customer Support Technician

A Contingent Worker at Intel

[Santiago_A_Inte]

Hi BBopp;

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[Santiago_A_Inte]

Hi BBopp;

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