vSphere 6.5 U1 - Driver for Dell PERC H710 Mini

[MTomasko]

I just upgraded my Dell PowerEdge R320 to 6.5 U1.  When I go into the Host - Monitor - Hardware - Storage, I get the message "The Small Footprint CIM Broker Daemon (SFCBD) is running, but no data has been reported. You may need to install a CIM provider for your storage adapter.". 

The Dell PERC H710 mini appears to be compatible: VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=io&productid=39513

I found an older post about needing the CIM driver because Dell doesn't provide one: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/b/techcenter/archive/2013/07/01/monitoring-dell-poweredge-ra...

Any help/advice on how I can get my storage data?  I'm just connecting to the web GUI for the host, I don't have vCenter setup yet. 

[vijayrana968]

Can you try restarting service /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog restart

Also post the results of esxcli system wbem provider list

[luciusthe]

I have the sam problem on R730.

Issusing /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog restart made things better, by providing RAID volume info under "System sensors", temperatures and voltages are now also correct.

But I still have the The Small Footprint CIM Broker Daemon (SFCBD) is running, but no data has been reported. You may need to install a CIM provider for your storage adapter. issue.

Results from esxcli system wbem provider list

Name              Enabled  Loaded

----------------  -------  ------

sfcb_base            true    true

vmw_base             true    true

vmw_hdr              true    true

vmw_hhrcwrapper      true    true

vmw_iodmProvider     true    true

vmw_kmodule          true    true

vmw_omc              true    true

vmw_pci              true    true

vmw_vi               true    true

[wila]

Hi,

Not exactly a supported solution, but I wrote a little article on installing an avago vib to get it to work for a PERC H710 Mini.

Monitor storage for a Dell PERC H710 Mini on vSphere 6.5 - PlanetVM

Hope this helps,

--

Wil

[shyju18]

did you solve this problem? one of our DELL T 620 have same issue i restart the services and all

"The Small Footprint CIM Broker Daemon (SFCBD) is running, but no data has been reported. You may need to install a CIM provider for your storage adapter.".  "

[kbiradar]

Hi MTomasko

From the output of

esxcli system wbem provider list

it is clear that DELL CIM provider is not been installed on your host.

You can download same from the link you already shared in question itself

http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/b/techcenter/archive/2013/07/01/monitoring-dell-poweredge-ra...

And install the vib using

esxcli software vib install -v /path /to/vib

And then restart wbem service by running below commands

esxcli system wbem set -e false

then

esxcli system wbem set -e true

Check if the dell provider is listed in the output of below command

esxcli system wbem provider list

And you will be able to see storage information

[technodeviant]

To anyone else googling this and looking for solution, Install this VIB and reboot.

https://docs.broadcom.com/docs-and-downloads/raid-controllers/raid-controllers-common-files/VMW-ESX-...

[ehmdf]

What about using the Dell-branded version of ESXi 6.5? Does that do the trick (also)

[pgrider62]

A little late, but no, installing the Dell-branded version of ESXi 6.5 U3 did not solve this issue for me (PowerEdge R720 w/ PERC H710 mini) ... it actually caused the issue.  I upgraded from stock VMWare ESXi 6.0, where OMSA was working fine, to ESXi 6.5 U3 using the Dell-customized ESXi ISO image.  After upgrading I found I could not see any storage adapter info in OMSA.