Hi All,
Hopefully something quick and easy ...
I have installed a PERC H700 Integrated into a Dell R815 server and fully populated the 6x disk bays with 400GB SAS 6Gbps SSD drives. I created the virtual disk using the BIOS boot utility (Ctrl + R) but when creating the datastore, it shows these as Non-SSD drive types.
Am I missing a simple configuration or VIB, or should I simply tell the host that these are SSD's;
VMware KB: Enabling the SSD option on SSD based disks/LUNs that are not detected as SSD by default
Thanks,
Jon
I followed the KB article to tag the device as a SSD;
~ # esxcli storage core device list -d naa.6b8ca3a0e79b9500194b56ec78ca4044
naa.6b8ca3a0e79b9500194b56ec78ca4044
Display Name: Local DELL Disk (naa.6b8ca3a0e79b9500194b56ec78ca4044)
Has Settable Display Name: true
Size: 1142784
Device Type: Direct-Access
Multipath Plugin: NMP
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6b8ca3a0e79b9500194b56ec78ca4044
Vendor: DELL
Model: PERC H700
Revision: 2.10
SCSI Level: 5
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
Thin Provisioning Status: unknown
Attached Filters:
VAAI Status: unsupported
Other UIDs: vml.02000000006b8ca3a0e79b9500194b56ec78ca4044504552432048
I followed the KB article to tag the device as a SSD;
~ # esxcli storage core device list -d naa.6b8ca3a0e79b9500194b56ec78ca4044
naa.6b8ca3a0e79b9500194b56ec78ca4044
Display Name: Local DELL Disk (naa.6b8ca3a0e79b9500194b56ec78ca4044)
Has Settable Display Name: true
Size: 1142784
Device Type: Direct-Access
Multipath Plugin: NMP
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6b8ca3a0e79b9500194b56ec78ca4044
Vendor: DELL
Model: PERC H700
Revision: 2.10
SCSI Level: 5
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
Thin Provisioning Status: unknown
Attached Filters:
VAAI Status: unsupported
Other UIDs: vml.02000000006b8ca3a0e79b9500194b56ec78ca4044504552432048