Hello,
I am guessing if any have used a similar set-up using unsupported hardware components for vSAN,
you will invariably have some people claim that it has worked fine for years and others maybe not so much with potential horror-stories.
With controllers it is hard to say whether they will function well - support not being provided for later versions of vSAN is usually a case of the hardware vendor deeming the components to be end-of-life and thus not providing ongoing updates.
This is a similar case to the H710p which is supported up to vSAN 6.2 but no higher due to the reason above.
The bottom-line with rolling on unsupported components comes down to - what you are intending to use this cluster for? And do you care if it breaks and cannot be fixed (with the worst case scenario being data-loss)?
If this is a test or lab environment then try it and see, if it is anything more important then weigh your options and likely consider alternatives that have assurances that they will be reliable.
Note also that that SSD (MZ7KE512BW) is also unsupported for use with any version of vSAN. Some of its more expensive but similar family drives are supported (MZ7KM480HAHP & MZ7KM480HMHQ) so it is entirely possible that this model (MZ7KE512BW) was tested and didn't work well with vSAN and thus was not certified.
Bob
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