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UCS support of VMware Virtual Volumes (VVOL) - HBA driver update?

KRIS PATE
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Hi guys,

 

  I finally got a chance to try and play with Vmware Virtual Volumes (VVOL) today (available in vsphere/vcenter 6.0) and discovered that the UCS doesn't seem to support it.

I have a Nimble storage array (think SmartStack) that is running the software required for VVOL support (2.3.4). 

We enabled everything on the array but then ran into an issue where the hosts couldn't connect to the VVOL volume. 

It turns out that there needs to be an additional capability present on the HBA.  It is called second level lun ID (SLLID).

None of the VIC adapters seem to support this feature with the drivers I have.  I checked the release notes and found nothing.

Is there a target date when this feature will be added to the VIC drivers? I assume that it will be added considering the large number of customers running vmware on UCS (Flexpod, Vblock, Smartstack).

 

Vmware KB on the issue.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2114975

Output from my UCS that shows there are no capabilities listed.

[root@ssc-rcn-esxi-101:/var/log] esxcli storage core adapter list
HBA Name  Driver  Link State  UID                                   Capabilities  Description
--------  ------  ----------  ------------------------------------  ------------  ----------------------------------------------------------
vmhba0    mptsas  link-n/a    sas.51cdf0ffbeefe000                                (0000:01:00.0) LSI Logic / Symbios Logic LSI1064E
vmhba1    fnic    link-up     fc.20000025b5201000:20000025b5201a01                (0000:10:00.0) Cisco Systems Inc Cisco VIC FCoE HBA Driver
vmhba2    fnic    link-up     fc.20000025b5201000:20000025b5201b01                (0000:11:00.0) Cisco Systems Inc Cisco VIC FCoE HBA Driver

 

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Looks like it is supported now in the latest FNIC driver, 1.6.0.33 released on the 22nd of Feb 2017.

These are the release notes

New Features:
- Supports Secondary Lun ID (VVOL)

Bugs Fixed (in fnic 1.6.0.33 since fnic 1.6.0.28)
CSCux64473 : Request for Virtual volume support in ESXi fnic driver

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESX60-CISCO-FNIC-16033&productId=491

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