VSAN-Troubleshooting-Reference-Manual

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Reference Manual – Virtual SAN
Using ESXCLI to capture storage controller info
Further information about the controllers/adapters, in particular the PCI identifiers,
can be extremely useful when trying to figure out if the device is supported or not
since this information can be used to search the VMware Compatibility Guide. This
is useful in the case where a storage controller has been rebranded, as shall be seen
shortly.
esxcli hardware pci list
The first line of the PCI list output shows the PCI slot information. This can be used
to ensure that the correct adapter is being queried.
Once the correct adapter is confirmed, the Vendor IDs, Device IDs, Sub-Vendor IDs
and Sub-Device IDs can be used to verify that this adapter is on the VMware
Compatibility Guide. Some vendors rebrand devices to reflect their own particular
range of products; however the vendor and device ids remain the same. Therefore it
is not uncommon to find that one vendor’s controller is not listed under the vendor
name in the VCG, but in fact it appears in the VCG listed under a different vendor.
~ # esxcli hardware pci list
000:005:00.0
Address: 000:005:00.0
Segment: 0x0000
Bus: 0x05
Slot: 0x00
Function: 0x00
VMkernel Name: vmhba1
Vendor Name: Hewlett-Packard Company
Device Name: Smart Array P410i
Configured Owner: Unknown
Current Owner: VMkernel
Vendor ID: 0x103c
Device ID: 0x323a
SubVendor ID: 0x103c
SubDevice ID: 0x3245
Device Class: 0x0104
Device Class Name: RAID bus controller
Programming Interface: 0x00
Revision ID: 0x01
Interrupt Line: 0x0a
IRQ: 10
Interrupt Vector: 0x2c
PCI Pin: 0xa8
Spawned Bus: 0x00
Flags: 0x0201
Module ID: 4177
Module Name: hpsa
Chassis: 0
Physical Slot: 255
Slot Description:
Passthru Capable: true
Parent Device: PCI 0:0:1:0
Dependent Device: PCI 0:5:0:0
Reset Method: Link reset
FPT Sharable: true
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