VSAN-Troubleshooting-Reference-Manual

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Reference Manual – Virtual SAN
A note on OEM ESXi ISO images
The ESXi ISO image from HP was used to deploy the ESXi hosts. However that image
contained drivers that were not supported by Virtual SAN.
Other Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), through the use of these OEM images, can
provide new drivers that they have qualified for general ESXi operations. However,
not all OEMs will carry out the storage controller qual/test/cert suite for Virtual
SAN. Therefore, the OEM ESXi ISO images may well contain storage controller
drivers that have never been certified on Virtual SAN. Use of these non-certified
drivers can result in unpredictable behavior on Virtual SAN.
As VMware’s OEM partners ramp up their own testing capabilities, the OEM ESXi
ISOs start appearing with Virtual SAN-qualified drivers, etc. This will begin in 2015,
but will be an on-going process. Until that happens, please continue to use the VCG
for Virtual SAN supported drivers.
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