vSAN Controller driver health check warning for Intel VMD controllers

Products

• VMware vSAN

Issue/Introduction

Providing regression issue introduced in vSAN 8.0 and provides workaround.

Symptoms:
On vCenter Server 8.0, vSAN health check reports a false warning (like below) for ESX hosts with Intel VMD enabled in the "Controller driver is VMware certified" check.
On vCenter Server 8.0, cluster remediation cycle may be interrupted by vSAN health checking warning "Controller driver is VMware certified", In case the upgrading ESX host has Intel VMD enabled.
 

 

 

Cause

There is a regression introduced in vCenter 8.0, which causes vSAN Health Service unable to get the certified driver versions from the HCL, even though the Intel VMD controller driver is certified to use with vSAN.

Resolution

The issue will be fixed in the future releases.

Workaround:
User can silence the "Controller driver is VMware certified" health check to unblock the remediation process.