- The latest driver "smartpqi" version "1.0.3", an enhancement was added to fix this issue.
- It's release on Jan 2019.
- Download VMware ESXi 6.5 smartpqi 1.0.3.2035 SAS Driver for HPE Smart PQI controllers
https://customerconnect.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI65-MICROSEMI-SMARTPQI-1032035&productId=614
In the release note snippet :
Fixes & Enhancements:
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* Added an enhancement to remove "Below 4 GB" DMA memory usage.
The driver always requests the physical memory address below 4 GB range and there might not be any DMA memory available in that range.
Note: As this enhancement,it's requested to use the 64-bit SSA CLI utility to work with the latest driver.
Workaround:
- Sometimes, the host will be resume by restarting the hostd.
# /etc/init.d/hostd restart