Unable to discover vVOL with NVMe over TCP

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

When adding the NVMe over TCP controllers the non-vVOL targets are discovered but the vVVOL targets are not automatically discovered.

 

non-vvol:

vmkernel: cpu34:2099527 opID=bdd27c70)NVMFDEV:1245 Controller 979 (nqn.####.discovery#vmhba##<ipaddr>:8009) registered successfully.
vmkernel: cpu32:2099548 opID=9fbf08c)NVMFDEV:1245 Controller 980 (nqn.####vmhba##<ipaddr>:4420) registered successfully.
vmkernel: cpu32:2099548 opID=9fbf08c)NVMFDEV:1245 Controller 981 (nqn.####vmhba##<ipaddr>:4420) registered successfully.

 

vvol:

vmkwarning: cpu50:2098709)WARNING: NvmeDiscover: 2344: No IO handle to issue requests to controller nqn.####vvol#vmhba##<ipaddr>:4420
vmkernel: cpu50:2098709)NvmeDiscover: 3543: Update of controller nqn.####vvol#vmhba##<ipaddr>:4420 failed with No connection
vmkernel: cpu50:2098709)NvmeDiscover: 7974: controller probe failed status:No connection nqn.####vvol#vmhba##<ipaddr>:4420

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0 U3

Resolution

Rescan Storage Providers to discover the vVOL targets.

If targets do not appear following rescan please open a case with Broadcom Support.

Additional Information

Configuring NVMe over TCP on ESXi