vSAN Health Report Warning:Controller driver is VMware certified

Products

• VMware vSAN 8.x

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms :

The controller driver warning appeared after the host was upgraded to vSphere 8.0U3. 
Upon checking both via the vSphere Client and SSH session, the driver version detected was 30.00.00.00-1OEM.800.1.0.20613240, which is not listed in the vSAN HCL (Hardware Compatibility List).

The following warning appears in the vSphere Client under Skyline Health: Cluster > Monitor > Skyline Health. 

 

 

Environment

vSAN 8.x

Cause

The driver version 30.00.00.00-1OEM.800.1.0.20613240 is not certified or validated in the vSAN HCL for vSphere 8.0U3. 

Resolution

The compatible driver version on vSAN HCL  for 8.0U3 shows as  29.00.00.00-1vmw.803.0.0.24022510 

The link to download  driver version 29.00.00.00-1vmw.803.0.0.24022510 is not listed on vSAN HCL

The hardware vendor shall be contacted initially to download the driver.

Alternatively you can download the ESXi offline bundle .Once the bundle is extracted ,you will  find the correct driver version, 29.00.00.00-1vmw.803.0.0.24022510, related to the controller.

VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)

Place the host in maintenance mode with ensure accessibility 

Installed the driver 29.00.00.00-1vmw.803.0.0.24022510 using the below command 

[root@esxi1:/tmp] esxcli software vib install  -v /tmp/VMW_bootbank_lsi-msgpt35_29.00.00.00-1vmw.803.0.0.24022510.vib
Installation Result
   Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.
   VIBs Installed: VMW_bootbank_lsi-msgpt35_29.00.00.00-1vmw.803.0.0.24022510
   VIBs Removed:
   VIBs Skipped:
   Reboot Required: true

Reboot Host 

Validated that the new driver was installed successfully

Took the host out of maintenance mode.

Ran the vSAN health check, and the warning regarding the "Controller driver is VMware certified" no longer appears.