Host commission in SDDC Manager fails with error Failed to validate vSAN HCL status

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

ESXi host commission in SDDC Manager fails with error Failed to validate vSAN HCL status in the SDDC UI.

In the SDDC Manager logs we see the following: 

/var/log/vmware/vcf/operationsmanager/operationsmanager.log 

 

Checks if the NVMe device(s) in this vSAN cluster is/are compatible with the vSAN configuration type as per vSAN VCG (VMware Compatibility Guide).","testAllEntities":6,"testHealth":"yellow","testDetails":[{"columns":[{"label":"Host","type":"dynamic"},{"label":"Device","type":"string"},{"label":"Device name","type":"string"},{"label":"Used
by vSAN","type":"string"},{"label":"Device certified","type":"*****"},{"label":"PCI ID","type":"string"},{"label":"Use for","type":"string"},{"label":"Supported vSAN Configuration","type":"string"}],"rows":[{"values":["HostReference:##.##.##.##
","vmhba1","t10.NVMe____VO003840KXNZR___________________________3D5C0E490175A000","No","yellow#common.uncertified","*****","vSAN ESA","vSAN"]},

 DEBUG [vcf_om,#################,###] [c.v.e.s.c.c.v.vsan.VsanManagerBase,host-comm-decomm-exec-2] HCL check failed for test NVMe device is VMware certified due to yellow status
ERROR [vcf_om,#############,###] [c.v.v.h.c.s.i.CommissionHostsValidator,host-comm-decomm-exec-2] Host validation failed for Host: [HOST_FQDN]
DEBUG [vcf_om,###############,###] [c.v.v.h.c.s.i.CommissionHostsValidator,om-exec-17] [HOST_FQDN]: VSAN_HCL_VALIDATION_FAILURE
DEBUG [vcf_om,#############,######] [c.v.v.h.c.s.i.CommissionHostsValidator,om-exec-17] Completed validating Host(s).

Environment

VCF 5.2.x

Cause

Disk is not VSAN ESA compatible in the VSAN HCL. 

• Extract from vSAN HCL file example:

productid": "VO003840KXNZR",
                                "model": "HPE 3.84TB NVMe RI SFF MV SSD",
                                "vendor": "Nvme",
                                "partnername": "Hewlett Packard Enterprise",
                                "capacity": 3840,
                                "partnumber": "P47824-B21, P47824-H21, P47842-B21, P47842-H21,P47846-B21, P47846-K21,P64845-B21, P64845-H21, P64846-B21, P64846-H21, P64882-B21, P64882-H21, P64846-K21, P64882-K21,P47824-K21",
                                "devicetype": "NVMe",
                                "vid": "1344",
                                "did": "51c3",
                                "svid": "1590",
                                "ssid": "03d1",
                                "vsanSupport": {
                                        "mode": [
                                                "vSAN"

 

Note: If the disk was vSAN ESA compatible it would show the following: 

mode":[ "vSAN ESA","vSAN"]

Resolution

Check the the VSAN HCL file for the DISK Model to see what vSAN Support mode is specified.

Link to VSAN HCL:  https://vvs.broadcom.com/service/vsan/all.json