Device and adapter counts do not match between ESXi hosts in Storage overview

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

When reviewing a cluster from the "Storage overview" section in vCenter the cluster does not have a consistent device or drive count. 

Example

 

 

Environment

VMware ESXi (All Versions)

Cause

The ESXi hosts do not have the same devices presented to them such as USB devices, local disks or other storage. 

In the example below the hosts have the same FC devices presented to them but host 11 also has a local USB device presented causing the Device count to be 30/30 vs 29/29

Example 

Resolution

Review the host configuration and determine which device/adapter is causing the discrepancy, if that device/adapter is needed then open a case with Broadcom Support for further assistance. Otherwise this can be safely ignored as it's not an issue.