Unable to add NVMe controller to a VM on ESXi

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0

Issue/Introduction

Adding an NVMe controller on a VM gives "Device Not Supported." error

Environment

ESXi 7.x

ESXi 8.x

Cause

Incorrect Guest OS version configured on the VM

Example: Guest OS version: RHEL 8

VM OS version: Other 2.6x Linux (64-bit)

Resolution

Set the correct Guest OS version on the VM

Shutdown the VM.

Select Virtual Machine -> Edit Settings -> VM Options -> General Options, change Guest OS Version to the right version

For Example: RHEL 8 as per the above example