ESXi is unable to detect NVMe controller subsystem

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

ESXi's log populate the error message below

 Wa(180) vmkwarning: cpu41:4608176)WARNING: NvmeDiscover: 8132: GetIdentifyController failed for controller:nqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.############################:subsystem2026-05-03T23:29:37.642Z Wa(180) vmkwarning: cpu41:4608176)WARNING: NvmeDiscover: 8132: GetIdentifyController failed for controller:nqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.############################:subsystem

grep "GetIdentifyController failed for controller" vmkernel.all |awk '{print$NF}'|sort |uniq -c      
8 controller:nqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.##############################################:subsystem      
8 controller:nqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.##############################################:subsystem   
8376 controller:nqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.##############################################:subsystem <--------------------      
8 controller:nqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.##############################################:subsystem 

Environment

ESXi 8.x

Cause

Storage issue, out of all the configured NVMe controllers within the infrastructure

Resolution

Engaging storage storage support to verify the health, presentation state, and configuration profile of this specific controller