fling logo of Community NVMe Driver for ESXi

Community NVMe Driver for ESXi

version 1.2 — November 10, 2021

Contributors 3

View All

Comments 32

  • profile picture of luckman212
  • profile picture of James
  • profile picture of William Lam
  • profile picture of Mr Gimper
  • profile picture of William Lam
  • profile picture of Mr Gimper
  • profile picture of William Lam
  • profile picture of kevin f
View All
This fling has been deprecated.

Summary

This Fling is a collection of ESXi Native Drivers which enables ESXi to recognize and consume various NVMe-based storage devices. These devices are not officially on the VMware HCL and have been developed to enable and support the VMware Community.

Requirements

Non-Apple NVMe
  • VMware ESXi 7.0 (x86) or newer is required
  • Any NVMe storage devices with VID/PID listed below are supported
VendorVendorIDProductID
ADATA0x1cc18201
Micro/Crucial0xc0a90x2263
Silicon Motion0x126f0x2262

Apple NVMe Note: For detailed ESXi version and build numbers, please refer to VMware KB 2143832

Known Issues:
  • The onboard Thunderbolt 3 ports does NOT function when using the Community NVMe driver and can cause ESXi to PSOD if activated.

Instructions


Step 1 - Download the Offline Bundle zip file for the Community NVMe Driver for ESXi and upload to ESXi host using either SCP or Datastore Browser

Step 2 - Install the ESXi Offline Bundle by running the following command on ESXi Shell to install ESXi Offline Bundle:
esxcli software vib install -d /path/to/the offline bundle zip
Step 4 - Reboot the ESXi host for the change to go into effect. Once the host has rebooted, ESXi should now allow be able to claim and use the local NVMe SSD.

Note: For those that wish to incorporate the Community NVMe Driver for ESXi into a new ESXi Image Profile, you can use either the Image Builder UI in vCenter Server or Image Builder CLI with PowerCLI.

Changelog

Nov 10, 2021 - v1.2

      nvme-community_1.0.1.0-3vmw.700.1.0.15843807-component-18902434.zip
      md5: 693f692d10811c52e9261c18db4337a5

What's New:
  • Support for ESXi 7.0 or newer for Apple NVMe devices

July 12, 2021 - v1.1

      nvme-community-driver_1.0.1.0-2vmw.700.1.0.15843807-component-18290856.zip
      md5: bb7701bde7a2bcf2732f686cc997f330

What's New:
  • Support for ESXi 7.0 or newer
  • Support for 3 additional NVMe storage devices(please see the Requirements tab for more details)
Note: For customers that require support for Apple NVMe devices, the previous version of the Fling (v1.0), which is only supported with ESXi 6.7 is still required.
February 23, 2021 - v1.0 (Initial Release)

      nvme-community-driver_1.0.1.0-1vmw.670.0.0.8169922-offline_bundle-17658145.zip
      md5: 826ed693a09d5745c496a7f42f793bd0

Similar Flings

Feb 05, 2019
fling logo of ESXi Embedded Host Client

ESXi Embedded Host Client

version 1.33.1

This version of the ESXi Embedded Host Client is written purely in HTML and JavaScript, and is served directly from your ESXi host and should perform much better than any of the existing solutions.

Sep 21, 2023
UPDATED
fling logo of USB Network Native Driver for ESXi

USB Network Native Driver for ESXi

version 1.13

This Fling supports the most popular USB network adapter chipsets found in the market.

Mar 15, 2022
fling logo of Community Networking Driver for ESXi

Community Networking Driver for ESXi

version 1.2.7

This Fling is a collection of ESXi Native Drivers which adds support for various PCIe-based network adapters.