I am working on a lengthy post/presentation related to UNMAP on all levels of the stack (from Guest Volume to Physical disk). During my research I have noticed that there is no way for me to find out through the VMware HCL which arrays support T10 UNMAP. Therefor I need your help. If you find 5 minutes of your time I’d love to get a few details from your array.
- Vendor + Model + Firmware
- vSphere Version
- VAAI Status (screenshot 2)
- Thin Provisioning Status (screenshot 2)
- Delete Status (screenshot 1)
Screenshot 1:
Look up datastore device name: # esxcli storage vmfs extent list
Show VAAI details: #esxcli storage core device vaai status get -d [device]
Screenshot 2:
Look up Thin Provisioning status: #esxcli storage core device list -d [device]
NOTE: I am NOT interested here in Deduplication / Compression / ZeroPageReclaim so please don’t start pitching your product in the comments.
EMC VMAX 5876.x
5.5 u2
VAAI status: supported
Thin Provisioning Status: yes
Delete status: supported
Nimble Storage CS Array with NimbleOS 2.x
vSphere 5.0.0
VAAI Status: Supported
Delete Status: Supported
Thin Provisioning Status: yes
Pure Storage FA4xx running Purity 4.0.12
5.5.0 build-1331820
VAAI Status: supported
Thin Provisioning Status: yes
Delete Status: supported
Hp StoreVirtual (LeftHand) VSA running LeftHand OS 11.5
vSphere 5.1
VAAI status: supported
Thin Provisioning Status: unknown
Delete status: unsupported
Dell EqualLogic PS Series v7.0.7
vSphere 5.5
Delete status: supported
VAAI status: supported
Thin Provisioning Status: yes
Dell Compellent Storage Center firmware version 6.5.10 (SC8000, SC4020)
vSphere 5.5 Update 1
VAAI Status: supported
Thin Provisioning Status: yes
Delete Status: supported
HP 3PAR 7400 3.1.2
VMware vCenter Server 5.1.0 build-1235232
Delete Status: supported
Thin Provisioning Status: yes
VAAI Status: supported
EMC VNX 5500 (05.32.000.5.216)
VMware ESXi 5.5.0 build-2143827
VAAI Plugin Name: VMW_VAAIP_CX
ATS Status: supported
Clone Status: supported
Zero Status: supported
Delete Status: unsupported
Netapp FAS2240 8.1.3P1 7-mode
ESX 5.1 Update 2
Delete Status: supported
Thin Provisioning Status: yes
VAAI Status: supported