Release Notes

• ~# vmkchdev -p <Bus:Device.Function> #where the BDF is the Bus Device
Function for the NVMe device
• Edit /etc/vmware/esx.conf and add the line
– /device/<<BDF of NVMe device>>/owner = "passthru"
– Reboot ESXi. NVMe devices are available for VMs.
vSphere Webclient displays an error message while
turning on a virtual machine, when it is configured with
Dell Express Flash NVMe PCIe-SSD as a passthrough
device
Description: On a server that is configured with Dell Express Flash NVMe PCIe-SSD as a
passthrough device, the VM to which a device connected is unable to turn on. The
following message is displayed: “PCI passthrough device ID (0x57e0) is invalid”.
Applies to: ESXi 5.x
Solution: This is a known behavior. However, there is no functionality loss because the VM is
turned on. This issue will be fixed in later version of WebClient.
VM with Windows as the guest OS is unable to turn on
when the Dell Express Flash NVMe PCIe-SSD device is
configured as a passthrough device
Description: On a server that is configured with Dell Express Flash NVMe PCIe-SSD as a
passthrough device, a VM running on Windows guest OS is unable to turn on.
Applies to: ESXi 5.x
Solution: This is a known issue. Workaround is to reduce the number of MSI-X vectors to 31
for the guest OS. For more information, refer to the VMware Knowledge Base
article 2032981.
PCI passthrough page on vCenter client or server does
not display the hot-plugged Dell Express Flash NVMe
PCIe-SSD device
Description: When Dell Express Flash NVMe PCIe-SSD device is hot-plugged to a running
VMware ESXi host, the PCI passthrough page on vCenter client or server does not
display the devices to enable passthrough functionality.
Applies to: ESXi 5.x
Solution: To enable passthrough mode in hot-plugged devices, complete the following
workaround steps:
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