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NVMe datastores inaccessible after ONTAP upgrade on AFF-C800

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Applies to

  • NetApp ONTAP 9.16.1P13
  • NetApp ONTAP 9.18.1P8HF1
  • VMware ESXi
  • NVMe/TCP protocol

Issue

  • Datastores show as inaccessible in vCenter UI after ONTAP upgrade.
  • All virtual machines (VMs) in these datastores are crashed.
  • Multiple ESXi hosts unable to connect to NVMe datastores.
  • Attempts to connect datastores using esxcli fail.
[root@host:~] esxcli nvme controller list
Name                                                                       Controller Number  Adapter  Transport Type  Is Online
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- --------- --------------- ---------
nqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.5b2292b6021211f1904ad039eaca6182:subsystem.CLUSTER1#vmhba64#172.20.30.212:4420  262  vmhba64  TCP    false
nqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.5b2292b6021211f1904ad039eaca6182:subsystem.CLUSTER1#vmhba64#172.20.30.211:4420  264  vmhba64  TCP    false
nqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.5b2292b6021211f1904ad039eaca6182:subsystem.CLUSTER1#vmhba65#172.21.31.212:4420  270  vmhba65  TCP    false
nqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.5b2292b6021211f1904ad039eaca6182:subsystem.CLUSTER1#vmhba65#172.21.31.211:4420  272  vmhba65  TCP    false
[root@host] esxcli nvme fabrics connect -a vmhba64 -i 172.20.30.212 -p 4420 -s nqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.5b2292b6021211f1904ad039eaca6182:subsystem.CLUSTER1
Adapter or transport target not found

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