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Newly created NVMe namespace not visible on the ESXi host as qlnativefc driver parameter for enabling NVMe/FC support is not set

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Applies to

  • FC-NVMe
  • ESXi 7.0.3
  • Brocade Qlnative HBA Host Adapter

Issue

  • Newly created namespace is not visible on the ESXi host on Qlnative HBA Host Adapter until the host is rebooted.
  • The nvme namespace is online on NetApp end and is mapped to the correct subsystem.

<< log snippet >>

cluster::> vserver nvme namespace show -instance

              Vserver Name: nvmesvm
            Namespace Path: /vol/vol1/namespace01
                      Size: 600GB
                 Size Used: 0B
                   OS Type: vmware
                   Comment:
                Block Size: 512B
                     State: online
              Is Read Only: false
             Creation Time: 1/16/2025 08:33:14
            Namespace UUID: 5b69f134-17bc-4035-a652-e9b2eebfdxxx
      Restore Inaccessible: false
Node Hosting the Namespace: NetApp-01
               Volume Name: vol1
                Qtree Name:
          Mapped Subsystem: netapp_subsystem
              Namespace ID: 00000001h
                Vserver ID: 19
               Application: -

 

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