How to Configure NVMe/TCP with vSphere 8.0 Update 1 and ONTAP 9.13.1 for VMFS Datastores

vSphere 8U1 – Deep dive on configuring NVMe-oF (Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fabrics) for VMware vSphere datastores.
What’s new

With vSphere 8.0 update 1, VMware has completed their journey to a completely native end-to-end NVMe storage stack. Prior to 8.0U1, there was a SCSI translation layer which added some complexity to the stack and slightly decreased some of the efficiencies inherent in the NVMe protocol.

ONTAP 9.12.1 added support for secure authentication over NVMe/TCP as well as increasing NVMe limits (viewable on the NetApp Hardware Universe [HWU]).

For more info and source blog please check great post How to Configure NVMe/TCP with vSphere 8.0 Update 1 and ONTAP 9.13.1 for VMFS Datastores

Author: Daniel Micanek

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