NVMe-oF Compatibility with VMware vSphere Release Notes

ActiveCluster

No

1.16.6 and later

Yes

3.1.1 and later

Yes

NVMe-oF volumes show up as volume objects in VCF Operations.

3.0.2 and earlier

No

2.0.12 and earlier

No

4.0.1 and earlier

No

5.3.12

Yes

VM undelete, VM revert workflows added for NVMe vVols datastores. Create NVMe vVols datastores added. Support for add/update host group for NVMe vVols NQNs added.

5.2.0 and later

Yes

Hostgroup mappings are able to be created and updated for NVMe/FC objects.

5.0.0-5.1.1

Yes

This version has limited functionality. You are able to view the properties of an NVMe-oF datastore but nothing more.

4.3-4.5.2

Yes

This version has limited functionality. You are able to view the properties of an NVMe-oF datastore but nothing more.

4.2 and earlier

No

No current plans to implement backwards compatibility.

7.0 U3 and later

Yes

VMware supports: NVMe-RDMA, NVMe-FC and NVMe-TCP.

7.0 to 7.0 U2

Yes

VMware supports: NVMe-RDMA and NVMe-FC

VMFS only, no vVol support.

6.7 and earlier

No

No current plans to implement backwards compatibility.

8.7 and later

Yes

Requires SRA 5.0.0+

8.6 and earlier

No

8.0 and earlier

No

8.0+

Yes

7.6+

Yes