Marking ordinary drives as SSDs on ESXi5.5 hosts

1. Listing storage information for the host

Command:

ESXCLI Storage NMP Device List

Mpx.vmhba1:C0:T1:L0

Device Display name:local VMware, Disk (mpx.vmhba1:C0:T1:L0)

Storage Array type:vmw_satp_local

Storage Array Type Device CONFIG:SATP vmw_satp_local does not the support Device configuration.

Path Selection policy:vmw_psp_fixed

Path Selection Policy Device Config: {preferred=vmhba1:c0:t1:l0;current=vmhba1:c0:t1:l0}

Path Selection Policy Device Custom Config:

Working Paths:vmhba1:C0:T1:L0

is Local SAS Device:false

Is Usb:false

is Boot USB Device:false

2. Note the SATP associated with the device (Storage Array type:vmw_satp_local)

3. Add the PSA claim rule to mark the device as SSD.

Command:

ESXCLI storage nmp SATP rule add-s vmw_satp_local--device mpx.vmhba1:C0:T1:L0--option= "ENABLE_SSD"

4. Recycle the device and reapply the rules.

Command:

ESXCLI Storage Core Claimrule Load

ESXCLI Storage Core Claimrule Run

ESXCLI Storage core claiming reclaim--device mpx.vmhba1:C0:T1:L0

5. Verify that the device is marked as SSD (is Ssd:true)

Command:

ESXCLI Storage Core Device list-d mpx.vmhba1:C0:T1:L0 | grep SSD

Marking ordinary drives as SSDs on ESXi5.5 hosts