Diagnostics report includes detailed report related to Hardware Compatibility checks performed on the Server/IO Devices for the ESXi server for which the log bundle has been analyzed.
VCG/vSAN HCL Validation
Server and Storage/Network IO devices are validated against the VMware Compatibility Guides. vSAN used Storage I/O devices are validated against the vSAN HCL. Currently vSAN validation is limited to Storage I/O devices only. Firmware levels for Server and I/O devices are not validated but included in the report.
VCG/vSAN HCL Validation Summary
This section has a data grid showing one row of each of the findings. Each row shows the device and validation summary.
Columns
Device: Name of the device as it named on ESXi server.
Description: Description of the device.
VCG Status: Compatibility Status for the Device.
Driver Status: Compatibility Status of the Driver being used.
Current Driver/Version: Driver and the Version being used.
VCG Driver: Most recent Driver Version as indicated by VCG.
Current Firmware: Firmware currently being used (May not be available for all devices).
VCG Firmware: Most recent Firmware Version as indicated by VCG.
Forward Support: Future upgrade support (Shows current and later versions supported for this device)
Status Indicators
VCG Details
Each row in the VCG/vSAN HCL report can be expanded to view further details from the compatibility guide. Click to expand the row and view the details. Clicking the same collapses, the details section.