Use the esxcli command to verify the hardware acceleration support status of a particular storage device.
Prerequisites
Install vCLI or deploy the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) virtual machine. See Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces. For troubleshooting, run esxcli commands in the ESXi Shell.
Procedure
- ♦ Run the esxcli storage core device list -d=device_ID command.
The output shows the hardware acceleration, or VAAI, status that can be unknown, supported, or unsupported.
# esxcli storage core device list -d naa.XXXXXXXXXXXX4c naa.XXXXXXXXXXXX4c Display Name: XXXX Fibre Channel Disk(naa.XXXXXXXXXXXX4c) Size: 20480 Device Type: Direct-Access Multipath Plugin: NMP XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Attached Filters: VAAI_FILTER VAAI Status: supported XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX