Enable HBA Driver

Support for NVMe must be enabled within Broadcom/Emulex and Marvell/Qlogic HBA drivers.

1. Execute the following command from the ESXi shell:
   • Broadcom/Emulex HBA Driver

     esxcli system module parameters set -m lpfc -p "lpfc_enable_fc4_type=3"
     

   • Marvell/Qlogic HBA Driver

     esxcfg-module -s "ql2xnvmesupport=1" qlnativefc
     
     

2. Reboot the host.