Data Object Description

Some terminology is borrowed from the NVM Express over Fabrics and the NVM Express 1.3 specifications, which are available at the following address: https://nvmexpress.org/resources/specifications/

Properties

Name	Type	Description
associatedAdapter	xsd:string	Associated NVME over Fabrics host bus adapter. A controller is associated with exactly one host at a time through an NVME over Fabrics host bus adapter.
attachedNamespace*	HostNvmeNamespace[]	List of NVME namespaces attached to the controller. Namespaces provide access to a non-volatile storage medium which is part of the NVM subsystem. For an overview, see: "NVM Express over Fabrics 1.0", Section 1.5.2, "NVM Subsystem". "NVM Express 1.3", section 6.1, "Namespaces".
controllerNumber	xsd:int	The controller number uniquely identifies the NVME Controller within its HostSystem. This should not be confused with Controller ID (see "NVM Express over Fabrics 1.0", Section 4.2, "Controller model" for details), which only serves as an identifier within a particular NVME subsystem.
firmwareVersion*	xsd:string	The firmware version of the controller, if available.
fusedOperationSupported	xsd:boolean	Indicates whether fused operations are supported by the controller. An NVME controller may support fused operations. This is required to support shared storage, otherwise data corruption may occur. For more details, see: "NVM Express 1.3", Section 6.2, "Fused Operations".
key	xsd:string	The linkable identifier.
model*	xsd:string	The model name of the controller, if available.
name	xsd:string	Name of the controller. Each controller has a name. For NVME over Fabrics controllers, it is generated when the controller is connected to an NVME over Fabrics adapter.
numberOfQueues	xsd:int	The number of I/O queues allocated for the controller.
queueSize	xsd:int	The size of each of the I/O queues. This will not be greater than the Maximum Queue Entries Supported (mqes) value for the controller. For more information, see: "NVM Express 1.3", section 3.1, "Register definition".
serialNumber*	xsd:string	The serial number of the controller, if available.
subnqn	xsd:string	The NVME subsystem qualified name. Each NVME controller is associated with an NVME subsystem which can present a collection of controllers to the adapter. For more details, refer to: "NVM Express over Fabrics 1.0", Section 1.5.2, "NVM Subsystem".
transportType	xsd:string	The transport type supported by the controller. The set of possible values is described in HostNvmeTransportType. For details, see: "NVM Express over Fabrics 1.0", Section 1.5.1, "Fabrics and Transports".
vendorId*	xsd:string	The vendor ID of the controller, if available.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

Name

Type

Description

associatedAdapter

xsd:string

Associated NVME over Fabrics host bus adapter.

A controller is associated with exactly one host at a time through an NVME over Fabrics host bus adapter.

attachedNamespace*

HostNvmeNamespace[]

List of NVME namespaces attached to the controller.

Namespaces provide access to a non-volatile storage medium which is part of the NVM subsystem. For an overview, see:

"NVM Express over Fabrics 1.0", Section 1.5.2, "NVM Subsystem".
"NVM Express 1.3", section 6.1, "Namespaces".

controllerNumber

xsd:int

The controller number uniquely identifies the NVME Controller within its HostSystem.

This should not be confused with Controller ID (see "NVM Express over Fabrics 1.0", Section 4.2, "Controller model" for details), which only serves as an identifier within a particular NVME subsystem.

firmwareVersion*

xsd:string

The firmware version of the controller, if available.

fusedOperationSupported

xsd:boolean

Indicates whether fused operations are supported by the controller.

An NVME controller may support fused operations. This is required to support shared storage, otherwise data corruption may occur. For more details, see:

"NVM Express 1.3", Section 6.2, "Fused Operations".

key

xsd:string

The linkable identifier.

model*

xsd:string

The model name of the controller, if available.

name

xsd:string

Name of the controller.

Each controller has a name. For NVME over Fabrics controllers, it is generated when the controller is connected to an NVME over Fabrics adapter.

numberOfQueues

xsd:int

The number of I/O queues allocated for the controller.

queueSize

xsd:int

The size of each of the I/O queues.

This will not be greater than the Maximum Queue Entries Supported (mqes) value for the controller. For more information, see:

"NVM Express 1.3", section 3.1, "Register definition".

serialNumber*

xsd:string

The serial number of the controller, if available.

subnqn

xsd:string

The NVME subsystem qualified name.

Each NVME controller is associated with an NVME subsystem which can present a collection of controllers to the adapter. For more details, refer to:

"NVM Express over Fabrics 1.0", Section 1.5.2, "NVM Subsystem".

transportType

xsd:string

The transport type supported by the controller.

The set of possible values is described in HostNvmeTransportType. For details, see:

"NVM Express over Fabrics 1.0", Section 1.5.1, "Fabrics and Transports".

vendorId*

xsd:string

The vendor ID of the controller, if available.

Properties inherited from DynamicData

None

Need not be set

Show WSDL type definition

         <complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="HostNvmeController">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:DynamicData">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="key" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="controllerNumber" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="subnqn" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="name" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="associatedAdapter" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="transportType" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="fusedOperationSupported" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                     <element name="numberOfQueues" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="queueSize" type="xsd:int"/>
                     <element name="attachedNamespace" type="vim25:HostNvmeNamespace" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                     <element name="vendorId" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="model" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="serialNumber" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="firmwareVersion" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - HostNvmeController(vim.host.NvmeController)

Data Object Description