Administrator Guide

The Mellanox Virtual Function is not available for

Passthrough in ESXi 6.0

Possible Cause The ESXi 6.0 installation may include Mellanox drivers that do not support the

virtual function.

Solution Disable or uninstall the following inbox drivers and make sure to install and

configure the correct versions of the Mellanox drivers. For more information about

the supported Mellanox drivers, see the Dell Fluid Cache for SAN Compatibility

Matrix available at http://www.dell.com/CacheSolutions.

• nmlx4_core

• nmlx4-en

• nmlx4-rdma

Server Does Not Appear in List of Servers

Possible Cause A configuration issue is preventing the server from appearing in the list.

Solution Make sure the procedure for configuring the server was completed successfully.

See Configuring a Fluid Cache Server.

Possible Cause Firewall settings are preventing network communication.

Solution Check your firewall settings. See Checking Security Settings.

Possible Cause The network switch is not correctly cabled or configured.

Solution Review the settings for the network switch and consult your switch

documentation. See Cluster or Application Has Performance Issues.

Cache Device Does Not Appear in List of Cache Devices

Possible Cause The cache device you are trying to add is not supported by Fluid Cache.

Solution Refer to the list of supported devices in Requirements for Fluid Cache.

Possible Cause The cache device is not functioning properly.

Solution To check device function, select the device in Enterprise Manager and in the Event

tab, look for a device failure message. Replace the cache device if necessary, using

instructions in the Dell Compellent Enterprise Manager User’s Guide.

Cache Device Cannot Be Added to a Cluster

Possible Cause The cache device is not functioning properly. Under some conditions, the process

of adding a device completes normally even though the device being added is not

functioning properly.