The Virtual SAN product team is pleased to announce that the following controllers are now certified on Virtual SAN and are listed on the Virtual SAN VCG:

6G 6.0 Hybrid:

HP P420

HP P420i

HP P220i

HP P822

Quanta SAS2308

12G 6.0 Hybrid

HP P440 (without hot plug)

12G 5.5 Hybrid

Fujitsu LSI 3008

We now have a total of 80 I/O controllers certified on Virtual SAN 5.5 and 40 I/O controllers certified on Virtual SAN 6.0.

What about the Ready Nodes for platforms based on the above controllers?

We are working closely with our OEM partners such as HP to publish Ready Nodes for both 6G and 12G platforms for Virtual SAN Hybrid and All Flash configurations for both 5.5 and 6.0 and these should be available soon.

What are the controllers that are currently in the certification queue and when do we expect them to get certified?

Please see the attached list of controllers that are currently undergoing Virtual SAN certification

Note: In many cases, we rely on our partners to provide driver/firmware fixes for controller issues so if there are delays in receiving these updates from partners, the certification timelines may get pushed out.

I have follow up questions on the attached controller list. Who do I reach out to?

As always, if you have questions on Hardware Compatibility for Virtual SAN, please email your queries to [email protected] and someone will get back to you soon!

Where do I learn more about the VMware Virtual SAN Certification process?

Please refer to the Virtual SAN Certification blog post for more details: