From the vSphere client, right-click the Workload cluster.
Select Storage > New Datastore.
Figure 207. Select New Datastore
Select the datastore type. In this example, VMFS is selected.
Click NEXT.
Figure 208. Specify datastore type
Provide a name and select the LUN for provisioning the datastore. In this example, the NVMe TCP Disk on PowerStore is selected.
Select a host to view accessible LUNs. In this example, esxi05 is selected.
Figure 209. Select LUN
Click NEXT.
Specify the VMFS version for the datastore and then click NEXT.
Figure 210. Select VMFS version
Review the disk layout and specify partition configuration details. In this example, the datastore size is specified as 500 GB.
Figure 211. Provide partition configuration details
Click NEXT.
Review the settings and click FINISH.
Figure 212. Review settings
Verify the datastore that was newly created. From Inventory, click Datastores and select the new datastore. In this example PowerStore-V-NVMe is selected.
To verify that all hosts are connected, click the Configure tab, and select Connectivity and Multipathing.
Figure 213. Verify created datastore
If a host is missing from the list, click Hosts and Clusters, select the host, click Storage Adapters, and then click REFRESH.
Figure 214. Refresh storage adapter
NVMe/TCP Storage is now ready for use by all hosts in the cluster.