3.84TB NVMe SSDs (X4011A) showing as "Unsupported" and "notallflashdisk" on ONTAP 9.8P3

NetAppkz

Hi everyone,

I am experiencing an issue while adding new drives to our AFF A250 system running ONTAP 9.8P3.

We have recently installed 8x 3.84TB NVMe SED (Part Number: X4011A) drives. However, the system marks them as "Unsupported" and provides the error "notallflashdisk" in the CLI.

Here are the technical details:

System: AFF A250
Current ONTAP Version: 9.8P3
New Disk Model: X4011A (3.84TB NVMe SSD)
New Disk Firmware: NA54
Existing Disks: 1.75TB NVMe (Working fine)
Symptoms: * storage disk show output shows "Unsupported" for the new drives.
- The error message is "notallflashdisk".
- The "Owner" field is blank and I cannot assign them to a node.

I suspect this is a Disk Qualification Package (DQP) issue since the disk model/firmware is newer than our current ONTAP release.

My Questions:

Will updating the DQP to the latest version be enough to resolve the "notallflashdisk" error and allow me to create a new aggregate?
We are planning to upgrade to ONTAP 9.16.1. Does 9.16.1 natively support X4011A drives without a separate DQP update?
Regarding the NVMe_oF license: It currently shows as "not-installed". Since we use iSCSI/FCP for host connectivity, can we still use these NVMe drives in a separate aggregate without the NVMe_oF license?

Any guidance or confirmation on the DQP/Upgrade path would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!