That is correct. I had the same issue with this board. I had to update the BIOS to see the option to change the RAID controller from the ICH to the Adaptec (LSI) RAID Controller. I will attempt to reinstall ESXi on a raid partition instead of a single drive and see what happens. Here is the Usermanual for that motherboard. If you scroll downt o tnearly the bottom, you will see the information concerning this RAID Controller and the suggested uses of it in Windows/Linux environments:
http://www.supermicro.com/manuals/motherboard/5000V/MNL-0860.pdf
Here is the text copied out of that manual:
Native Mode Operation
Select the native mode for ATA. The options are: Parallel ATA, Serial ATA, Both,
and Auto.
SATA Controller Mode Option
Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically-detected
and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS. Select Enhanced to allow the
SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically-detected and be placed in the
Native IDE Mode. (Note: The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows
2000 OS or a later version.)
When the SATA Controller Mode is set to "Enhanced", the following items will
display:
Serial ATA (SATA) RAID Enable
Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions. (*For the Windows OS
environment, use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled. When this
item is set to Enabled, the item: "ICH RAID Code Base" will be available for
you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID fi rmware. If this item is set to
Disabled, the item-SATA AHCI Enable will be available.) The options are
Enabled and Disabled.
ICH RAID Code Base
Select Intel to enable Intel's SATA RAID fi rmware to confi gure Intel's SATA
RAID settings.
SATA AHCI
Select Enable to enable the function of the Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface.
(*Take caution when using this function. This feature is for advanced programmers
only. The options are Enabled and Disabled.)
Warm Regards,
Paul J. Chrisco
