Skip navigation
VMware
Up to Discussions in VMware ESXi™ 4

This Question is Answered

1 "correct" answer available (10 pts) 1 "helpful" answer available (6 pts)
1,517 Views 6 Replies Last post: Apr 3, 2011 11:06 PM by micumo RSS
mapd07 Novice
mapd07
7 posts since
Jan 27, 2011
Currently Being Moderated

Feb 3, 2011 10:09 PM

ESXi 4.1 with Adaptec 3805

I am looking around for a RAID card that I can use for ESXi 4.1 to host 10+ virtual machines and I wanted to post a question to see if anybody has had any issues with installing or with the performance using Adaptec 3805 RAID adapter.

I know more cache is better, but how much cache is OK for good performance?

 

Any information/help would be helpful.

 

Regards,

Mike

Tags: hardware, esxi, adaptec, 3805
Dave.Mishchen… Guru User Moderators vExpert
Dave.Mishchen…
11,905 posts since
Nov 15, 2005
Currently Being Moderated
1. Feb 3, 2011 10:47 PM in response to: mapd07
Re: ESXi 4.1 with Adaptec 3805

One thing to note with Adaptec cards is that there is currently no Adaptec CIM provider thus you don't get any health data on the controller or attached drives.  A provider is supposedly going to be released in the near future - http://communities.vmware.com/thread/276074.

mapd07 Novice
mapd07
7 posts since
Jan 27, 2011
Currently Being Moderated
2. Mar 24, 2011 5:53 PM in response to: mapd07
Re: ESXi 4.1 with Adaptec 3805

Just an update: I have successfully installed ESXi 4.1.

MB: P6X58D-E

HDD: 6 x 500GB WesternDigital

RAM: 24 GB

 

Best Regards and thank you for your time.

BlueMaster2 Lurker
BlueMaster2
1 posts since
Mar 29, 2011
Currently Being Moderated
3. Mar 29, 2011 9:54 AM in response to: mapd07
Re: ESXi 4.1 with Adaptec 3805

I was just wondering, did you get the onboard nic to work with this motherboard?

 

Thanks!

micumo Lurker
micumo
3 posts since
Apr 1, 2011
Currently Being Moderated
4. Apr 1, 2011 4:02 PM in response to: mapd07
Re: ESXi 4.1 with Adaptec 3805

have you used a custom oem.tg? The controller is that you used the marvell? the nicthat you used? Thanks

mapd07 Novice
mapd07
7 posts since
Jan 27, 2011
Currently Being Moderated
5. Apr 1, 2011 6:35 PM in response to: mapd07
Re: ESXi 4.1 with Adaptec 3805

Hello, I did not use the on-board network card. The card that I used was Intel PRO/1000MT. I picked this one from the supported hardware list. In order to make it work with motherboard and RAID Card, I had to disable the VT-d in the BIOS. If I did not do that the ESXi could not see the volume and would just hang on the first boot. Also, I wanted to correct that I actually have 8x500GB HDD connected to this RAID card in RAID 10 configuration. Machine has been non-stop since it was fully set up and so far there are no problems. At the moment it has 5 virtual servers on it.

 

Regards,

Mike

micumo Lurker
micumo
3 posts since
Apr 1, 2011
Currently Being Moderated
6. Apr 3, 2011 11:06 PM in response to: mapd07
Re: ESXi 4.1 with Adaptec 3805

Thanks j try

Bookmarked By (0)

Share This Page

Communities