Great, thanks for the updates.  I'm eyeballing a pair of S2915's now so I might go that route.

Hello All

Even though this question has been answered, I am having a similar error. I have a copy of ESX 3.0 on a CD-ROM, which boots fine however; I encounter an "unable to find HDD error" issue after the initial hardware check and installation begins

The pre-install option require you to select a storage option and (I have a RAID5 config with MBR enabled) so at the selection screen it sees both the NVIDIA and the LSI1068E controller.

I select the LSI option and continue with the setup after selecting the time, licence agreement; keyboard and mouse options, now it looks as it looks for a storage medium to use it is at this point that I get the message unable to locate HDD (storage medium) and the setup discontinues.

Everything up to that point is fine but even though I choose a storage solution it dose not recognise it.

Hardware:

8 Gigs ECC-Reg DRR2

2x AMD 2216 (2000 series)

6x WD raptors (150) 10,000rpm (RAID5 w/ MBR enabled)

2x BFG 8800 GTX 748

Cool master Cosmos 1000

Enermax DDX 1000

BIOS version 2.07 (default)

VMware: ESX server 3.0

thank you for the update and advice

one question how can i swap to LSI and not use nvidia as the controller is Nvidi but LSIlogic. i thought the raid is configured using nvidia (onboard chipset) but the interface and config (contoller) is LSI hence when you installed (e.g. server 2003 you can install) the LSI software to manage the RAID as it already setup (F10 to enter RAID setup utility at startup (booting)) and then press CTRL-C SAS configuration menu. Do i have to  connect the HDD to the SAS interface and not the SATA?

i have just rebooted my pc entered the LSI Logic config menu and i have the option to "create IS/IME/IM volume" so do i have to created the RAID using Nivida and then Recreate it using the LSI config until or should i just use LSI to create a IS (Integrated Striping Array) as i dont want Mirroring so IM and IME is out of the question.

when you use LSI Logic Config Utility i get the New Array Type as SAS1068E (this is the same name as the nvidia RAID)

thanks for all you help. you can skype me, user name "corpcale"

Does this bord need or support ecc memory??

Because I want to build this system with 2 opteron 2376 and to press the costs it would be great than.