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    <title>topic Re: ESXi 5.1 U1 does not recognize array off Adaptec 6805E (supported RAID Controller) - why? in ESXi Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You guys were correct - I didn't understand the significance of "async" in the compatibility guide.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To be safe, I first downloaded and installed the latest version of the firmware on the 6805E.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I downloaded the driver from here: &lt;A href="https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?productId=285&amp;amp;downloadGroup=DT-ESXI51-PMC-SIERRA-AACRAID-52130200"&gt;https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?productId=285&amp;amp;downloadGroup=DT-ESXI51-PMC-SIERRA-AACRAID-52130200&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I then loaded that driver post-installation and confirmed it could see my raid.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Next, I went to &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer.html"&gt;http://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; to create a customized install ISO with that driver. I used the .vib image from the drive zip I downloaded. When I used the new customized ISO, my array showed up perfectly.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks again for all your help!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 23:19:34 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Clarkington</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2013-09-19T23:19:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ESXi 5.1 U1 does not recognize array off Adaptec 6805E (supported RAID Controller) - why?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-1-U1-does-not-recognize-array-off-Adaptec-6805E-supported/m-p/372360#M21742</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hello all,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've built a new system with an Adaptec 6805E RAID controller with 6 3TB drives. My system also has a SATA (AHCI mode) CD Rom and HD. When I go to install ESXI 5.1 U1, the SATA HD shows up as a Storage Device however my array off the 6805E does not. If I then install 5.1 U1 on the HD, when I use the vSphere client and rescan for drives, the array off the 6805E does not show up.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The 6805E is listed as compatible with 5.1 U1 in the guide here: &lt;A href="http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=io&amp;amp;productid=20872&amp;amp;deviceCategory=io&amp;amp;partner=475&amp;amp;releases=201&amp;amp;page=3&amp;amp;display_interval=10&amp;amp;sortColumn=Partner&amp;amp;sortOrder=Asc" title="http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=io&amp;amp;productid=20872&amp;amp;deviceCategory=io&amp;amp;partner=475&amp;amp;releases=201&amp;amp;page=3&amp;amp;display_interval=10&amp;amp;sortColumn=Partner&amp;amp;sortOrder=Asc"&gt;VMware Compatibility Guide: I/O Device Search&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've tried building the array to the size of 1.5 TB, 3TB, 4TB and 8.7TB.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Does anyone have suggestions? I can look at the various logs on the server if that would be helpful - I don't know what I should be looking at.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thank you all so much in advance!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2013 00:02:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-1-U1-does-not-recognize-array-off-Adaptec-6805E-supported/m-p/372360#M21742</guid>
      <dc:creator>Clarkington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-14T00:02:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.1 U1 does not recognize array off Adaptec 6805E (supported RAID Controller) - why?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-1-U1-does-not-recognize-array-off-Adaptec-6805E-supported/m-p/372361#M21743</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Just to confirm, can you change the mode to Native or IDE instead of SATA (AHCI mode)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:49:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>zXi_Gamer</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-16T08:49:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.1 U1 does not recognize array off Adaptec 6805E (supported RAID Controller) - why?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-1-U1-does-not-recognize-array-off-Adaptec-6805E-supported/m-p/372362#M21744</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Did u get this working?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If not as you found, card is supported but driver is async, that means you need to install the driver separately, its not in ISO.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:28:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-1-U1-does-not-recognize-array-off-Adaptec-6805E-supported/m-p/372362#M21744</guid>
      <dc:creator>OzerS</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-16T23:28:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.1 U1 does not recognize array off Adaptec 6805E (supported RAID Controller) - why?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-1-U1-does-not-recognize-array-off-Adaptec-6805E-supported/m-p/372363#M21745</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks OzerS for pointing out.. @&lt;SPAN class="j-post-author"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/people/Clarkington"&gt;Clarkington&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN class="j-post-author"&gt;As OzerS mentioned and the link which you posted does say you need to have async driver for the RAID card to be detected..&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:26:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-1-U1-does-not-recognize-array-off-Adaptec-6805E-supported/m-p/372363#M21745</guid>
      <dc:creator>zXi_Gamer</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-17T08:26:09Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.1 U1 does not recognize array off Adaptec 6805E (supported RAID Controller) - why?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-1-U1-does-not-recognize-array-off-Adaptec-6805E-supported/m-p/372364#M21746</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You guys were correct - I didn't understand the significance of "async" in the compatibility guide.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To be safe, I first downloaded and installed the latest version of the firmware on the 6805E.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I downloaded the driver from here: &lt;A href="https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?productId=285&amp;amp;downloadGroup=DT-ESXI51-PMC-SIERRA-AACRAID-52130200"&gt;https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?productId=285&amp;amp;downloadGroup=DT-ESXI51-PMC-SIERRA-AACRAID-52130200&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I then loaded that driver post-installation and confirmed it could see my raid.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Next, I went to &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer.html"&gt;http://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; to create a customized install ISO with that driver. I used the .vib image from the drive zip I downloaded. When I used the new customized ISO, my array showed up perfectly.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks again for all your help!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 23:19:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-1-U1-does-not-recognize-array-off-Adaptec-6805E-supported/m-p/372364#M21746</guid>
      <dc:creator>Clarkington</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-19T23:19:34Z</dc:date>
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