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    <title>topic Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0 in ESXi Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977259#M87551</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi, thanks for your reply.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It's an IBM ServeRAID M5015, which I understand to be an LSI 9260-8i.&amp;nbsp; I've now got the CIM provider and driver installed (as below) but still no luck.&amp;nbsp; I can resolve the ESX servers from the Windows host without issue but still unable to discover the ESX server in MSM (15.03.01.00).&amp;nbsp; I also can't telnet to the ESX server on ports 3071 and 5571 from the Windows server, which makes me think it's not listening on those ports.&amp;nbsp; Have I got the wrong driver vib maybe?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;Name&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Version&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Vendor&amp;nbsp; Acceptance Level&amp;nbsp; Install Date&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;--------------------&amp;nbsp; -----------------------------------&amp;nbsp; ------&amp;nbsp; ----------------&amp;nbsp; ------------&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;scsi-megaraid-sas&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 6.607.06.00-1OEM.500.0.0.472560&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Avago&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; VMwareCertified&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2015-06-04&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;lsiprovider&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 500.04.V0.55-0006&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; LSI&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; VMwareAccepted&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2015-05-21&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:50:27 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>timfawcett</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2015-06-04T12:50:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977257#M87549</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5b5953; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"&gt;Having problems connecting to remote ESXi 5.0 servers from MegaRAID 15 running on a Windows 2008 R2 server. Windows server is on the same subnet as the ESX servers, Windows and ESX firewalls have ports 3071 &amp;amp; 5571 TCP and UDP open. On one server I have the "lsiprovider 00.04.V0.55-0006" vib installed, on another I have the "scsi-megaraid-sas 6.607.06.00-1OEM.500.0.0.472560" vib installed, neither work. What else can I check / change to get this working?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 09:30:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977257#M87549</guid>
      <dc:creator>timfawcett</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-04T09:30:09Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977258#M87550</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;which controller type/model are you running?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;First of all both the CIM provider (lsiprovider...vib) and the driver (&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5b5953; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;scsi-megaraid-sas...vib) have to be installed on the server having the LSI controller built-in. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5b5953; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;The Megaraid Storage Manager (MSM) connects to the CIM provider for health data/configuration of the controller.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5b5953; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;On the control server/workstatiobn with MSM installed the ESXi hostname should be resolveable by DNS. You may try to add the hostname/IP to the Windows hosts file found in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5b5953; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;After starting MSM on the control PC goto "Configure Host" and select "Display all the ESXi-CIMOM servers in the network of local server" and "Save Settings" afterwards. Then it should find the CIM provider installed on ESXi.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5b5953; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;I've got a nice tutorial on that but unfortunately this is in german, but you may probably follow the screenshots in there: &lt;A href="https://www.thomas-krenn.com/de/wiki/MegaRAID_Storage_Manager_f%C3%BCr_VMware_ESXi_5.5_Server" title="https://www.thomas-krenn.com/de/wiki/MegaRAID_Storage_Manager_f%C3%BCr_VMware_ESXi_5.5_Server"&gt;MegaRAID Storage Manager für VMware ESXi 5.5 Server – Thomas-Krenn-Wiki&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5b5953; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Maybe this is of any help, too: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://blog.kihltech.com/2014/12/manage-an-lsi-megaraid-card-in-esxi-host-remotely-with-msm/" title="http://blog.kihltech.com/2014/12/manage-an-lsi-megaraid-card-in-esxi-host-remotely-with-msm/"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Manage an LSI MegaRAID card in ESXi host remotely with MSM | Kihltech&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5b5953; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5b5953; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"&gt;cykVM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5b5953; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5b5953; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 09:48:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977258#M87550</guid>
      <dc:creator>cykVM</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-04T09:48:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977259#M87551</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi, thanks for your reply.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It's an IBM ServeRAID M5015, which I understand to be an LSI 9260-8i.&amp;nbsp; I've now got the CIM provider and driver installed (as below) but still no luck.&amp;nbsp; I can resolve the ESX servers from the Windows host without issue but still unable to discover the ESX server in MSM (15.03.01.00).&amp;nbsp; I also can't telnet to the ESX server on ports 3071 and 5571 from the Windows server, which makes me think it's not listening on those ports.&amp;nbsp; Have I got the wrong driver vib maybe?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;Name&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Version&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Vendor&amp;nbsp; Acceptance Level&amp;nbsp; Install Date&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;--------------------&amp;nbsp; -----------------------------------&amp;nbsp; ------&amp;nbsp; ----------------&amp;nbsp; ------------&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;scsi-megaraid-sas&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 6.607.06.00-1OEM.500.0.0.472560&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Avago&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; VMwareCertified&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2015-06-04&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;lsiprovider&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 500.04.V0.55-0006&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; LSI&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; VMwareAccepted&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2015-05-21&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:50:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977259#M87551</guid>
      <dc:creator>timfawcett</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-04T12:50:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977260#M87552</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;More information, in vSphere I only get disk information reported under Storage, nothing about the RAID card anywhere, could this point to the LSI SMIS provider being the problem?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 12:59:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977260#M87552</guid>
      <dc:creator>timfawcett</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-04T12:59:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977261#M87553</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;That's at least strange, there is really nothing shown in vSphere client host -&amp;gt; configuration -&amp;gt; storage adapters?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Maybe that you first need to update the firmware of the controller? What does a&lt;/P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;esxcfg-scsidevs -a&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;give you on the CLI/ssh on that host?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:20:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977261#M87553</guid>
      <dc:creator>cykVM</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-04T13:20:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977262#M87554</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi - so I've already upgraded the firmware as a previous troubleshooting step.&amp;nbsp; The output of the command is below.&amp;nbsp; In vSphere - Configuration - Storage only disks are listed, no controller cards, although under Software Components I see entries for the LSIprovider and Avago scsi-megaraid...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;~ # esxcfg-scsidevs -a&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba0&amp;nbsp; ata_piix&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-n/a&amp;nbsp; sata.vmhba0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation ICH10 4 port SATA IDE Controller&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba1&amp;nbsp; ata_piix&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-n/a&amp;nbsp; sata.vmhba1&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:0:31.5) Intel Corporation ICH10 2 port SATA IDE Controller&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba2&amp;nbsp; megaraid_sas&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-n/a&amp;nbsp; unknown.vmhba2&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:1:0.0) LSI / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS GEN2 Controller&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba3&amp;nbsp; lpfc820&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-up&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; fc.20000000c9e8400e:10000000c9e8400e&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:26:0.0) Emulex Corporation LPe11000 4Gb Fibre Channel Host Adapter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba4&amp;nbsp; lpfc820&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-up&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; fc.20000000c9e8400f:10000000c9e8400f&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:26:0.1) Emulex Corporation LPe11000 4Gb Fibre Channel Host Adapter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba32 bnx2i&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; unbound&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; iscsi.vmhba32&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Broadcom iSCSI Adapter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba33 bnx2i&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; unbound&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; iscsi.vmhba33&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Broadcom iSCSI Adapter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba34 bnx2i&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; unbound&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; iscsi.vmhba34&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Broadcom iSCSI Adapter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba35 bnx2i&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; unbound&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; iscsi.vmhba35&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Broadcom iSCSI Adapter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba36 ata_piix&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-n/a&amp;nbsp; sata.vmhba36&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation ICH10 4 port SATA IDE Controller&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;vmhba37 ata_piix&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-n/a&amp;nbsp; sata.vmhba37&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:0:31.5) Intel Corporation ICH10 2 port SATA IDE Controller&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:35:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>timfawcett</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-04T13:35:48Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977263#M87555</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Very strange, especially above output:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;vmhba2&amp;nbsp; megaraid_sas&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-n/a&amp;nbsp; &lt;STRONG style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;unknown.&lt;/STRONG&gt;vmhba2&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:1:0.0) LSI / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS GEN2 Controller&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;the unknown should show at least "sas" or "sata".&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Looks like the driver is not fully detecting the ServeRAID as an LSI. Might be due to re-branding the firmware by IBM/Lenovo.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there any VMWare driver available from IBM?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:45:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>cykVM</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-04T13:45:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977264#M87556</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Just a guess, but is the battery/BBU still working/charged and not dead? I once had an older LSI controller with a dead battery which was running completely mad.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Did you probably accidentally download/install the VMWare 5.5 lsiprovider, on &lt;A href="http://www.lsi.com/products/raid-controllers/pages/megaraid-sas-9260-8i.aspx#tab/tab4" title="http://www.lsi.com/products/raid-controllers/pages/megaraid-sas-9260-8i.aspx#tab/tab4"&gt;http://www.lsi.com/products/raid-controllers/pages/megaraid-sas-9260-8i.aspx#tab/tab4&lt;/A&gt; there is one for 5.5 and another one for 5.x which have nearly identical filenames/version numbers.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You should use the 5.x one, I guess.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:54:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>cykVM</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-04T13:54:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977265#M87557</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi - definately using the 5.x LSI driver.&amp;nbsp; Can't find anything on the IBM website, doesn't show anything available for that controller card.&amp;nbsp; Will try some different servers (with same controller)...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 18:52:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977265#M87557</guid>
      <dc:creator>timfawcett</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-04T18:52:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977266#M87558</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Looking at troubleshooting step 3 here: &lt;A href="http://kb.stonegroup.co.uk/index.php?View=entry&amp;amp;EntryID=195" title="http://kb.stonegroup.co.uk/index.php?View=entry&amp;amp;EntryID=195"&gt;http://kb.stonegroup.co.uk/index.php?View=entry&amp;amp;EntryID=195&lt;/A&gt; I'm suspecting the LSI SMIS provider...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 10:59:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>timfawcett</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-05T10:59:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977267#M87559</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Did you reboot the host after you installed the SMIS/CIM provider?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If the provider does not start/run for some reason it will not work for sure.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You may try with the commandline tools (MegaCLI, StorCLI) to see if it's running on the host.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Another thing to consider might be, that there is already a CIM provider for LSI cards running, because up to VMWare 5 there was a basic one included with VMWare. That might be interfering with the newer version you tried to install, see this discussion: &lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/message/2413069"&gt;Monitor LSI Raid / Show available CIM providers&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To disable a CIM provider refer to: &lt;A href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=2053715" title="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=2053715"&gt;VMware KB: Disabling an ESXi CIM provider when it fails or is unstable &lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 11:30:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977267#M87559</guid>
      <dc:creator>cykVM</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-05T11:30:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977268#M87560</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;OK, so storcli knows about the controller:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;/opt/lsi # ./storcli show&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;Status Code = 0&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;Status = Success&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;Description = None&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;Number of Controllers = 1&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;Host Name = XXXXXXXX&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;Operating System&amp;nbsp; = VMkernel5.0.0&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;System Overview :&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;===============&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;Ctl Model&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Ports PDs DGs DNOpt VDs VNOpt BBU sPR DS EHS ASOs Hlth&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; 0 ServeRAIDM5015SAS/SATAController&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 8&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 0 Opt On&amp;nbsp; -&amp;nbsp; Y&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 0 Opt&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I don't see any other CIM providers for LSI installed:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;/opt/lsi # esxcli system settings advanced list | grep CIM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Path: /UserVars/CIMEnabled&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Description: Enable or disable the CIM service&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Path: /UserVars/CIMLogLevel&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Description: Set the log level of the CIM Service&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Path: /UserVars/CIMWatchdogInterval&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Description: Set the watchdog polling interval for the CIM Service&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_swmgtProviderEnabled&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_swmgt provider&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_hhrcwrapperProviderEnabled&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_hhrcwrapper provider&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_hdrProviderEnabled&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_hdr provider&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_viProviderEnabled&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_vi provider&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_sfcbInteropProviderEnabled&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_sfcbInterop provider&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_pciProviderEnabled&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_pci provider&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_kmoduleProviderEnabled&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_kmodule provider&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_hhrcwrapperProviderPollingInterval&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_lsiproviderProviderEnabled&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_lsiprovider provider&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;System has been rebooted a few times since installing the SIMS CIM provider.&amp;nbsp; Going to try different servers now (same hardware), see if I get the same results...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 14:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>timfawcett</dc:creator>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;That looks OK. Maybe you can PN community user JarryG, he mentioned several times that he has an IBM ServeRAID M5016 (for example here: &lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/message/2511943"&gt;Re: VM Ware ESXi 6 - Raid controllers?&lt;/A&gt;).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Maybe he has any further ideas what's going wrong on your side.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 14:42:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>cykVM</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-05T14:42:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977270#M87562</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm using M5016 (aka LSI-9266/9271) but it might be similar as for M5015 (LSI-9260):&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I updated bios/driver/smis/storcli all to the latest version, and after restarting ESXi the whole "Storage" section dissapeared from vSphere Client -&amp;gt; Configuration -&amp;gt; Health Status. But despite of that, "storcli /c0 show all" still could retrieve complete info about controller, arrays and disks.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then I downgraded smis-provider from:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMW-ESX-5.x.0-lsiprovider-500.04.V0.55-0006-2619867.zip&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;one version back to:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMW-ESX-5.x.0-lsiprovider-500.04.V0.54-0004-2395881.zip&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I restarted ESXi, and Storage health status was back again, with complete information (arrays, disks, battery, etc)! So I suppose there is some problem with the latest lsi smis-provider. Try to use older smis-provider and see if it works for you...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 03:08:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>JarryG</dc:creator>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;hi&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;dont know if this will help but i got it working with a proxy script in between&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;if wrote a short blog about it and use the proxy script of alex&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://vdssystems.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/lsi-megaraid-storage-manager-for-ibm-serveraid-systemx-or-bladecenter-on-vmware-esxi-5-x/" title="https://vdssystems.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/lsi-megaraid-storage-manager-for-ibm-serveraid-systemx-or-bladecenter-on-vmware-esxi-5-x/"&gt;LSI MegaRaid Storage Manager for IBM Serveraid systemx or bladecenter on vmware ESXi 5.x | VDS Systems Blog Page&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;got it working on IBM server. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;hope it helps&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 14:46:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>vervoortjurgen</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-07T14:46:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977272#M87564</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi - had problems posting on here yesterday...&amp;nbsp; Now works with the V0.54 version rather than the V0.55 one...&amp;nbsp; Many thanks for the tip!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2015 08:53:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>timfawcett</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-09T08:53:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/MegaRAID-M5015-on-ESXi-5-0/m-p/977273#M87565</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Although still shown as 'unknown' with esxcfg...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;~ # esxcfg-scsidevs -a&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba0&amp;nbsp; ata_piix&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-n/a&amp;nbsp; sata.vmhba0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation ICH10 4 port SATA IDE Controller&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba1&amp;nbsp; ata_piix&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-n/a&amp;nbsp; sata.vmhba1&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:0:31.5) Intel Corporation ICH10 2 port SATA IDE Controller&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba2&amp;nbsp; megaraid_sas&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-n/a&amp;nbsp; unknown.vmhba2&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:1:0.0) LSI / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS GEN2 Controller&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba3&amp;nbsp; lpfc820&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-up&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; fc.20000000c9e8400e:10000000c9e8400e&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:26:0.0) Emulex Corporation LPe11000 4Gb Fibre Channel Host Adapter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba4&amp;nbsp; lpfc820&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-up&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; fc.20000000c9e8400f:10000000c9e8400f&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:26:0.1) Emulex Corporation LPe11000 4Gb Fibre Channel Host Adapter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba32 bnx2i&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; unbound&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; iscsi.vmhba32&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Broadcom iSCSI Adapter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba33 bnx2i&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; unbound&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; iscsi.vmhba33&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Broadcom iSCSI Adapter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba34 bnx2i&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; unbound&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; iscsi.vmhba34&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Broadcom iSCSI Adapter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba35 bnx2i&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; unbound&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; iscsi.vmhba35&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Broadcom iSCSI Adapter&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: 8pt;"&gt;vmhba36 ata_piix&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-n/a&amp;nbsp; sata.vmhba36&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation ICH10 4 port SATA IDE Controller&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier;"&gt;vmhba37 ata_piix&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; link-n/a&amp;nbsp; sata.vmhba37&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (0:0:31.5) Intel Corporation ICH10 2 port SATA IDE Controller&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2015 09:08:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>timfawcett</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-09T09:08:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;If it's working now I would just ignore that. Might just be that the driver needs a downgrade, too. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2015 13:02:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>cykVM</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-09T13:02:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;That was my thought too...&amp;nbsp; if it's working, leave it alone...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2015 13:08:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>timfawcett</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-09T13:08:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: MegaRAID M5015 on ESXi 5.0</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;It is perfectly correct output, even with that "unknown" for storage interface (I have the same). Unlike on-board ICH10 ports (wich can attach only sata-disks), your raid-controller can attach both sata- and sas-drives (even mix both types together in one array). Moreover, those drives are completely hidden from system by raid-layer. All "esxcfg" can see is one raid-array, but it can not query individual disks to find what interface they use. Only proprietary vendor-tool can do it (i.e. StorCLI, MegaCLI, SMIS-provider)...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2015 13:17:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>JarryG</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-06-09T13:17:12Z</dc:date>
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