Avago HBA driver - MPT3SAS vs MSGPT3

[Wagadougou]

Dear Community,

I'm using a HBA card Avago LSI 9305-16i (LSI 3224 chipset) in ESXi 6.0 U2.

Vmware Compatibility Guide is offering 2 different drivers:

	ESXi 5.5 U3	lsi-msgpt3 version 13.00.00.00-1OEM	12.00.00.00	Partner Async
	ESXi 5.5 U3	mpt3sas version 13.00.00.00-1OEM	12.00.00.00	Partner Async

I googled and googled again but still can't find the difference between them.

MSGPT3 vs MPT3SAS is keeping me awake at night pleaaaase help.

I'd be eternally grateful.

🙂

Thanks,

Wag'

[Wagadougou · Accepted solution]

So I've got my answer from Avago

Hello Marc,
You should be using ESXi mpt3sas version 13.00.00.00-1OEM    12.00.00.00
I do not know what the other file is.
That is not our naming convention.

This might be for OEM based controllers which Broadcom does not maintain.
Broadcom Technical support