Does ESXI 5.1 support intel RAID?

[zelda110]

Hello, when I try to install esxi 5.1 on my server (It's a supermicro X9SCL/X9SCM motherboard) I configured a RAID1 (2 disks) and a RAID5 (4 disks).

I can see all 6 disks but they are not in RAID mode.

Any ideas?

Thank you!

Jason

[vmroyale · Accepted solution]

This is because ESXi does not support software RAID. The best bet would be to find a RAID card with a battery-backed cache that is listed in the VMware HCL.

[zelda110]

Thanks for your reply.

I found the answer after I searched this fourm.

I bought this card

LSI MegaRAID Internal Low-Power SATA/SAS 9240-8i 6Gb/s PCI-Express 2.0 RAID Controller Card, Single

Operating Systems Supported:

Microsoft Windows, Linux (SuSE, Red Hat), Solaris, Vmware.

*See www.lsi.com/support for details on versions.

I think this one will work right?

[a_p_]

This controller (LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i) should be fine, at least it is listed in VMware's HCL as supported for ESXi 5.1

André

[vmroyale]

OK, that is listed in the HCL. Check out this discussion for some more info.

[zelda110]

Thanks

so the RAID controller should be under I/O device or storage?

[zelda110]

Thank you!!

[a_p_]

Yes, just enter the model number 9240-8i in the keyword field, no further selection needed.

André

[zelda110]

Oh got it! Thanks again!