HP Proliant Gen8 DL380e not load the B320i controller with VMWare ESXi 5.0 U3

[juanesrestrepo]

Hello community.

I'm trying to install VMWare ESXi 5.0 U3 on a HP Proliant DL380e Gen8 server that has a B320i controller, I'm using the medium custom installation of HP, but still when I select the target device does not show anything, I tried to raid 1+0 and raid 5, but I get no result.

This is the ISO that I download.

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=HP-ESXI-5.0.0-U3-OCT2013&productId=229

try adding ISO customize the controller driver, but the ISO tells me that that driver already exists.

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=MTX_0a122ebcbbac4c469ca9acd1ae

In the bios I have enabled the next option.

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/imageServlet?DOCID=emr_na-c03907472-1/c03871500.jpg

[Nithy07cs055]

Which method you are tying to deploy the ISO? can you Please paste the screen shots ?

[cykVM]

Did you also enable the B320i in BIOS/RBSU settings (System Options -> HP Smart Array B320i RAID Configuration to "Enabled")?

[juanesrestrepo]

1. Create the RAID 1 + 0.
2. Insert CD.
3. Restart.
4. Booting from CD.
5. Select device installation  (no devices availaible)

[cykVM · Accepted solution]

Could you try the HP customized VMWare 5.5 ISO instead? Or do you need 5.0 for some reason?

I'm running a DL380e Gen8 with 5.5 Update 1 without issues. 5.5 Update 2 has some issues regarding the new version of hpvsa driver which gives massive performance drops in VMs.

Do you have a BBU (backup battery) installed?

It's also adviseable to run latest SPP (Proliant service pack) to get latest firmware and BIOS prior to any installation.

[juanesrestrepo]

I am installing version 5.0 because that is the product you have licensed,

yo podria instalar la version 5.5 y licenciar con la 5.0?

which is a BBU? ...redundant power supply or UPS, I do not know BBU.

I will update bios, and then tell them,

[cykVM]

Yes, you can use the 5.0 license with 5.5 or any other 5.x version.

A BBU is a Battery Backup Unit connected to the controller and supporting the controller's write cache. This gives you a massive plus in performance. In other words: without a BBU VMWare will do no caching and therefor datastore access will be very slow.

[juanesrestrepo]

hello, again thank you very much for responding.

try installing with 5.5 u1 and it worked.

Now the issue is that the local disk appears as remote., but installed without problems

[cykVM]

Can you access the RAID volume and was a datastore creted during installation?

[juanesrestrepo]

With version 5.5 u1, works perfect.

I am creating virtual machines

tks