How can i, know if my drives and disks is configured correctly ?!!

[lloyed2020]

hello everyone 

I am still working on my test lap for our business before  production .(public wifi hotspot using mikrotik )

i have ibm x3550 m3 server . after 2 days of searching and working finally found the supported version of esxi for this server.

this server has 4 SAS disks   ,I did RAID configuration as recommended for esxi (i searched the web alot )

this is my raids config from webbios on ibm server :

Raid 0 ===> disk 0      ( for esxi os and  Mikrotik and user manager etc)

Raid 5 ===>disk 1,2,3   (for data mirroring  )

i installed esxi on disk disk 0 . everything was fine and i was able to connect the esxi server from the client .

then i checked storage to see my the disks config : 

first screen shows me 2 disks ========> ok i guess that's normal

2nd screen when i click on first disk i can see the the device details ,but when i click on second disk it does not show me details as you can see in this image ... . 

i dont know if everything is normal or something wrong  .. am not an expert . all what i need to do just upgrading from windows environment to esxi environment to keep our clients and customers subscriptions and information safe  .

i did not create any VM yet . i just want to know if everything correct or any suggestion for my demand  then i will proceed ... for testing ....?

[scott28tt]

Have you created a datastore on the Raid 5 disks?

ESXi 5.5 is a long time out of support now, when you do go to production you should use at least 7.0 if not 8.0.

[Sachchidanand]

The first storage raid 0 which is of 278 G is working fine as you are saying that esxi is working fine on that storage. In the second screenshot, I can see the details of second storage which is of 556 G which also seems good and in third screenshot you are seeing storage adapters instead of the storage.

Regards,

Sachchidanand

[lloyed2020]

thank you bro..

the esxi is working fine and the disk 0 shows its details , that's right .

in the 2nd desk  it shows me the storage capacity but not the rest of info .. like the desk 0 . is that ok ?

You mean everything is normal for Raid5 disk  and i can use this disk for data backup  ?

thnks 

[Sachchidanand]

From the screenshot, I can see the location, id and other information so I think It's good to go. If you want you can try rescanning once. Just create datastore and start using it.

Regards,

Sachchidanand

[lloyed2020 · Accepted solution]

Sorryscott28tt  bro i did not see your post .

No i did not create any datastore in Raid 5 yet !! You guys mean i have to create it on that disk .?

but i cannot go with 7 or 6 because the highest esxi version supports for my ibm server model x3550 m3 is esxi 5.5 only. that's why i found in vmware documentation and ibm website . i will not using in for production nowadays, it is just a lap testing to understand how to use it and how it is working . 

Anyway thank u guys both . i will try that hope everything fine .