Intel ICH10R - Raid 1 - ESXi 5

[Piet200]

It seems that the ICH10R raid controller is software based and needs to be supported by the OS of the system.

I configured a raid 1 volume, but it won't become active since it isn't supported on the OS.

Is there a way to get this working under ESXi 5 ?

[Dave_Mishchenko]

The drivers that come with ESXi don't support software RAID.  One would need to develop their own driver for this and I don't believe anyone has come up an ICH driver that supports RAID.

[Fatalglitch]

Most ICH10R Raid setups are either within the BIOS of the machine, or you have to hit F8 when prompted during the bootup, before ESXi starts booting. Check your motherboard manufacturer's documentation on how to configure it.

[a_p_]

@Fatalglitch

It may certainly work to configure the RAID in the system's BIOS (F8), however it won't be recognized in ESXi.

André

[Dave_Mishchenko]

Setup is done via the BIOS,  but RAID functionality is implemented in a software driver.

[gmartin123]

Hello, the setup is done through BIOS, do you know if I can install drivers after ESXi installation?

Thanks in advance

[sparrowangelste]

gmartin123 wrote:

Hello, the setup is done through BIOS, do you know if I can install drivers after ESXi installation?

Thanks in advance

like Dave.Mishchenko said, it will not work even if you try to inject the drivers ebcause you ahve a software raid.