TPM 1.2 Pass through with ESXi 6.0

[Kaaiz]

Hi All

I am trying to connect a TPM 1.2 Card to my VM. This is an old PCI card. I am currently using ESXi 6.0.0 update 3. Generally if I need to use a PCI card I would go to the pass through and attach the PCI card. The issue I am facing is that I am unable to see this PCI card in the pass through. I have already spent two days on this and am running out of ideas. I have enabled the secure card in the BIOS. Could you please let me know how can I add this card to my VM.

Thank you  

[scott28tt]

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[IRIX201110141]

Check first if the ESXi is able to see the card in general by use "lspci" from the command line.

Regards,
Joerg

[Kaaiz]

Thanks Joerg for the response

I am unable to see the PCI card using "lspci". I had installed windows on the same server before I installed ESXi and I was able to see the PCI card. The slot and the card seem to be working fine but I am unable to see it in ESXi, I have other PCI and PCIe slots which I can see, its only this specific PCI card that I am unable to see. Any suggestions.

Thank you

[IRIX201110141]

When lspci doesnt list the pci card than something is seriously wrong.

Regards,
Joerg

[Kaaiz]

Yes but the PCI card is visible in Windows and the slot is working. Any suggestions as to how can I get this to work with ESXi?