Hi, i install pci card promise sata300 tx4 with sata ports. whats ir supported in esxi 4.x i have 5.0
Then connect extrenal WD book trought esata to this card..
A problem are thats it lost connectivity 2 nights and one time in day... in logs i see whats them can get back...
maybe someone understanding this logs: LOG CONTINUE IN ATTACH
2011-12-01T00:20:48.761Z cpu0:2161)<6>ata4: ata_scsi_abort: cmd 0x41240152ca40, code 2a
2011-12-01T00:20:53.818Z cpu0:2161)<6>ata4: ata_port_reset: 1 cmds aborted, freezing port
2011-12-01T00:20:53.818Z cpu3:2660)<3>ata4.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
2011-12-01T00:20:53.818Z cpu3:2660)<3>ata4.00: cmd ca/00:01:00:a5:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 512 out
res ff/ff:ff:ff:ff:ff/00:00:00:00:00/ff Emask 0x6 (timeout)
2011-12-01T00:20:53.818Z cpu3:2660)<3>ata4.00: status: { Busy }
2011-12-01T00:20:53.818Z cpu3:2660)<3>ata4.00: error: { ICRC UNC IDNF ABRT }
2011-12-01T00:20:57.661Z cpu1:28569)ScsiCore: 63: Starting taskmgmt handler world 28569/2
2011-12-01T00:20:59.204Z cpu3:2660)<4>ata4: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0xff)
2011-12-01T00:20:59.661Z cpu3:28570)ScsiCore: 63: Starting taskmgmt handler world 28570/3
2011-12-01T00:20:59.662Z cpu1:2049)ScsiDeviceIO: 2316: Cmd(0x4124007cebc0) 0x2a, CmdSN 0x16a7 to dev "t10.ATA_____WD______My_Book_________1105____________WU2Q10313353________" failed H:0x5 D:0x0 P:0x0 Possible sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0.
2011-12-01T00:21:03.869Z cpu3:2660)<4>ata4: device not ready (errno=-16), forcing hardreset
2011-12-01T00:21:03.869Z cpu3:2660)<6>ata4: hard resetting link
