JeffWDH
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I was unable to get storcli or MegaCLI to display my H200 (crossflashed to 9211-8i in IR mode) adapter information:

    [root@hostname:~] esxcli storage core adapter list | grep mpt

    vmhba2    mpt2sas    link-n/a    sas.xx     (0000:02:00.0) LSI Logic / Symbios Logic Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA Adapter

   

   

    [root@hostname:~]  /opt/lsi/storcli/storcli /c0 show

    CLI Version = 007.0606.0000.0000 Mar 20, 2018

    Operating system = VMkernel 6.7.0

    Controller = 0

    Status = Failure

    Description = Controller 0 not found

   

    [root@hostname:/opt/lsi/MegaCLI] ./MegaCli -adpCount

   

    Controller Count: 0.

I found sas2ircu P20 on the Broadcom website which seems to work (as of 6.7.0 Update 1 Build 11675023):

Download location: https://docs.broadcom.com/docs-and-downloads/host-bus-adapters/host-bus-adapters-common-files/sas_sa...

Extract the vmware-esx-sas2ircu.vib from this file and upload it to your ESXi host. Install it using the following command (change path to match your datastore):

    [root@hostname:~] esxcli software vib install -v /vmfs/volumes/Datastore/vmware-esx-sas2ircu.vib --no-sig-check

   

    Installation Result

       Message: Operation finished successfully.

       Reboot Required: false

       VIBs Installed: LSI_bootbank_vmware-esx-sas2ircu_20.00.00.00-03

       VIBs Removed:

       VIBs Skipped:

I was then able to use sas2ircu to display my adapter information:

    [root@hostname:~] /opt/lsi/bin/sas2ircu 0 display

    LSI Corporation SAS2 IR Configuration Utility.

    Version 20.00.00.00 (2014.09.18)

    Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.

   

    Read configuration has been initiated for controller 0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Controller information

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Controller type                         : SAS2008

      BIOS version                            : 7.39.02.00

      Firmware version                        : 20.00.07.00

      Channel description                     : 1 Serial Attached SCSI

      Initiator ID                            : 0

      Maximum physical devices                : 255

      Concurrent commands supported           : 1720

      Slot                                    : 4

      Segment                                 : 0

      Bus                                     : 2

      Device                                  : 0

      Function                                : 0

      RAID Support                            : Yes

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    IR Volume information

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    IR volume 1

      Volume ID                               : 286

      Status of volume                        : Okay (OKY)

      Volume wwid                             :

      RAID level                              : RAID1

      Size (in MB)                            : 113487

      Physical hard disks                     :

      PHY[0] Enclosure#/Slot#                 : 1:4

      PHY[1] Enclosure#/Slot#                 : 1:5

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Physical device information

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Initiator at ID #0

   

    Device is a Hard disk

      Enclosure #                             : 1

      Slot #                                  : 4

      SAS Address                             :

      State                                   : Optimal (OPT)

      Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 114473/234441647

      Manufacturer                            : ATA

      Model Number                            : KINGSTON SA400S3

      Firmware Revision                       : B1D1

      Serial No                               :

      GUID                                    :

      Protocol                                : SATA

      Drive Type                              : SATA_SSD

   

    Device is a Hard disk

      Enclosure #                             : 1

      Slot #                                  : 5

      SAS Address                             :

      State                                   : Optimal (OPT)

      Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 114473/234441647

      Manufacturer                            : ATA

      Model Number                            : KINGSTON SA400S3

      Firmware Revision                       : B1D1

      Serial No                               :

      GUID                                    :

      Protocol                                : SATA

      Drive Type                              : SATA_SSD

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Enclosure information

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Enclosure#                              : 1

      Logical ID                              :

      Numslots                                : 8

      StartSlot                               : 0

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    SAS2IRCU: Command DISPLAY Completed Successfully.

    SAS2IRCU: Utility Completed Successfully.

This doesn't help with the UI view but I'll grab this information via SSH and monitor my array this way.

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