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vinnie_ki
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Thanks to ScottMerrilees and Sharix, I now have my Lynx Point AHCI (Z87 chipset) running in passtrough mode on Esxi 5.5 upd 2 Smiley Happy

I can confirm that the provided solution works for me too. I tested it succesfully with ZFSGuru as a VM.

For the novices:

  • Activate the ssh service in Vsphere Client using the instructions in this link: VMware KB:     Using ESXi Shell in ESXi 5.x
  • Use Putty or any other terminal program to connect to you Esxi SSH server.
  • Use vi, for example: vi /etc/vmware/passthru.map
  • Add these 2 lines at the bottom of the file:

          # INTEL Lynx Point AHCI

          8086  8c02  d3d0     false

  • If you don't now how to use vi, than google for a manual.
  • Reboot the Esxi server.
  • Add the Lynx Pont AHCI to the passtrough devices and reboot the Esxi server again.
  • All done!
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