OK, so storcli knows about the controller:
/opt/lsi # ./storcli show
Status Code = 0
Status = Success
Description = None
Number of Controllers = 1
Host Name = XXXXXXXX
Operating System = VMkernel5.0.0
System Overview :
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Ctl Model Ports PDs DGs DNOpt VDs VNOpt BBU sPR DS EHS ASOs Hlth
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0 ServeRAIDM5015SAS/SATAController 8 2 1 0 1 0 Opt On - Y 0 Opt
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I don't see any other CIM providers for LSI installed:
/opt/lsi # esxcli system settings advanced list | grep CIM
Path: /UserVars/CIMEnabled
Description: Enable or disable the CIM service
Path: /UserVars/CIMLogLevel
Description: Set the log level of the CIM Service
Path: /UserVars/CIMWatchdogInterval
Description: Set the watchdog polling interval for the CIM Service
Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_swmgtProviderEnabled
Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_swmgt provider
Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_hhrcwrapperProviderEnabled
Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_hhrcwrapper provider
Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_hdrProviderEnabled
Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_hdr provider
Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_viProviderEnabled
Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_vi provider
Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_sfcbInteropProviderEnabled
Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_sfcbInterop provider
Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_pciProviderEnabled
Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_pci provider
Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_kmoduleProviderEnabled
Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_kmodule provider
Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_hhrcwrapperProviderPollingInterval
Path: /UserVars/CIMvmw_lsiproviderProviderEnabled
Description: Enable or disable the CIM vmw_lsiprovider provider
System has been rebooted a few times since installing the SIMS CIM provider. Going to try different servers now (same hardware), see if I get the same results...