i've installed esxi 5.1 as a virtual machine on usb stick using vmware workstation 9.0. everything went smoothly and then downloaded vsphere client after configuration of esxi 5.1. in the configuration page of vsphere client in storage adapter section i am not seeing my LSI adapter.i have raid storage in lsi that is 2.8tb. i have read everying up on that but cannot figure out what i am doing wrong. as i understand all the drivers already come installed with esxi 5.1. and i have checked compatability of lsi 9260-8i, it does support vmware. maybe someone can point me in the right direction. thanks in advance
Seeing the built-in drivers for VMware version 5.0 U1 are different then the ones in the 5.1 version, it might be that what's causing the issue. You can download newer drivers from the website of LSI: Direct link to drivers
I did exactly that. I have the latest driver installed... In vsphere client. Lsi controller does show up, but its the wrong one. It sees the onboard controller lsi sas1068. But it does not recognize 9260-8i... Is there anything else that you think can be done? Thanks in advance
that did not work for me. but whats interesting is that lsi1608 controller listed in vsphere client has the 40g virtual hard drive that was created from the raid on lsi 9260-8i adapter, which has a total of 2.8tb of storage. the right controller that ought to be listed in the client is lsi 2108.. i dont know what else to think of?..
