esxi 6.0 + DELL raid

[nnozadze]

hi

i have dell poweredge T30 (mini tower) with 2 2TB raid1, i am trying to install esxi 6.0, but esxi dont dettecting raid system. i dont know what to do and i need your help tnx

[vijayrana968]

Make sure you are using Dell Customized Image of VMware ESXi 6.0 for this installation.

You can download it from : VMware ESXi 6.0 Driver Details | Dell India 

or

https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER02873624M/1/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0-2494585.x86_64-Dell_Cust...

[nnozadze]

yes its Dell Customized Image of VMware ESXi 6.0

[bluefirestorm]

Is it software RAID or hardware RAID?

Looking at the spec sheet of PowerEdge T30, it is Intel Software RAID unless you added a hardware RAID card.

http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/PowerEdge_T30_Spec_Sheet....

If it's hardware RAID, you have to check if the RAID controller is in the Compatibility Guide (which means a VIB is available even in the standard image). I don't see the T30 in the Compatibility Guide.

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=io

Alternatively, you can try to install the ESXi hypervisor on a USB thumb drive (4GB thumb drive will be sufficient). You will then boot up the ESXi hypervisor from the USB thumb drive and configure the storage present in the T30 as your VMFS datastore.

[nnozadze]

tnx fo your replay  

it is intel raid software, i will try ESXi hypervisor

[vijayrana968]

With intel raid softwar, standard esxi image will work.

[nnozadze]

i have same image you have show me, but when esxi must start installation there is 2 hdd

[continuum]

ESXi does not support any version of software Raid.
ESXi will only support a limited set of hardware raid-controllers.

[nnozadze]

tnx for your replay. is it posible to put some Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver in esxi iso?  to detect this raid