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    <title>topic Re: ESXi 5.5 free - which RAID controller is best choice? in ESXi Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Now i'm prepared &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://communities.vmware.com/html/@DCF4E2F7991292CEECF250394DB2C2BC/emoticons/1f642.png" alt=":slightly_smiling_face:" title=":slightly_smiling_face:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Many thanks for your help, Jerry. (If ever our pathes cross, i'll get you a huge beer)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:01:15 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>krumedia</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-08-27T11:01:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>ESXi 5.5 free - which RAID controller is best choice?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-free-which-RAID-controller-is-best-choice/m-p/2191739#M210504</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;i'm running a ESXi 5.5 free on a Supermicro X9DR3-F with an Adaptec RAID 6805.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The Controller was not(!) supported/recognizes by the standard Installation CD, so i had to create an ISO with an "offline-bundle" and powerCLI.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;From time to time, the host crashes (freeze) and some aacraid-errors appear in the logfile (F12), so i'm now considering to switch to a better RAID controller. Unfortunately, the Compatibility-Guide of vmware said this 6805 Controller would be "inbox", means compatible with 5.5. But they were obviously wrong.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Therefore my question:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Does anyone have a recommendation for a &lt;STRONG&gt;good RAID Controller&lt;/STRONG&gt;, (8 port for SATA-600 needed) which is absolutely compatible with the ESXi 5.5. free standard installation, which works stable and does &lt;STRONG&gt;not&lt;/STRONG&gt; require any "ISO tricks" to install ??&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;thanks,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Michael&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2014 21:59:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>krumedia</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-08-23T21:59:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 free - which RAID controller is best choice?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-free-which-RAID-controller-is-best-choice/m-p/2191740#M210505</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I had some problems with adaptec-controllers too, so I switched over to LSI some time ago. LSI is maybe not as good as Areca, but still good enough for me (and much better than Adaptec). I have used 4 various LSI-based controllers of 8xxx/9xxx series, they all worked with standard ESXi installation image (even those not on VMware HCL). Arrays were recognised and I could install ESXi and VMs, but at the end I had to install newer drivers, SMIS-provider and LSI-tools.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Original LSI-manufactured controllers are a little expensive, but one can buy re-marketed/OEM versions for quite good price (Fujitsu, IBM, Intel, Dell, etc) and still use the latest drivers/tools from LSI.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2014 17:55:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>JarryG</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-08-24T17:55:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 free - which RAID controller is best choice?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-free-which-RAID-controller-is-best-choice/m-p/2191741#M210506</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanx, Jarry, so i consider to buy the LSI 9271-8i&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;What do you mean with "I had to install newer drivers"? How did you manage this with the Standard (free) ESXi version?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2014 00:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>krumedia</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-08-25T00:00:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 free - which RAID controller is best choice?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-free-which-RAID-controller-is-best-choice/m-p/2191742#M210507</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I just downloaded new driver for my LSI-controller from LSI-web (the version for ESXi 5.x), uploaded to ESXi-datastore, connected to ESXi using SSH-client, and updated manually (with esxcli) the same way you can apply ESXi-patches on free ESXi. And I installed LSI-tools (MegaCLI and StorCLI) and SMIS-provider (so that you could see controller health-status).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Just FYI: you do not have to update driver, but I recommend it. LSI releases updated drivers frequently (iirc this year three versions already), solving various problems, adding features. It is worth the effort, and it takes just a few minutes. You do not even have to put ESXi off-line...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2014 05:51:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>JarryG</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-08-25T05:51:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 free - which RAID controller is best choice?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-free-which-RAID-controller-is-best-choice/m-p/2191743#M210508</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks. Jarry, so now i've finally bought an LSI 9271-8i with a Cache Protection. Gonna install it the next days...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Maybe one last question about "... and updated manually (eith esxcli) the same way you can apply ..." .&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Well, i really didn't know that it's possible to update drivers, i thought this is something like a kernel-included-thing &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://communities.vmware.com/html/@DCF4E2F7991292CEECF250394DB2C2BC/emoticons/1f642.png" alt=":slightly_smiling_face:" title=":slightly_smiling_face:" /&gt; so, when i enter the esxi with putty, i can just replace the driver file (in which directory) and eveything is still working fine? I did never apply any patch, before. Just used the SSH to copy and move VMs around.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Excuse my (maybe stupid) request - i'm just afraid of killing the machine and have two more days extra work.. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2014 20:44:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>krumedia</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-08-26T20:44:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 free - which RAID controller is best choice?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-free-which-RAID-controller-is-best-choice/m-p/2191744#M210509</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You'd better read this:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=2008939" title="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=2008939"&gt;VMware KB: Installing patches on an ESXi 5.x host from the command line &lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It describes how you can install ESXi-patches (which you definitely should do, as sometimes they resolve serious problems, improve stability, add new devices/features, etc). You can not just replace driver, you have to install it using esxcli-tool. Steps are described on the above mentioned page. And the same way you can update drivers LSI-drivers, SMIS-provider, or LSI-tools (StorCLI/MegaCLI).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:59:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>JarryG</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-08-27T08:59:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: ESXi 5.5 free - which RAID controller is best choice?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-free-which-RAID-controller-is-best-choice/m-p/2191745#M210510</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Now i'm prepared &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://communities.vmware.com/html/@DCF4E2F7991292CEECF250394DB2C2BC/emoticons/1f642.png" alt=":slightly_smiling_face:" title=":slightly_smiling_face:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Many thanks for your help, Jerry. (If ever our pathes cross, i'll get you a huge beer)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:01:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-5-5-free-which-RAID-controller-is-best-choice/m-p/2191745#M210510</guid>
      <dc:creator>krumedia</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-08-27T11:01:15Z</dc:date>
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