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    <title>topic m.2 ssd to USB device not recognized by esxi in ESXi Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;My device model: gen10 plus&lt;BR /&gt;Boot method: ESXI via Kingston USB flash drive&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;esxi version: 6.5, 6.7 and 7.0 were tried&lt;BR /&gt;The device I tried to add: a 256G m.2 2242 to usb, roughly like this &lt;A href="https://www.amazon.com/SilverStone-Technology-Enclosure-Retractable-SST-MS09C-MINI/dp/B07JP1WWD2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;https://www.amazon.com/SilverStone-Technology-Enclosure-Retractable-SST-MS09C-MINI/dp/B07JP1WWD2/&lt;/A&gt; ref=sr_1_4?crid=27X8RHVCHA9HP&amp;amp;keywords=m.2+2242+to+usb&amp;amp;qid=1653583031&amp;amp;sprefix=m.2+2242+to+usb%2Caps%2C322&amp;amp;sr=8-4&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Problem Description.&lt;BR /&gt;Enter lsusb and you can see this m.2 to usb device: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2109:0715 VIA Labs, Inc&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Enter /etc/init.d/usbarbitrator stop, esxcli storage core device list |grep -i usb, can only see the Kingston USB drive, can not identify the m.2 to usb device, also can not add this m.2 to usb device in esxi as data storage&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I refer to the following solution in this post, then I can see this USB device in the adapter, but still can't add it as data storage: &lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-6-Unable-to-connect-USB" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-6-Unable-to-connect-USB&lt;/A&gt; -Device-to-VM/m-p/486694#M40715&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Strangely enough, a micro-b interface M.2 to usb hard drive enclosure like this one can be recognized by esxi, but the cable of this enclosure is too long to use: &lt;A href="https://www.amazon.com/External-Converter-Adapter-Enclosure-Support/dp/" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.amazon.com/External-Converter-Adapter-Enclosure-Support/dp/&lt;/A&gt; B07FY6FD4K&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there any other way to add this M.2 ssd to USB device to ESXI.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 17:11:11 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Neo132</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2022-05-26T17:11:11Z</dc:date>
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      <description>&lt;P&gt;My device model: gen10 plus&lt;BR /&gt;Boot method: ESXI via Kingston USB flash drive&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;esxi version: 6.5, 6.7 and 7.0 were tried&lt;BR /&gt;The device I tried to add: a 256G m.2 2242 to usb, roughly like this &lt;A href="https://www.amazon.com/SilverStone-Technology-Enclosure-Retractable-SST-MS09C-MINI/dp/B07JP1WWD2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;https://www.amazon.com/SilverStone-Technology-Enclosure-Retractable-SST-MS09C-MINI/dp/B07JP1WWD2/&lt;/A&gt; ref=sr_1_4?crid=27X8RHVCHA9HP&amp;amp;keywords=m.2+2242+to+usb&amp;amp;qid=1653583031&amp;amp;sprefix=m.2+2242+to+usb%2Caps%2C322&amp;amp;sr=8-4&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Problem Description.&lt;BR /&gt;Enter lsusb and you can see this m.2 to usb device: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 2109:0715 VIA Labs, Inc&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Enter /etc/init.d/usbarbitrator stop, esxcli storage core device list |grep -i usb, can only see the Kingston USB drive, can not identify the m.2 to usb device, also can not add this m.2 to usb device in esxi as data storage&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I refer to the following solution in this post, then I can see this USB device in the adapter, but still can't add it as data storage: &lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-6-Unable-to-connect-USB" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/ESXi-6-Unable-to-connect-USB&lt;/A&gt; -Device-to-VM/m-p/486694#M40715&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Strangely enough, a micro-b interface M.2 to usb hard drive enclosure like this one can be recognized by esxi, but the cable of this enclosure is too long to use: &lt;A href="https://www.amazon.com/External-Converter-Adapter-Enclosure-Support/dp/" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.amazon.com/External-Converter-Adapter-Enclosure-Support/dp/&lt;/A&gt; B07FY6FD4K&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there any other way to add this M.2 ssd to USB device to ESXI.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
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