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ESXi Compatible RAID Controller VMware Communities

    https://communities.vmware.com/thread/466121
    Jan 03, 2014 · Hi, If you want to check if your raid controller is compatible with your ESXi build, you need to check the vmware hardware compatibility list here :VMware Compatibility Guide: System Searchor here VMware Compatibility Guide: I/O Device Search For your freenas, no need to use the passthrough , just create a VM with the proper size, and install freenas on it.

Choosing a RAID Card for ESXi packetmischief.ca

    https://www.packetmischief.ca/2011/03/20/choosing-a-raid-card-for-esxi/
    ESXi’s support for software RAID is pretty clear: there is none. The only way you can use on-board SATA ports is in non-RAID mode. This eliminates on-board RAID as an option. SATA/SAS Host Bus Adapter With RAID Support. The next best option to using the on-board ports is to add additional ports via a SATA or SAS HBA.

ESXi with Supermicro Raid - Spiceworks

    https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1953666-esxi-with-supermicro-raid
    Jan 06, 2017 · Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. So as I venture down the path of ESXi 6.5 and after some digging I notice that it does not support the raid card in my Supermicro 813M-3 1u chassis with built in Intel Raid. Each drive is listed as ATA 1.82TB drives, not the entire raid.2/5(4)

Last Updated: January 29, 2020 I/O Compatibility Guide

    https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/pdf/vi_io_guide.pdf
    VMware ESX software delivers high performance I/O for PCI based SCSI, RAID, Fibre Channel, and Ethernet controllers. To achieve high performance, these devices are accessed directly through device drivers in the ESX host, and not through a host operating system, as with VMware Workstation and VMware Server products.

VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search

    https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php
    Additionally, VMware ESX is tested for compatibility with currently shipping platforms from the major server manufacturers in pre-release testing. Our goal is to support a variety of storage and network adapters used as standard options for these platforms as they come to …

ESXi 6 RAID1 support for OS/Datastore? [H]ardForum

    https://hardforum.com/threads/esxi-6-raid1-support-for-os-datastore.1874803/
    Sep 08, 2015 · So the story goes that ESXi does not support anything but hardware raid HBAs (like my IBM M1015, and other famous add-on cards and onboard SCSI/SAS controllers), etc etc, blah blah. After a lot of trolling, I finally found some instructions on building a developer environment to compile my own ESXi …

VMware* Drivers for Intel® RAID Controllers (12Gbps–Based ...

    https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000026491/server-products.html
    Provides VMware* download driver links for Intel® RAID Controllers.



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