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Please help.. Trying to determine if an HP NC510F / NC510C (Nextgen/Qlogic NXB-10GXSR, NXB-10GCX4) will work with Vmvware 5.5...

August 1, 2014, 8:22 am
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The compatibility guide states that esxi  up to 4,1 U3 supports it.  But I cannot find anything regarding 5.0, or 5.5 working with this card.  I'm guessing that unfortunately I am out of luck and the support for this card has been taken out of 5.0 and above.  But as I've discovered for example, a lot of servers that are no longer listed on the 5.0+ compatibility charts that use to be listed on the 3.x and 4.x charts still work.  I'm hoping that this is the case for this card also.. (via a firmware update from Qlogic)  Does anyone have any experience with these fiber cards on 5.x

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Check for risks in VMware environment

August 1, 2014, 8:09 am
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Hi All,


 

My manager has asked me to check for risks which might be there in our VMware environment.

Can you please suggest me on what to check and how to proceed.




Thanks

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Please help me master !!

July 31, 2014, 8:49 pm
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Hello, I have a problem on my Windows Server 2003. I have 2 partition which are C and D. C is my system and D is my data. My C is running out of space and I want to extend it. But I can't do that with the third partition tools because it is unable to extend to the system hard drive. What should I do ? Please help me..

 

Thank You.

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ESXi 5 Add an existing lun to datastore without formatting

August 1, 2014, 9:23 am
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We have two hosts running VMWare **ESXi 5.1.0**. Both are connected to a RAID 5 array via iSCSI.

 

The lun is an existing lun with vm on it but it is not reconized by the hosts after the reboot.

 

 

it is visible in vSphere Client in **Configuration > Storage > Devices** but not in **Configuration > Storage > Datastores**

 

Somebody have an idea how can we fix this ?

 

 

These are some commande we tried on the host

 

    ~ # voma -m vmfs -f check -d /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.60080e50002e0074000003975193cbf3

    Checking if device is actively used by other hosts

    Running VMFS Checker version 0.9 in check mode

    Initializing LVM metadata, Basic Checks will be done

             ERROR: Missing LVM Magic. Disk doesn't have valid LVM Device

             ERROR: Failed to Initialize LVM Metadata

       VOMA failed to check device : Not a Logical Volume

   

    Total Errors Found:           0

 

 

With this we can see the LUN.

 

 

    ~ # esxcfg-scsidevs -c

    Device UID                            Device Type      Console Device                                            Size      Multipath PluginDisplay Name

    mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0                   CD-ROM           /vmfs/devices/cdrom/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0                   0MB       NMP     Local TSSTcorp CD-ROM (mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0)

    naa.600605b004802b101840d2513e1e6628  Direct-Access    /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600605b004802b101840d2513e1e6628  1140592MB NMP     Local IBM Disk (naa.600605b004802b101840d2513e1e6628)

    naa.60080e50002dff340000019750b4fd4e  Direct-Access    /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.60080e50002dff340000019750b4fd4e  20MB      NMP     IBM Serial Attached SCSI Disk (naa.60080e50002dff340000019750b4fd4e)

    naa.60080e50002dff340000044d53d7d13d  Direct-Access    /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.60080e50002dff340000044d53d7d13d  123121MB  NMP     IBM Serial Attached SCSI Disk (naa.60080e50002dff340000044d53d7d13d)

    naa.60080e50002e0074000003975193cbf3  Direct-Access    /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.60080e50002e0074000003975193cbf3  614400MB  NMP     IBM Serial Attached SCSI Disk (naa.60080e50002e0074000003975193cbf3)

   

 

 

partition :

 

    ~ # partedUtil getptbl /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.60080e50002e0074000003975193cbf3

    gpt

    78325 255 63 1258291200

 

   

This is the Log file: from /var/log/vmkernel.log

 

    2014-08-01T15:59:33.327Z cpu16:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:33.337Z cpu16:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:33.351Z cpu16:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:33.356Z cpu16:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:33.361Z cpu16:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:33.366Z cpu16:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:33.372Z cpu16:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:33.377Z cpu16:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:33.388Z cpu16:9200)FSS: 4972: No FS driver claimed device 'mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0': Not supported

    2014-08-01T15:59:33.396Z cpu16:9200)Vol3: 692: Couldn't read volume header from control: Not supported

    2014-08-01T15:59:33.396Z cpu16:9200)Vol3: 692: Couldn't read volume header from control: Not supported

    2014-08-01T15:59:33.396Z cpu16:9200)FSS: 4972: No FS driver claimed device 'control': Not supported

    2014-08-01T15:59:33.433Z cpu16:9200)VC: 1547: Device rescan time 27 msec (total number of devices 8)

    2014-08-01T15:59:33.433Z cpu16:9200)VC: 1550: Filesystem probe time 80 msec (devices probed 6 of 8)

    2014-08-01T15:59:58.817Z cpu4:9190)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:58.821Z cpu4:9190)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:58.830Z cpu4:9190)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:58.838Z cpu4:9190)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:58.843Z cpu4:9190)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:58.848Z cpu4:9190)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:58.854Z cpu4:9190)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:58.859Z cpu4:9190)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T15:59:58.867Z cpu4:9190)FSS: 4972: No FS driver claimed device 'mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0': Not supported

    2014-08-01T15:59:58.880Z cpu0:9190)Vol3: 692: Couldn't read volume header from control: Not supported

    2014-08-01T15:59:58.880Z cpu0:9190)Vol3: 692: Couldn't read volume header from control: Not supported

    2014-08-01T15:59:58.880Z cpu0:9190)FSS: 4972: No FS driver claimed device 'control': Not supported

    2014-08-01T15:59:58.911Z cpu0:9190)VC: 1547: Device rescan time 22 msec (total number of devices 8)

    2014-08-01T15:59:58.911Z cpu0:9190)VC: 1550: Filesystem probe time 79 msec (devices probed 6 of 8)

    2014-08-01T16:00:01.440Z cpu9:15384)VmkAccess: 637: lanusbcfg: access denied:: dom:appDom(2), obj:appDom(2), mode:inet_socket_bind(17) port no: (68)

    2014-08-01T16:00:01.440Z cpu9:15384)VmkAccess: 207: ipAddr = 0.0.0.0, port = 68

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.089Z cpu2:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.097Z cpu2:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.142Z cpu2:9200)Vol3: 692: Couldn't read volume header from control: Not supported

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.142Z cpu2:9200)Vol3: 692: Couldn't read volume header from control: Not supported

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.142Z cpu2:9200)FSS: 4972: No FS driver claimed device 'control': Not supported

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.149Z cpu0:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.153Z cpu0:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.158Z cpu0:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.164Z cpu0:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.169Z cpu0:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.174Z cpu0:9200)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.185Z cpu0:9200)FSS: 4972: No FS driver claimed device 'mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0': Not supported

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.187Z cpu0:9200)VC: 1547: Device rescan time 21 msec (total number of devices 8)

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.187Z cpu0:9200)VC: 1550: Filesystem probe time 82 msec (devices probed 6 of 8)

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.377Z cpu14:9201)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.385Z cpu14:9201)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.420Z cpu14:9201)Vol3: 692: Couldn't read volume header from control: Not supported

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.420Z cpu14:9201)Vol3: 692: Couldn't read volume header from control: Not supported

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.420Z cpu14:9201)FSS: 4972: No FS driver claimed device 'control': Not supported

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.430Z cpu14:9201)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.434Z cpu14:9201)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.440Z cpu14:9201)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.445Z cpu14:9201)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.450Z cpu14:9201)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.456Z cpu14:9201)<3>ata1.00: bad CDB len=16, scsi_op=0x9e, max=12

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.464Z cpu14:9201)FSS: 4972: No FS driver claimed device 'mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0': Not supported

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.466Z cpu14:9201)VC: 1547: Device rescan time 14 msec (total number of devices 8)

    2014-08-01T16:01:14.466Z cpu14:9201)VC: 1550: Filesystem probe time 74 msec (devices probed 6 of 8)

    2014-08-01T16:01:53.503Z cpu14:8206)NMP: nmp_ThrottleLogForDevice:2319: Cmd 0x1a (0x412402e61dc0, 0) to dev "mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0" on path "vmhba0:C0:T0:L0" Failed: H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0. Act:NONE

    2014-08-01T16:01:53.503Z cpu14:8206)ScsiDeviceIO: 2316: Cmd(0x412402e61dc0) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x263e from world 0 to dev "mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0" failed H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.

    2014-08-01T16:02:01.455Z cpu12:15700)VmkAccess: 637: lanusbcfg: access denied:: dom:appDom(2), obj:appDom(2), mode:inet_socket_bind(17) port no: (68)

    2014-08-01T16:02:01.455Z cpu12:15700)VmkAccess: 207: ipAddr = 0.0.0.0, port = 68

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Mismatched Guest OS Types

August 1, 2014, 8:23 am
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Hi.  What would cause a mismatched guest OS problem?  This just happened to me after removing a snapshot on a VM?  See the attachment of my screenshot.  You will see that the vSphere Web Client reports the correct type but the vSphere client application reports the incorrect type.  What would be the fix.  Thanks, Adam

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16Gb HBA FC connections Setting Fibre Channel HBAs

August 1, 2014, 9:25 am
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I was reading through about using 16Gbps HBA adapters and as per that :-

 

 

vSphere 5.5 Documentation Center

ESXi supports 16GB FC HBAs, but there is no support for full end-to-end 16GB connectivity from the host to array. If you use 16GB FC HBAs running at 16GB, to get full bandwidth, create at lease two 8GB connections from the switch to the storage array


So as per the above comment I'm bound to use a 8Gb storage switch else it won't be supported.


 

 

 

So I was just trying to visualize how this connection will look like as if I'm using a 8Gb storage switch, how do I make connections from 16Gb HBA to that switch which is just 8Gb & from that 8Gb switch two connections to storage array in order to use 16Gb bandwidth?

 

 

 

Also is there any specific Fibre cable that is required for 16Gb connection?

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How to check digitally signed software

August 1, 2014, 8:26 am
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Dear team,

 

number of software are installed on my esxi host if i want to check digital signature of installed software then what command i have to fire ....

 

Need ur assistance on the same.

 

regards

Mr VMware

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5% CSTOP but no overcommitment

August 1, 2014, 8:30 am
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Hi all

I have a single 8 Core Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise VM running on a Single 2 x Quad Core with HT (16 logical core) ESX 5.1 u1 server. Veeam one is telling me that over the last 1 hr the CO-STOP is on average 5.39% . If I look at the metrics raw in milliseconds in vCentre , over the 1 hr interval it says average 16391. Now, doing the math (http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2002181):

 

 

(CPU summation value / (<chart default update interval in seconds> * 1000)) * 100 = CPU ready %

 

 

therefore (5 min data interval for 1hr)

 

 

(16391 / (300 * 1000) ) * 100 = 5.46

 

Why am i seeing Co_STOP if the vm is the only thing with access to the hardware?

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Host Cluster to Datastore Cluster Design

July 31, 2014, 10:33 pm
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Hi There,

 

We have a storage migration project at the moment I have an opportunity to redesign the existing "Host Clusters" and the "Datastore Clusters" mappings. Keeping in mind HA, DRS, different Tiers of storage, Management and all the best practices I'm thinking along the lines of the following (I've simplified this just for the example)

 

Host Clusters

Datastore Clusters

Production

Production-Tier1

- Datastore1 (ssd)

- Datastore2 (ssd)

- DatastoreX (ssd)

Production-Tier2

- Datastore1 (15K disks)

- Datastore2 (15K disks)

- Datastore3 (15K disks)

Test

Production-Tier2

- Datastore10 (15K disks)

- Datastore11 (15K disks)

- Datastore12(15K disks)

 

Each hosts in the Production Compute cluster will see ALL datastores in the Production Tier 1 & 2 datastore clusters and vice versa I.E. fully meshed. There will be some shared standalone datastores that are seen by ALL hosts which will be used for Templates, ISO's, and sDRS migrations.

 

I'm curious what other companies are doing and if there's any gotcha issues with the above?

 

Cheers

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thin vmdk and thin datstore or thick vmdk thick datastore

August 1, 2014, 11:33 am
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hi

 

what is a better option as far as setting up thin or thick vmdk

 

thin vmdk on thin datastore

thick vmdk on thick datastore?

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Second NIC takes over as Management Network

August 1, 2014, 11:43 am
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I have an ESXI 5.5 dev lab on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 with a dual port GbE NIC (Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708).

 

My base setup was one NIC port configured (vmnic0) with a Standard Switch (vSwitch0).  vSwitch0 had a Virtual Machine Port Group (for the VMs) and a VMkernel Port (for the Management Network).  Everything worked good at this point.

 

When try to configure the second NIC port (vmnic1) in a different network switch and different network range to connect to iSCSI... vmnic1 took over as the Management Network even though it does show as being the Management Network.  After that, I am no longer able to connect or ping the IP of vmnic0.

 

When configuring the vmnic1, I added Connection Type of VMkernel.  I did not choose to use the port group for management traffic.

 

When I look at the console, and choose to Configure Management Network I see only selected Network Adapter being vmnic0.

 

Am I misunderstanding the configuration of the Management Network?  If not, does anyone have a suggestion on what may be wrong or how I can diagnose?

 

Thank you for your input!

-Sean

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default vcenter datasore utilization alarn

August 1, 2014, 11:27 am
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Hi

 

What is the default vcenter 5.1 datastore utilization alarm in terms of % for

 

yellow (warning)

red (alert)

 

 

thanks

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USB 3 on ESXI 5.5

August 1, 2014, 7:52 am
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Dear All.

i have a External USB 3 attached to the ESXI server Build ESXI, 5.5.0, 1331820

i've attached the usb to 2012R2 server but its not recognise !

any suggestions why ?

 

last questions can i update directly from Build 1331820 to 1892794 or i need to install all other patches first ?

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After upgrading to Cisco UCS 2.2(1d) my VMWare VMs are having LSI errors in the Event Viewer

July 1, 2014, 5:13 pm
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I upgraded my virtual environments to Cisco UCS Release 2.2(1d) over the past couple weeks.  We have had a few VM's freeze, and one error I have noticed in all the event viewers is

 

LSI_SAS

Reset to device, \Device\RaidPort0, was issued.

 

Some have it more than others.  I went back in history and this only occurred in each environment after upgrading to UCS 2.2  Is this a known issue?  I am running ESXi 5.1 Update 2 on my hosts.  each host is a B200 M3

 

Thanks

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How to investigate Which process is using high memory

August 2, 2014, 12:04 am
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Dear team,

 

on one ESXi host we have 192GB RAM and on that esxi host we have 5 VMs which r powered on and one VM is powered off, IF I check ESXi summary and performance tab it show ESXi host is using almost 140GB of RAM out of 192GB, In performance tab it show current total current memory usage is 73% and to troubleshoot further if I check individual VM memory utilization then total VM memory usage is not more than 50GB then y it's showing 73% I.e. 140GB usage , need ur assistance to check which process is taking high memory , please find the attached ESXTOP batch output file.

 

db01.jpg

 

regards

Mr VMware

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vCenter -- VM CPU alarm does not repeat after setting frequency as 5 mins

June 4, 2014, 6:46 am
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Hi All,

 

I set the threshold values in the default VM CPU alarm on VC -- warning as 75 and alert as 95.

I set the frequency as 2 mins under the reporting tab of the alarm.

I ran cpu hogger on the VM and brought CPU usage as 100 percent.

I cleared the alert manually (CPU hogger still running)


theoretically the alarm should have come up again for the VM after 2 mins as the CPU is still at 100%; however this is not happening.

I am running VC 5.1.


Any suggestions on how to proceed.




Thanks

Vaibhav

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Dell R710 running on ESXi4.1 upgrading to 5.1 error

August 2, 2014, 12:37 pm
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Can't find VNC in Esxi firewall ruleset list

August 2, 2014, 12:56 pm
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Hi,all

 

I created a file named vnc.xml in /etc/vmware/firewall.

Run cat vnc.xml

4J5Z]E6TVXNCD@}8{GB6B@W.jpg

 

 

Run esxcli network firewall refesh

Run esxcli network firewall ruleset list|grep VNC

GIQQX275OE`4D`XP281Q$DF.jpg

Run esxcli network firewall ruleset list

Z)CVHD)`J@UD~MY2J]Z10OQ.jpg

No VNC in it.

Pls advise,thank you,

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unable to create the snapshot error

August 2, 2014, 5:20 am
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Create virtual machine snapshot

XXXXXX

Cannot create a

quiesced

snapshot

because the

create snapshot

operation

exceeded the

time limit for

holding off I/O

in the frozen

virtual machine.

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Sil3124 or 3132 controllers support in ESXi 5.x?

April 23, 2012, 3:30 pm
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Sil3124 or 3132 controllers support in ESXi 5.x?  I found a lot of references to these controllers working in ESXi 4.1, but not ESXi 5.x?  Anyone work on this?  Have a solution?

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