Hi,
I am running esxi 5.1 on dell t3500. I am attempting to add perc5/i card as raid controller.
First Try
1. Installed card with 5x firmware (original dell) built the raid. (raid 0 with two identical drives)
2. esxi boots fine, I added the virtual volume as storage, tried to upload a file and ended up with io error.
second try
1. Flashed the card with latest LSI fw 7x, built same raid.
2. esxi boots fine, I added the raid volume as storage, tried to upload someting, ended up with io error AND ddatastore disappeared from storage list.
3. I added up again, tried to upload again, same error.
third try was completly same, except the pin 5-6 trick. I taped the 5-6 for smbus signal issue... no luck.
When I checked the console I saw couple lines of "unable to name lun...."
I assume perc5 should work fine with my server. Is that anything that I am missing. Can someone help me with this issue.
any help will be appreciated.