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In my I warned that VMware has removed some drivers for officially unsupported NICs (Realtek and Marvell) from ESXi 5.5 (compared to ESXi 5.1 and 5.0 that still included them).These drivers still work with ESXi 5.5, and if you upgrade an ESXi 5.1 host to 5.5 then you can just keep and continue using them. To anyone who is trying to get his SATA AHCI controller to work with ESXi 5.5 - please try the following:1.
Jan 23, 2017 So in my lab, I was able to add custom drivers and remove drivers from the original VMware ESXi 6.5 ISO. The resulted image was then exported as ISO or it can be used for AutoDeploy scenarios. You might also need to create a custom ESXi 6.5 ISO when you need to integrate other than the stocked VMware drivers, say you have a NIC card which has. Create a custom ESXi installation ISO. In previous post we have already see how add custom drivers to an ESXi installation ISO and how use ImageBuilder to make custom ESXi ISO, but in other cases you may need to define some custom settings during the installation or add custom vib files. How to add Realtek NIC driver support into esxi 6.5 Posted on by fredmerc Realtek network interface card used to be supported in older esxi releases but in newer versions, the chipset was removed from hardware compatibility list.
Boot the computer from the installation CD2. When the first menu appears, press Alt-F1 to switch to a console window. Log in as root without password.3.
Run 'vmkloadmod ahci' to load the ahci driver4. Run 'lspci -v more' to list PCI devices and IDs. Note the PCI vendor and device ID (e.g. 1b21:0612) of your SATA controller!5. Switch back to the installation screen with Alt-F2 and continue the installation wizard6a. If your controller and the attached disks are now detected then you are lucky: We just need to add the PCI ID from step #4 to the mapping table of the ahci driver.
I can provide a VIB file for that if you let me know the PCI ID.6b. If your controller is NOT detected by the ahci driver then we cannot get it to work with ESXi 5.5 right now, sorry!If you already successfully installed ESXi 5.5 (on a USB drive or other disk controller) then just run steps #3 and #4 and check if your AHCI controller is detected then. Hi Andreas,Yes, vSphere web client can see the disks attached to the Intel controller.(VM has been upgraded to v.10)Yes, I'm trying to pass the controller through to the VM (it worked with 5.1)All SATA controllers on this machine are in passthrough mode, there is one on-board SCSI controller which never worked in passthrough mode in previous ESXi versions (confirmed by other people's experience as well). So in my case it's something else.0000:05:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller Mass storage controller: Intel Corporation Patsburg 4-Port SATA Storage Control Unit vmhba2Class 0107: 8086:1d6bSeems like I have the same problem reported in the first comment by SFSCA: 'The on-board sata pass-through capabilities which worked on ALL versions of ESXi 5.0-5.1 is no longer working with ESXi 5.5.'
AnonymousHi Andreas,my Marvell 9172 appears to register, but all disks on it are not visible. The same disks register fine on the Intel ICH on the same board. On installation, the AHCI does not appear to load correctly despite a vmkloadmod, it does not unload for a reload either, because it claims symbols are already in use. The lspci output for the SATA controllers on my Intel DZ77RE-75k lists the proper Class 0106 entries for SATA once it is done and the controller shows up in vSphere, but a rescan also does not bring up the disks. AnonymousHi, Thanks for all of your efforts and useful info. I think I've read almost all of your posts related to ESXi 5 driver compatibility, and have downloaded your tools.
What I can't figure out is whether an ESXi 4 driver can be ported to ESXi 5.I have a HighPoint Rocket RAID 2720SGL I/O controller. It is a SAS / SATA 3 controller with various hardware RAID options. It works fine as a pass through device under ESXi 5.0, but I would like to use it directly within ESXi 5.0 or higher.HighPoint have not released any ESXi 5 drivers, but they did release ESX / ESXi 4 drivers for this card.Might there be a way to port these ESXi 4 drivers into ESXi 5?Has anyone already done this?
Hi Anonymous,you cannot use the ESXi 4 driver in ESXi 5. So you would need to eithera) port the ESXi 4 driver to ESXi 5, orb) port a recent Linux driver to ESXi 5I'm not sure what is easier, and I do not have the skills to do the one or the other.And I do not think that anyone was successful with this or is even working on it.
I just checked the forums at vm-help.com and there is no recent conversation about the RocketRAID controller.So, I can only encourage you to try this on your own - a good starting point is my blog post here:.Andreas. Okay, here is how to get your ASMedia ASM1062 Controller working in ESXi 5.5:1. If you have not yet installed ESXi 5.5 then download the following VIB file:and build a custom ISO with it using ESXi-Customizer2. If you have already installed ESXi 5.5 then open a shell on the host and run the following commands:esxcli software acceptance set -level=CommunitySupportedesxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClientesxcli software vib install -v If you have a different unsupported SATA AHCI Controller then comment here with its name an PCI ID (check with 'lspci -v').- Andreas. AnonymousHey Andreas, this is Gianluca. I've been trying to add my old Adaptec Ultra320 series RAID controller for awhile now.
The controller will show up on ESXI 5.0 but not 5.5. I've tried a myriad of things to get it to work on a clean install ISO of 5.5, including adding the.VIBs you've created but to no avail.I did the instructions you suggested within the installation console and here are the results. Well, at least of the things that seemed like they'd be relevant to the controller (There was a lot of side stuff about the Motherboard North and South bridges). Anyway:0000:001F.1 IDE Interface Mass Storage Controller: Intel Corporation 631xESB/632xESB IDE Controller vmhba0Class 0101: 8886:269e0000:05:03.0 RAID bus controller Mass storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7902(B) U320 w/HostRAIDClass 0104: 9005:889d0000:05:03.1 SCSI bus controller Mass storage controller: Adaptec AIC-8982 U320 vmhba1Class 0100: 9005:881dI'd like to mention that I have 4 Fujitsu 300gb hard drives that are set up in a RAID10 at the moment.
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Out of curiosity in a Windows 7 install, the drives show up as one 600gb hard drive. Though, in the ESXI 5.0 install, when they show up, all 4 of them are selectable individually at 300gb a piece rather than the one 600gb it should be considered. Will having the correct VIBs installed fix that issue of them being 4 different drives rather than the one 600gb?Worse comes to worst, could I install ESXI 5.0 (Cause the 4 drives show up) and then upgrade to 5.5 (Where the drives don't show up)? I feel like the install would detect that there's an ESXI installed somewhere and then ask if I want to update it. That being said, would the rest of the drives work or just a single 300gb after updating?
Is there any disadvantages to updating rather than installing cleanly? Hi AndreasThanks for the good work, i just got my NIC to work building.ISO with the driver to ASUS H87i-Plus, its then possible to install.Next issue is the onboard RAID controller.I followed your guide, and got stuk with 6a.1. Boot the computer from the installation CD2. When the first menu appears, press Alt-F1 to switch to a console window. Log in as root without password.3. Run 'vmkloadmod ahci' to load the ahci driver4. Run 'lspci -v more' to list PCI devices and IDs.
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Note the PCI vendor and device ID (e.g. 1b21:0612) of your SATA controller!5. Switch back to the installation screen with Alt-F2 and continue the installation wizard6a. If your controller and the attached disks are now detected then you are lucky: We just need to add the PCI ID from step #4 to the mapping table of the ahci driver. I can provide a VIB file for that if you let me know the PCI ID.I see the onboard RAID Controller (4. Run 'lspci -v)RAID bus controller Mass storage controller 6 sata:Class 0104:8086:2822But when i want to install i se 4 HDDs and not my RAID 5.Do i need to add something (6a) to se the RAID and not each disk?Best RegardsNicolai.
How many times you needed to inject drivers in your ESXi image because they are missing for your specific component? A lot of times I bet, especially if you have new hardware or servers build using custom components in order to make a home lab.
Usually the storage and the network drivers are the problem here, especially the network, since is the first one that is checked during an ESXi installation. If the driver is missing an error message is displayed and installation cannot continue:No network adapters were detected.
Either no network adapters are physically connected to the system, or a suitable driver could not be located. A third party driver may be required.Ensure that there is at least one network adapter physically connected to the system before attempting installation. If the problem persists, consult the VMware Knowledge Base.Using which by the way is a graphical tool, you can inject drivers in the ESXi ISO.
Now don’t get to excited because you still have some work to do on the driver side. You can’t just use drivers like you would in Windows, by right-clicking an.inf file, they need to be in.vib (preffered) or.tgz format. Having this information, the next step is to search the vendor’s web site and see if they released a driver in one of those two formats for your specific component (network adapter, storage controller). If not, well search the internet and maybe someone compiled a driver for that specific hardware. As a last resort, if none of the above proved successful, you will have to compile your own driver using the. Compiling the driver is not just a click and next operation, but it gets the job done.
After handling the driver part, the next step is to inject that driver in the ESXi ISO.Launch the ESXi Customizer tool and use the browse buttons to load the necessary files (ESXi ISO, driver). When done, press the Run! Button to start the customization process. The ESXi version is automatically detected.