The document all looks ok (except its dated 2012, VMWare ESXi version 5 which is radically different from version 6 and 6.5), that said, page 56 says to download the SMIS provider from intel, so where do i get the SMIS file for this RAID card for ESXi version 6.0 and 6.5?
#Esxi 6.5 raid card drivers
They still list VMWare drivers also so ESXi can talk with the card as designed. We are only looking at the INTEL RAID as there is an on board connector, however the internal meeting it was decided we were going to standardize on ARECA RAID cards as they have an Ethernet port built right in to the card with its own IP address, making all the above redundant as management would be right from that IP address of the RAID card and management that talks directly to the on board RAID card separate IP address. I really could do with an Intel tech input here who can confirm what needs to be loaded and confirm it works (worries me there not listed on Intel drivers site)
#Esxi 6.5 raid card Offline
I cant seem to find any SMIS drivers for Intel and there RAID cards, it doesnt appear to be in the offline bundle above from VMWare, so i really need a response from someone who has this working, as i spent 4-8 weeks getting LSI working (which i can repeat now in 10 mins as i know what the process is).
#Esxi 6.5 raid card driver
However to manage RAID cards this must be remote from there management tools (as you shown the RAID Web Console), what i need to know is if this works with the VMWare driver, again LSI had MAJOR flaws with there management (MegaRAID Manager) not working with ANY of the ESXi confirmed drivers, until i loaded the SMIS driver (which is impossible to find) AND made sure ALL DNS reverse looks up worked and even then i needed an SLP PHP healer script running as LSI did not load that in there MegaRAID management utility, nor there ESXi drivers (whereas PROMISE controllers did). Your notice though this is the 8 port driver, not 4 port, not looked for that one VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search with this in mind i found the driver for the Intel RAID from VMware on the below link (after posting this, was by pure luck): I have spent hours researching and perfecting drivers for LSI hardware, even LSI no longer supply them, only VMWare seem to now. Thanks for taking the time to respond, however with ESXi they must be VMWare compliant drivers and the correct ones, ESXi is based on Linux, but it is not a Linux system in itself.
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