ESXi 5.5 - devices not available

[rtangwai]

I recently upgraded my ESXi host to 5.5. I am running a GA-990FXA-UD5 and I noticed that after the upgrade (the online version because I know about the missing drivers) I can see certain devices available for passthrough but *NOT* available as shared resources.

Specifically, my onboard secondary SATA controllers (2 Marvell 88SE9172) and my PCI-E x1 SysKonnect SK-9E21D NIC are seen and identified properly in Advanced Settings for passthrough, but the Marvells are not available in Storage Adapters and the SysKonnect is not available in Network Adapters. The onboard Intel SATA controller and Realtek 8168 NIC are seen in Storage Adapters and Network Adapters respectively.

Will I be forced to do a full install (using the modded ISO w/5.1 drivers) or am I missing a step somewhere to get these devices to be shared by the VMs? Will a full install fix this problem?


Thanks in advance!

 

[dasaint]

There was a lot of trimming of the Storage drives in 5.5, what i might recommend is finding out what driver was being used in 5.1 for your controller to see if it helps populate it as a storage controller.

I would try the install see if that helps, but keep in mind that the 5.1 driver could be unstable on 5.5 if you have important things make sure they are backed up!

I think the SK-9E21D is a generic Marvell Yukon u might want to see what it rang up as in 5.1. There have been a lot of people telling me lately their marvell controllers didn't populate in 5.5 where they did in 5.1 so you will have to use the modded iso for that at least.