ESXi + Perc5i

[BonOeil]

Hi everybody,

I try to use my Perc 5/i under ESXi (VMDirectPath) with a VM FreeNAS but if it is recognized, I can't access it.

I have an error in FreeNAS :

Mar 12 11:58:28 freenas kernel: mfi0: <Dell PERC 5/i> mem 0xdc800000-0xdc80ffff,0xd9c20000-0xd9c3ffff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3
Mar 12 11:58:28 freenas kernel: mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 3.00
Mar 12 11:58:28 freenas kernel: mfi0: Unknown firmware state -1879048192
Mar 12 11:58:28 freenas kernel: mfi0: Firmware not in READY state, error 6
Mar 12 11:58:28 freenas kernel: device_attach: mfi0 attach returned 6

Is it possible to use a Perc5i on VMDirectPath under ESXi ?

How can I resolve it ?

 

[BillHicksRIP]

What's your motherboard and CPU?

 

[BonOeil]

My server :

¤ Norco 4220
¤ Corsair GX 800W
¤ SuperMicro X8SIL-F
¤ X3430
¤ 16Gb DDR3 ECC
¤ 3 x IBM BR10i
¤ Dell Perc 5i ( just for backup files)
¤ 1 x 160 Go 2.5"
¤ 8 x Western Digital Green 1To
¤ 4 x Samsung 2To

 

[lopoetve]

double post

 

[lopoetve]

Hi everybody,

I try to use my Perc 5/i under ESXi (VMDirectPath) with a VM FreeNAS but if it is recognized, I can't access it.

I have an error in FreeNAS :

Mar 12 11:58:28 freenas kernel: mfi0: <Dell PERC 5/i> mem 0xdc800000-0xdc80ffff,0xd9c20000-0xd9c3ffff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3
Mar 12 11:58:28 freenas kernel: mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 3.00
Mar 12 11:58:28 freenas kernel: mfi0: Unknown firmware state -1879048192
Mar 12 11:58:28 freenas kernel: mfi0: Firmware not in READY state, error 6
Mar 12 11:58:28 freenas kernel: device_attach: mfi0 attach returned 6

Is it possible to use a Perc5i on VMDirectPath under ESXi ?

How can I resolve it ?

Not supported. Storage devices are experimental only for directpath at this point.

 

[yankees9920]

So is it that the just the Perc 5i does not work with PCI passthrough? Is that why many people seem to be using much more expensive controllers to be passed through?