ginger Posted August 7, 2016 Share #1 Posted August 7, 2016 A newbie here trying to set up a T20 server for the Xpenology. The configuration is like this: CPU: Xeon E3-1225 V3; Memory: 20GB ECC; Samsung 850 Evo 250G SSD and a Seagate 500GB 2.5'' Driver connected to the motherboard, 2*4T HGST NAS driver + 1* 1T 3.5'' Driver connected through the Marvel 4-port Marvell 88SE9215 SATA controller. (The controller is here: https://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-Control ... l+88SE9215) So I successfully installed the ESXi 6U2 on the Samsung SSD, and i see the Seagate 500GB on the device list on ESXi client. While the other 3 hard drivers that connected through the SATA controller failed to appear. I do see them in the BIOS though. I searched a bit online and found someone has the same prolem: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/commen ... _pci_help/. Is this the problem the ESXi 6U2 doesnt have the driver for the controller? Is there anyway I can install the driver? Btw, in the advanced settings of the configuration tab in ESXi client, i see the controler is under the PCI Express Root Port#3. But it says this device (the Port) is not passthrough capable though the SATA controller is in passthrough mode (http://imgur.com/gallery/xPVTg). Any ideas are welcome and appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berwhale Posted August 7, 2016 Share #2 Posted August 7, 2016 ESXi doesn't need drivers if you're passing the adapter through to a guest OS. You just need to tick the checkbox next to the Marvell controller and then add the adapter to the DSM VM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginger Posted August 7, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted August 7, 2016 Thanks very much for the reply. so it is normal that the drivers are not shown in under the storage in ESXi client? how could i create a datastore for the DSM then? http://imgur.com/WP8J6IV http://imgur.com/fKA3Y2x ESXi doesn't need drivers if you're passing the adapter through to a guest OS. You just need to tick the checkbox next to the Marvell controller and then add the adapter to the DSM VM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginger Posted August 7, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted August 7, 2016 just an update: I do see the hard drivers connected through PCI in the DSM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berwhale Posted August 7, 2016 Share #5 Posted August 7, 2016 just an update: I do see the hard drivers connected through PCI in the DSM. Glad to hear that you got it working! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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