Ok here is my problem...
I am running ESXi 6.0 on a HP ProLiant DL380 G5 (which pretty much looks like this https://www.amazon.com/HP-ProLiant-DL380-G5-Quad-Core/dp/B00CLUIMGQ only thing is I have 2 Xeon 5160 processors at 3 GHz so they won't handle anything higher then ESXi 6.0 not 6.5)
Next I have a Startech PCI expansion bus plugged into the machine...(See link for details PCIe to 4 Slot PCI Expansion System | Slot Conversion | StarTech.com Canada), I know this machine works nicely because it used in so many different PC's. Why I have this box in is because I need to expand my bus into some PCI slots so I can run some NI DAQ hardware that fits to a PCI slot.
Next step....In this expansion box I have the following cards...
- NI PCI-6031 (See link for more details NI PCI-6031E - National Instruments)
- NI PCI-6704 (See link for more details PCI-6704 - National Instruments)
- NI PCI-6509 (See link for more details PCI-6509 - National Instruments)
So, since I have this ProLiant box, you can see that these 3 cards wont fit into the system because there PCI and the HP box doesn't have any PCI slots in them, they are only PCI express.
Now I have a virtual machine setup to take this hardware in. However, when I select this server in vSphere, then click the configuration tab, then select advanced settings, I get "host does not support passthrough configuration"
Could somebody please help me make this hardware show up, so I can pass these 3 cards to the virtual machine I would like to run them on.
Thank you!