Hi,
The configuration is :
- VMware 5.5, in waiting for a 6.5 upgrade to come
- Physical Host : Dell R430
- Dell MD4320 storage bay with a SAS direct attachment
After a reboot the scsi storage adapter (Dell 12G SAS HBA) set itself in a "Block SCSI" mode and I am now unable to see the disks from the storage bay.
When I look for the controller in cli mode I can see it with the good driver :
~ # esxcfg-scsidevs -a
vmhba38 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba38 (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation Wellsburg AHCI Controller
vmhba39 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba39 (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation Wellsburg AHCI Controller
vmhba0 lsi_mr3 link-n/a pscsi.vmhba0 (0:1:0.0) LSI MegaRAID SAS Invader Controller
vmhba1 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba1 (0:0:17.4) Intel Corporation Wellsburg AHCI Controller
vmhba2 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba2 (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation Wellsburg AHCI Controller
vmhba3 lsi_msgpt3 link-n/a sas.5d0946600d7df300 (0:5:0.0) Avago (LSI Logic) Dell 12Gbps SAS HBA external
I did compare with our other server and the link is also at "Link N/A" so it didn't seem bad.
But when I launch esxcli storage nmp device list
I can't see the device, just CD, iscsi and local disks.
The claimrules seems the same as the other server :
~ # esxcli storage core claimrule list
Rule Class Rule Class Type Plugin Matches
---------- ----- ------- --------- --------- ---------------------------------
MP 0 runtime transport NMP transport=usb
MP 1 runtime transport NMP transport=sata
MP 2 runtime transport NMP transport=ide
MP 3 runtime transport NMP transport=block
MP 4 runtime transport NMP transport=unknown
MP 101 runtime vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP 101 file vendor MASK_PATH vendor=DELL model=Universal Xport
MP 65535 runtime vendor NMP vendor=* model=*
So I was wondering if it's possible to remove the storage adapter and re-install it or change the type to "SCSI" ?
I didn't find anything about it...
Any help would be nice.
Thanks.