It's been just under a week since we figured out the last issue, but now I'm getting pretty close to the end-game. I'll try to keep it short, for all of you busy experts out there.
I have an HBA (LSI SAS9201-16e) connected to a drive cage (Kingwin MKS-435TL) that is holding four SAS HDDs (IBM Storwize V7000 98Y3241). I wish to be able to pass each individual drive to a different VM. I originally thought that this would involve SR-IOV, but now I am not so sure. Instead of wandering around in the dark, I'll ask this:
What is the recommended method for enabling passthrough of individual drives, that are connected via an HBA?
If you want/need more info about my setup, tell me - I'll give you the info you request.
Here are some of the sources that I've read thus far:
- https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/12353325
- Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
- Enable SR-IOV on a Host Physical Adapter
- VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search
- https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/x9drd-7lnf4-onboard-lsi-2308-sr-iov-not-capable.21155/
- https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/sas-controller-as-sata-replacement-for-pci-passthrough.18827/#post-185…
- https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/57ngj7/flash_lsi_920116e_from_windows_vm/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/unRAID/comments/ayf6n7/lsi_sas_920116e_it_firmware/
I've had no luck getting it to work thus far:
Your assistance is greatly appreciated.