RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

[Glen Johnson]

As someone else already said, the VM doesn't see the actual hardware in
the host.  That's why it's called "virtual".  As far as the guest os is
concerned, the perc4 controller doesn't exist and the guest can't see
it.

The vm will see the buslogic or lsi controller that ESX emulates so one
of these would be what you select when installing the VM.
I also think someone said to use the LSI as the buslogic didn't work
with RHEL 4.
So when you partition the VM, choose the LSI, and then the RHEL install
should auto detect it.

-Original Message-
From: Robert Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 5:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

The ESXi installation is not the issue (and the PERC 3D/I driver is
listed in
the HCL). It has been installed on the PE 2550 without any issue. The
issue 
is the installation of a RHEL 4 VM. I need to know what driver to choose

from the list presented when installing RHEL 4 (is it the standard
aacraid or
megaraid/megaraid2 driver)? Or do I need a downloaded driver
specifically for
VMWare?


-Original Message-
From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday October 2008 22:06
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

Am I missing something here. Its not so much that you cant install esx,
its that rhel wont see any storage right? 

If you had hcl issues ESX would complain about not being able to finish
its install. Fwiw I have 3 2550's in my test esx lab and they work fine.


So if you open the vi client does the vmfs volume for your local storage
show up under the configuration/storage area? How big is it?

-Original Message-
From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:51 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

Okay, maybe perc4 is as far back as it goes.

Check the esxi hcl

-Original Message-
From: Robert Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 08:14
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

The install doesn't complete. Only gets as far as partitioning the
disks. When
it can find any, the installation aborts.

-Original Message-
From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday October 2008 12:10
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Bayesian Filter detected spam - RE:
VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

When the install completes do you have available storage? 

Im surprised you get through the installation but then get a message
like
that. IIRC all PERC controllers are listed in the HCL. 





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[Robert Jackson]

When initially creating the VM, I've selected the LSI Logic SCSI
controller
as suggested.

When installing the RHEL 4 O/S, I elected to let the installation select
the
appropriate hardware drivers for itself (in the past I've used 'linux
expert noprobe'
at the boot prompt and selected from the hardware list manually).

Lo-n-behold, the installation has got past the disk partitioning and is
actually
installing from the CD. Just need to wait and see if it'll boot once
finished!


-Original Message-
From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday October 2008 00:11
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Bayesian Filter detected spam - Re:
VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

I run a number of RHEL4 VMs on a couple of ESXi boxes.

RHEL4 needs the LSI Logic emulated SCSI controller and cannot use the
BusLogic.

If you told the VI client that it was a "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4" VM
when you created it it should have done that by default.

RM wrote:
> It sounds like RHEL 4 does not have a driver for the virtual SCSI
> controller that ESX presenting to the virtual machine guest.  If ESXi
is
> similar to the full ESX, there are two that it can emulate: An old
> Buslogic design and an old LSI design.  Try switching the types and
see
> if RHEL 4 gets any further.

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RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

[Robert Jackson]

The ESXi installation is not the issue (and the PERC 3D/I driver is
listed in
the HCL). It has been installed on the PE 2550 without any issue. The
issue 
is the installation of a RHEL 4 VM. I need to know what driver to choose

from the list presented when installing RHEL 4 (is it the standard
aacraid or
megaraid/megaraid2 driver)? Or do I need a downloaded driver
specifically for
VMWare?


-Original Message-
From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday October 2008 22:06
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

Am I missing something here. Its not so much that you cant install esx,
its that rhel wont see any storage right? 

If you had hcl issues ESX would complain about not being able to finish
its install. Fwiw I have 3 2550's in my test esx lab and they work fine.


So if you open the vi client does the vmfs volume for your local storage
show up under the configuration/storage area? How big is it?

-Original Message-
From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:51 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

Okay, maybe perc4 is as far back as it goes.

Check the esxi hcl

-Original Message-
From: Robert Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 08:14
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

The install doesn't complete. Only gets as far as partitioning the
disks. When
it can find any, the installation aborts.

-Original Message-
From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday October 2008 12:10
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Bayesian Filter detected spam - RE:
VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

When the install completes do you have available storage? 

Im surprised you get through the installation but then get a message
like
that. IIRC all PERC controllers are listed in the HCL. 





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RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

[Benjamin Zachary - Lists]

Sorry, I misunderstood the question, I thought all perc's were supported but
when he said the install was hanging I figured I just didn't pay attention. 

-Original Message-
From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 20:11
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

I run a number of RHEL4 VMs on a couple of ESXi boxes.

RHEL4 needs the LSI Logic emulated SCSI controller and cannot use the
BusLogic.

If you told the VI client that it was a "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4" VM
when you created it it should have done that by default.

RM wrote:
> It sounds like RHEL 4 does not have a driver for the virtual SCSI
> controller that ESX presenting to the virtual machine guest.  If ESXi is
> similar to the full ESX, there are two that it can emulate: An old
> Buslogic design and an old LSI design.  Try switching the types and see
> if RHEL 4 gets any further.

-- 

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Re: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

[Phil Brutsche]

I run a number of RHEL4 VMs on a couple of ESXi boxes.

RHEL4 needs the LSI Logic emulated SCSI controller and cannot use the
BusLogic.

If you told the VI client that it was a "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4" VM
when you created it it should have done that by default.

RM wrote:
> It sounds like RHEL 4 does not have a driver for the virtual SCSI
> controller that ESX presenting to the virtual machine guest.  If ESXi is
> similar to the full ESX, there are two that it can emulate: An old
> Buslogic design and an old LSI design.  Try switching the types and see
> if RHEL 4 gets any further.

-- 

Phil Brutsche
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Re: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

[RM]

The physical RAID controller has no relevance here.  ESX does not
directly present it to VM's.

It sounds like RHEL 4 does not have a driver for the virtual SCSI
controller that ESX presenting to the virtual machine guest.  If
ESXi is similar to the full ESX, there are two that it can
emulate: An old Buslogic design and an old LSI design.  Try
switching the types and see if RHEL 4 gets any further.

RM


On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:23:32 -, [1]"Robert Jackson"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I have an old Dell PE 2550 that has a PERC 3D/I RAID
controller. I've
> loaded
> up VMware ESXi 3.5 onto the server. However when I try to
create a VM
> for
> RHEL 4, the installation always fails say that it can't find
any disks
> on which to
> install the O/S. I'm assuming this has to do with the RAID
controller?
> Has anyone
> successfully deployed RHEL 4 in this configuration or could
someone
> point me
> in the right direction?

References

1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

[Greg Mulholland]

Am I missing something here. Its not so much that you cant install esx, its 
that rhel wont see any storage right? 

If you had hcl issues ESX would complain about not being able to finish its 
install. Fwiw I have 3 2550's in my test esx lab and they work fine. 

So if you open the vi client does the vmfs volume for your local storage show 
up under the configuration/storage area? How big is it?

-Original Message-
From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:51 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

Okay, maybe perc4 is as far back as it goes.

Check the esxi hcl

-Original Message-
From: Robert Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 08:14
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

The install doesn't complete. Only gets as far as partitioning the
disks. When
it can find any, the installation aborts.

-Original Message-
From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday October 2008 12:10
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Bayesian Filter detected spam - RE:
VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

When the install completes do you have available storage? 

Im surprised you get through the installation but then get a message
like
that. IIRC all PERC controllers are listed in the HCL. 





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RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

[Benjamin Zachary - Lists]

Okay, maybe perc4 is as far back as it goes.

Check the esxi hcl

-Original Message-
From: Robert Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 08:14
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

The install doesn't complete. Only gets as far as partitioning the
disks. When
it can find any, the installation aborts.

-Original Message-
From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday October 2008 12:10
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Bayesian Filter detected spam - RE:
VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

When the install completes do you have available storage? 

Im surprised you get through the installation but then get a message
like
that. IIRC all PERC controllers are listed in the HCL. 





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RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

[Robert Jackson]

The install doesn't complete. Only gets as far as partitioning the
disks. When
it can find any, the installation aborts.

-Original Message-
From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday October 2008 12:10
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Bayesian Filter detected spam - RE:
VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

When the install completes do you have available storage? 

Im surprised you get through the installation but then get a message
like
that. IIRC all PERC controllers are listed in the HCL. 





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RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

[Benjamin Zachary - Lists]

When the install completes do you have available storage? 

Im surprised you get through the installation but then get a message like
that. IIRC all PERC controllers are listed in the HCL. 





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RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

[N Parr]

I ended up buying a used perc 5i off ebay and putting it in a precision
390 and it's worked great for months until yesterday when for some
reason every time I stress my guest ESX locks up and I have to power
cycle the box.  ESX only works with certain raid cards and there is a
FAQ on there web site that lists them.

-Original Message-
From: Robert Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 4:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

I have an old Dell PE 2550 that has a PERC 3D/I RAID controller. I've
loaded up VMware ESXi 3.5 onto the server. However when I try to create
a VM for RHEL 4, the installation always fails say that it can't find
any disks on which to install the O/S. I'm assuming this has to do with
the RAID controller?
Has anyone
successfully deployed RHEL 4 in this configuration or could someone
point me in the right direction?


TIA.



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