Hi
Would u tell me editing oem.tgz about sata controller problem?
THANKS for your help.
My mobo is ECS Geforce6100PM-M2 V2.0(MCP61)

~ # lspci
00:00.00 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation
00:01.00 Bridge: nVidia Corporation
00:01.01 Serial bus controller: nVidia Corporation
00:01.02 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation
00:02.00 Serial bus controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller
00:02.01 Serial bus controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller
00:04.00 Bridge: nVidia Corporation
00:05.00 : nVidia Corporation
00:06.00 Mass storage controller: nVidia Corporation
00:07.00 Bridge: nVidia Corporation nVidia Nforce Network Controller
00:08.00 Mass storage controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller
00:08.01 Mass storage controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller
00:09.00 Bridge: nVidia Corporation
00:11.00 Bridge: nVidia Corporation
00:12.00 Bridge: nVidia Corporation
00:24.00 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:24.01 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address MapK8 NorthBridge
00:24.02 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:24.03 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.00 Network controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] [vmnic0]
02:00.00 Display controller: nVidia Corporation
~ # lspci -v
00:00.00 RAM memory Memory controller: nVidia Corporation
Class 0500: 10de:03ea

00:01.00 ISA bridge Bridge: nVidia Corporation
Class 0601: 10de:03e0

00:01.01 SMBus Serial bus controller: nVidia Corporation
Class 0c05: 10de:03eb

00:01.02 RAM memory Memory controller: nVidia Corporation
Class 0500: 10de:03f5

00:02.00 USB Controller Serial bus controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller
Class 0c03: 10de:03f1

00:02.01 USB Controller Serial bus controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller
Class 0c03: 10de:03f2

00:04.00 PCI bridge Bridge: nVidia Corporation
Class 0604: 10de:03f3

00:05.00 : nVidia Corporation
Class 0403: 10de:03f0

00:06.00 IDE interface Mass storage controller: nVidia Corporation
Class 0101: 10de:03ec

00:07.00 Bridge Bridge: nVidia Corporation nVidia Nforce Network Controller
Class 0680: 10de:03ef

00:08.00 IDE interface Mass storage controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller
Class 0101: 10de:03f6

00:08.01 IDE interface Mass storage controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller
Class 0101: 10de:03f6

00:09.00 PCI bridge Bridge: nVidia Corporation
Class 0604: 10de:03e8

00:11.00 PCI bridge Bridge: nVidia Corporation
Class 0604: 10de:03e9

00:12.00 PCI bridge Bridge: nVidia Corporation
Class 0604: 10de:03e9

00:24.00 Host bridge Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Class 0600: 1022:1100

00:24.01 Host bridge Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address MapK8 NorthBridge
Class 0600: 1022:1101

00:24.02 Host bridge Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
Class 0600: 1022:1102

00:24.03 Host bridge Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
Class 0600: 1022:1103

01:05.00 Ethernet controller Network controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] [vmnic0]
Class 0200: 8086:1229

02:00.00 VGA compatible controller Display controller: nVidia Corporation
Class 0300: 10de:06e1

If you take a look here you'll see that ESXi can't recognize the storage controller - http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/ESXi3. ... le.map.php.

First thing, what mode in the BIOS is the controller set to? You'll need to go through this process to add the device 03f6 to simple.map and pci.ids. The easiest way I find to do that is to boot ESXi from a USB flash drive rather that trying to modify the install CD.

http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/customize_oem_tgz.php

You could try the modified oem.tgz package from this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=39

I've downloaded it and it includes a 10de:03f6 entry in the simple.map along with a custom (?) sata_nv_n.o module. I've yet to try it myself, but haven't got around to it yet. I'm running two "production" esxi boxes with an Asrock ALiveNF6G-GLAN mobo with the same chipset/pciid. I had already tried to modify the simple.map with an entry for 10de:03f6 pointing to the sata_nv.o module included with esxi, but that resulted in an error on load.

I can confirm the oem.tgz from the mentioned thread works
Finally got around to it today to test it.

See also in your other thread: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=68&start=0

dhrto, thanks for posting the update.

@Dave: no problem, my pleasure. I've been following your site for a while now and really appreciate all the info on it and the efforts you and other people put into it, so I'm happy I can contribute

Maybe you can update this page http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/customize_oem_tgz.php with the new info here.
(Adds support for Realtek 8168/8111C Ethernet adapter)

The oem.tgz in the mentioned thread is actually based on the Community Unified oem.tgz and included driver support for all the devices in the Community Unified oem.tgz and also driver support for the realtek 8169 nic.