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JimNuth
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 Installing on an HS20 ide blade Hi, I'm having some problems trying to install ESXi onto an ide disk in an IBM HS20 blade. I have been following the instructions here. lspci -v shows 00:15.01 RAID bus controller Mass storage controller: ServerWorks CSB6 RAID/IDE Class 0104: 1166:0213 fdisk -l shows nothing. The hardware compatability page has an entry 1166 0213 0000 0000 storage ide CSB6 RAID/IDE Controller I believe I've folowed the instructions correctly, but I cant see a disk. I have tried the blade with single or striped disks(no difference) Any one have any suggestions I can try? Thanks
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Dave.Mishchenko
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Re: Installing on an HS20 ide blade Do you have a BIOS option to change the mode of the controller (i.e. to non RAID)? If fdisk doesn't show the disk then ESXi has a problem with the controller that the IDE install method won't help with.
_________________Dave Mishchenko VMware vExpert 2009-2012  Now available - VMware ESXi: Planning, Implementation, and SecurityAlso available - vSphere Quick Start Guide
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msz28
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Re: Installing on an HS20 ide blade Dave.Mishchenko wrote: Do you have a BIOS option to change the mode of the controller (i.e. to non RAID)? If fdisk doesn't show the disk then ESXi has a problem with the controller that the IDE install method won't help with. Hi Dave, I change the mode of the controller to IDE (Raid disable) Vmware still don't see the drive. I try solution with "vi /usr/lib/vmware/installer/Core/TargetFilter.py" No results. Do you have any solutions??? Mariusz Szydlowski
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Dave.Mishchenko
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Re: Installing on an HS20 ide blade Would you be able to post the output of lspci -p? basically I'd like to see if the controller has been recognized and if the driver (module) has loaded for it.
_________________Dave Mishchenko VMware vExpert 2009-2012 Now available - VMware ESXi: Planning, Implementation, and SecurityAlso available - vSphere Quick Start Guide
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msz28
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Re: Installing on an HS20 ide blade Dave.Mishchenko wrote: Would you be able to post the output of lspci -p? basically I'd like to see if the controller has been recognized and if the driver (module) has loaded for it. Ok Dave. I attach the files (printscrens) with: lspci -p lspci
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Dave.Mishchenko
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Re: Installing on an HS20 ide blade With the blade in IDE mode, does fdisk -l show anything?
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msz28
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Re: Installing on an HS20 ide blade Dave.Mishchenko wrote: With the blade in IDE mode, does fdisk -l show anything? fdisk - l .... show nothing - "clear screen" I am desperate. I fight with the problem of the week. ;-(
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| Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:34 am |
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msz28
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Re: Installing on an HS20 ide blade I would add that the installation of Windows or Linux runs without a problem both RAID and IDE mode.
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| Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:54 am |
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Dave.Mishchenko
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Re: Installing on an HS20 ide blade Are you using ESXi 3.5 or 4?
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| Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:57 am |
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msz28
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Re: Installing on an HS20 ide blade Dave.Mishchenko wrote: Are you using ESXi 3.5 or 4? I use ESXi 3.5 because processors in my Blades are not EMT64. My configuration: IBM Blade Server HS20 model 8832-21X 2x Intel Xeon 2800 MHz/533/512kB 4 GB RAM (2x 2 GB) 40 GB 2.5" IDE Toshiba Dual Gigabit Ethernet, Raid Controller, ATI Rage XL
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