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I also had to disable the firewall on the ESXi host.

Avago megaraid storage manager 1068e install#

SSH to the ESXi host with appropriate credentials (I did everything as root) and run the following install command:Įsxcli software vib install -v /tmp/vmware-esx-provider-lsiprovider.vib -no-sig-check I found that my sneaky attempt at copying it to a shared volume at /vmfs/volumes/… was hit and miss when it was a fibre channel mount, the install worked properly, but if the datastore was on a local disk, it died with an error message. vib extension) to the /tmp directory on ESXi host (scp/WinSCP/your client of choice). Then I also used Ctrl+F and searched for “MegaRAID Storage Manager”, which offered MSM for a variety of platforms:Ĭopy the LSI SMIS provider (the file with. There were 679 results I used Ctrl+F and searched for “SMIS”, which offered a link titled “Latest SMIS Providers” for VMWare 6.0 and 6.5:

Asset Type: Management Software and Tools.

OEM: (left blank – showed up as ‘OEM’ in the search interface).

Family: Storage Controllers, Adapters and ICs.

Group: Storage Controllers, Adapters and ICs.

On the Broadcom website, I selected the following categories for download: Get the LSI downloads ( SMIS provider and the latest MegaRAID MSM): I found filtering by OEM did not successfully show results.

Then, click the Edit settings button and choose Community.

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The original, excellent instructions from Mike Smith at Serenity-Networks, despite being for ESXi 5.5, seemed to work with some minor adaptations for ESXi 6.5.0 Update 1 (Build 5969303), with the latest versions of software from Avago (Broadcom).Įnable SSH on ESXi host: From the web UI, in the Navigator column, select Host, then choose Actions > Enable Secure Shell (SSH):Īdjust the “acceptance level” to allow installation of unsigned VIB files: In the Navigator column, select Manage, then select the Security & users tab.

Avago megaraid storage manager 1068e how to#

Original article: How to install LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM) on ESXi 5.5 I intend to publish a few posts with some of the links and practices I’ve used lately.

It has been kicking disks that seem entirely fine out of RAID1 volumes, which effectively has the same side effect as losing a disk. I’ve been arguing with an Exchange 2016 server lately, due to what I suspect is a dodgy IBM-badged MR10i RAID controller in a x3650 M3.