PERC access from VM (under VMWare ESXi)

[Jefferson Cowart]

Dell is supposed to be releasing a version of ESXi that includes
interfaces for management tools. However, it doesn't appear they have
yet. (HP does have one out. From what I've heard it is up to Dell to
finish the integration/testing work before VMware will post it for
download.)

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Thank You
Jefferson Cowart
Network and Systems Administrator
Claremont University Consortium


> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-
> bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Daniel Franklin
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 09:16
> To: <linux-poweredge at dell.com>
> Subject: PERC access from VM (under VMWare ESXi)
> 
> Is there any way for a RHEL VM to access hardware such as a PERC
> controller under ESXi (aka "ESX embedded")? I'm guessing no, but
> there is a lot of expertise on this list and there may be a
workaround.
> 
> This strikes me as a major limitation of ESXi since there is no way to
> install OMSA or other tools that, for example, can run a "Patrol Read"
> across disks to protect against read failures that SMART or RAID
> do not detect.
> 
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