Motherboard X11SRA-F / Intel® (Intel VROC SATA) / ESXI VMware / Raid Controller?

[KrystofKlima]

Hello,

I have buyed MB Supermicro X11SRA-F with Intel VROC RAID technology. Installed two drives SAMSUNG 4TB...but no visible in VMWARE

Not possible to install VMWARE on it. I have tried to update BIOS of MB /latest 2.5/

I have tried to install Intel VMD driver separratelly when I have installed VMWARE on old disk before /on non VROC drives all works fine - only VROC RAID is not visible and disk is not usable

my driver is "iavmd_2.7.1.1002-1OEM.700.1.0.15843807" from pages of Intel

I have spent lot of money by VROC technology and special drives. I dont want to believe, that it is so new, that is not supported 

[JoseH_Intel]

Hello KrystofKlima,

Thank you for joining the Intel community

Unfortunately RAID volumes created using Intel® ESRT2 and Intel® RSTe are not supported as boot device by VMware. You want to take a look at this article Does Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC)/Intel®...

Regards

Jose A.

Intel Customer Support Technician

For firmware updates and troubleshooting tips, visit:

https://intel.com/support/serverbios

[KrystofKlima]

Unfortunatelly Thanks ;-(

but better than finding solution few months