Hello all,
I have a machine based on a Supermicro H8SGL -F motherboard. It has an Adaptec RAID chipset, identified as an AMD part.. AMD SP5100).
http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron6000/SR56x0/H8SGL-F.cfm
The storage processor shows up in VMware's HCL (http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=base&deviceCategory=io)
More info on the chip: http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/continuity/news/article.php/3855196/AMD-Does-RAID-On-a-Chip.htm
I've made a RAID-10 array by doing a Quick Init on the Adaptec RAID BIOS.
Upon booting an ESXi 5 install disc, ESXi 5 sees the hard drives behind the RAID as separate, JBOD disks.
It seems that with firmware RAID like in this case, it's up to drivers on each OS to recognize the RAID configuration and carry that through.
To me, it follows then that there's a problem with that process here.
What would be the next step from here, to enable ESXi to see my RAID array and not just the separate disks?