ESXi can't pass-through

[jaddel]

u can also get the lates firmeware from the lsi homepage.

 

And u where talking about esxi 5.0 i tried it with 5.1u1 and everything works fine.

[Pinch]

Success!

 

Flashing the M1015 on the ASRock resulted in the PAL error, but my trusted old unraid tower with an Asus mb did it without issues.

 

So the M1015 is flashed as an LSI 9211-IT with the latest P17 fw and pass-through is working! I chose to flash the BIOS too, although I have no intention of connecting a boot disk to the controller - is longer boot time really the only drawback of flashing the BIOS? If yes, that's not a problem.

 

An odd thing is that when connecting an old Toshiba 160GB 2.5'' to the M1015 it won't recognize it. It works fine when connecting it to the onboard ASM1062. I have no intention of actually using this disk, but am still wondering why it won't work...

 

I couldn't find a definitive answer for this one: will drive spin-down work? ATM I have a spinner and an SSD connected to the M1015 being passed through; both drives are apparently spun down, which doesn't make sense - my old tower would never show an SSD as spun down, so I don't know if I can trust unraid on this one...

 

EDIT: Silly me, the SSD in the old tower is the cache disk with a lot of plugins running, so even if it was a spinner it would never be spun down - is it normal for unraid to show an SSD as spun down when it's idle?

[BobPhoenix]

Success!

 

Flashing the M1015 on the ASRock resulted in the PAL error, but my trusted old unraid tower with an Asus mb did it without issues.

 

So the M1015 is flashed as an LSI 9211-IT with the latest P17 fw and pass-through is working! I chose to flash the BIOS too, although I have no intention of connecting a boot disk to the controller - is longer boot time really the only drawback of flashing the BIOS? If yes, that's not a problem.

As far as I know that is the only drawback.  All 6 of mine have a bios and haven't had any problems.

 

An odd thing is that when connecting an old Toshiba 160GB 2.5'' to the M1015 it won't recognize it. It works fine when connecting it to the onboard ASM1062. I have no intention of actually using this disk, but am still wondering why it won't work...

 

I couldn't find a definitive answer for this one: will drive spin-down work? ATM I have a spinner and an SSD connected to the M1015 being passed through; both drives are apparently spun down, which doesn't make sense - my old tower would never show an SSD as spun down, so I don't know if I can trust unraid on this one...

Yes spin down works for me on M1015

 

EDIT: Silly me, the SSD in the old tower is the cache disk with a lot of plugins running, so even if it was a spinner it would never be spun down - is it normal for unraid to show an SSD as spun down when it's idle?

Can't answer this one.  I don't have an SSD installed in unRAID.

[vicom]

ESXi server 0:

SuperMicro X9SCM-F MB.  01:00.0 M1015, 02:00.0 Asm1061, 03:00.0 HVR-2250 & 04:00.0 USB 3.0

 

ESXi server1:

Tyan S5512GM2NR MB. 01:00.0 M1015, 02:00.0 & 02:00.1 RR622 (Marvell 99SE9128), 03:00.0 HVR-2250, 08:00.0 USB 3.0, 09:00.0 AVerMedia Duet, 0c:01.0 nVidia DualTV

 

ESXi server2:

Tyan S5512GM2NR MB. 01:00.0 M1015, 02:00.0 M1015, 03:00.0 & 03:00.1 RR622 (Marvell 99SE9128), 08:00.0 HVR-2250, 09:00.0 AVerMedia Duet, 0c:01.0 HVR-1600

 

So for me the ASM 1061 controller works and the 99SE9128 controller work.  So it may be due to your models since I see you said it was ASM 1062 & Marvel 88SE9120.  Note I also had a PCI-X controller based on Marvel 88SX6081 on pass through in ESXi server2.

 

The highlighting was just to show what the unknown controllers look like.

 

BobPhoenix,

I have the same board as your server 0, with 2x Supermicro MVP8 and a HVR2250. Running ESXI 5.1 Unraid runs like a breeze.  I've passed through the HVR and i can see it on my Win7 VM. It works but as soon as I flip more channels a couple of times or stop a stream  then i get a BSOD or PSOD. I've played with setting in the VMX file and PASSTHROUGH.MAP files. Do you mind sharing your settings/setup  both VMX and passthrough files as well. I'm really desperate

[BobPhoenix]

ESXi server 0:

SuperMicro X9SCM-F MB.  01:00.0 M1015, 02:00.0 Asm1061, 03:00.0 HVR-2250 & 04:00.0 USB 3.0

 

ESXi server1:

Tyan S5512GM2NR MB. 01:00.0 M1015, 02:00.0 & 02:00.1 RR622 (Marvell 99SE9128), 03:00.0 HVR-2250, 08:00.0 USB 3.0, 09:00.0 AVerMedia Duet, 0c:01.0 nVidia DualTV

 

ESXi server2:

Tyan S5512GM2NR MB. 01:00.0 M1015, 02:00.0 M1015, 03:00.0 & 03:00.1 RR622 (Marvell 99SE9128), 08:00.0 HVR-2250, 09:00.0 AVerMedia Duet, 0c:01.0 HVR-1600

 

So for me the ASM 1061 controller works and the 99SE9128 controller work.  So it may be due to your models since I see you said it was ASM 1062 & Marvel 88SE9120.  Note I also had a PCI-X controller based on Marvel 88SX6081 on pass through in ESXi server2.

 

The highlighting was just to show what the unknown controllers look like.

 

BobPhoenix,

I have the same board as your server 0, with 2x Supermicro MVP8 and a HVR2250. Running ESXI 5.1 Unraid runs like a breeze.  I've passed through the HVR and i can see it on my Win7 VM. It works but as soon as I flip more channels a couple of times or stop a stream  then i get a BSOD or PSOD. I've played with setting in the VMX file and PASSTHROUGH.MAP files. Do you mind sharing your settings/setup  both VMX and passthrough files as well. I'm really desperate

Will do that shortly.  Am at work now will be home in an hour or so.

 

Edit: Attached is a zip file containing .vmx, .vmxf, .log from VMWARE, graphics showing VMWare setup and Windows device manager setup.  I am using ESXi 5.0 and noticed you are using 5.1 so that may be why you are having problems that I'm not.  You might try getting 5.0 and seeing if that makes a difference.  I also don't watch anything live I record everything so no channel surfing.

 

The devices in VMWare mostly show unknown but the breakdown of devices is Slot 1 IBM M1015 for unRAID, Slot2 ASM 1061 for external drive cage for Windows VM, Slot 3 HVR-2250, Slot 4 USB 3.0 card for HD-PVRs.

VMWare.zip

[BobPhoenix]

ESXi server 0:

SuperMicro X9SCM-F MB.  01:00.0 M1015, 02:00.0 Asm1061, 03:00.0 HVR-2250 & 04:00.0 USB 3.0

 

ESXi server1:

Tyan S5512GM2NR MB. 01:00.0 M1015, 02:00.0 & 02:00.1 RR622 (Marvell 99SE9128), 03:00.0 HVR-2250, 08:00.0 USB 3.0, 09:00.0 AVerMedia Duet, 0c:01.0 nVidia DualTV

 

ESXi server2:

Tyan S5512GM2NR MB. 01:00.0 M1015, 02:00.0 M1015, 03:00.0 & 03:00.1 RR622 (Marvell 99SE9128), 08:00.0 HVR-2250, 09:00.0 AVerMedia Duet, 0c:01.0 HVR-1600

 

So for me the ASM 1061 controller works and the 99SE9128 controller work.  So it may be due to your models since I see you said it was ASM 1062 & Marvel 88SE9120.  Note I also had a PCI-X controller based on Marvel 88SX6081 on pass through in ESXi server2.

 

The highlighting was just to show what the unknown controllers look like.

 

BobPhoenix,

I have the same board as your server 0, with 2x Supermicro MVP8 and a HVR2250. Running ESXI 5.1 Unraid runs like a breeze.  I've passed through the HVR and i can see it on my Win7 VM. It works but as soon as I flip more channels a couple of times or stop a stream  then i get a BSOD or PSOD. I've played with setting in the VMX file and PASSTHROUGH.MAP files. Do you mind sharing your settings/setup  both VMX and passthrough files as well. I'm really desperate

Sorry should have posted again.  See previous post for files and additional info not in archive.

[vicom]

Thank Bob.

 

Will tinker when i get home .  I see there are no entries for HVR on your passthrough.map file. I think 5.1 is the issue here.

 

[besserpunk11]

Hello!

 

I've found this forum after googling a lot on my ESXi pass trough problem with an ASM 1062 SATA controller.

 

I've tryied ESXi 5.1.0 and 5.5, also a customized version of 5.5 but any version took the same effect - allways error.

 

In 5.1.0 the controller is shown as unknown unknown device and the startup of a Server 2008r2 virtual machine stops on 95% while loading with a generel error

 

In 5.5 customized the controller is listed correctly with its fully brand and type name but the startup of a Server 2008r2 virtual also stops on 65% while loading with a generel error.

 

How did you guys made it work an passtrough fully happen?

 

Any help is highly appreciated

 

Thank yo in advance,

Stefan

[sureguy]

Hello!

 

I've found this forum after googling a lot on my ESXi pass trough problem with an ASM 1062 SATA controller.

 

I've tryied ESXi 5.1.0 and 5.5, also a customized version of 5.5 but any version took the same effect - allways error.

 

In 5.1.0 the controller is shown as unknown unknown device and the startup of a Server 2008r2 virtual machine stops on 95% while loading with a generel error

 

In 5.5 customized the controller is listed correctly with its fully brand and type name but the startup of a Server 2008r2 virtual also stops on 65% while loading with a generel error.

 

How did you guys made it work an passtrough fully happen?

 

Any help is highly appreciated

 

Thank yo in advance,

Stefan

 

Probably best to ask this in a dedicated esxi forum.  I don't recall having seen anyone trying to pass that thru. 

 

Found this:

 

http://www.v-front.de/2013/09/how-to-add-missing-esxi-50-drivers-to.html?m=1

 

 

Sent from a mobile device, sorry for any typos.

 

 

[BobPhoenix]

Hello!

 

I've found this forum after googling a lot on my ESXi pass trough problem with an ASM 1062 SATA controller.

 

I've tryied ESXi 5.1.0 and 5.5, also a customized version of 5.5 but any version took the same effect - allways error.

 

In 5.1.0 the controller is shown as unknown unknown device and the startup of a Server 2008r2 virtual machine stops on 95% while loading with a generel error

 

In 5.5 customized the controller is listed correctly with its fully brand and type name but the startup of a Server 2008r2 virtual also stops on 65% while loading with a generel error.

 

How did you guys made it work an passtrough fully happen?

 

Any help is highly appreciated

 

Thank yo in advance,

Stefan

Have you tried 5.0 ESXi?  What processor and MB compatibility level do you have (does bios support Ivy Bridge)?  I've had no problems passing though just about anything except a USB 3.0 PCI card.  Wasn't even shown as being plugged in.  The identical PCIe USB 3.0 card worked without problem as well as all Hauppauge tuners and AVerMedia Duet and nVidia DualTV on a Sandy Bridge CPU with bios NOT compatible with Ivy Bridge (was key to getting MB to recognize the Duet).  I have passed through HighPoint RR620a, RR622, RR2310, RR2320?, RR1742, Silicon Image 3132, SuperMicro AOC-SAT2-MV8, AOC-SASLP-MV8, IBM M1015 (LSI 9220 8i) and Asmedia 1061 without any problems.  So I wouldn't expect a 1062 to cause any problems with my systems and ESXi 5.0.  I did have a problem with the 1061 dropping drives in my drive cage and the last time it wouldn't mount the drive no matter what I tried so I switched to M1015 and bare cables going to drives in cage without the back plane.  So far it has worked fine for a day and all drives recognized.