On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Jiri B <ji...@devio.us> wrote: > Like this one... > > mpi0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0 "Symbios Logic 53c1030" rev 0x01: apic 2 int 17 > scsibus1 at mpi0: 16 targets, initiator 7 > sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <VMware, Virtual disk, 1.0> SCSI2 0/direct fixed > sd0: 61440MB, 512 bytes/sector, 125829120 sectors > > For example on Linux you can add new disk and rescan, the disk is visible. > I can test on one ESXi 5.
I'm not terribly familiar with mpi(4), but I see it has code to call scsi_req_probe() if it receives a MPI_EVT_SASCH_REASON_ADDED or MPI_EVT_SASCH_REASON_NO_PERSIST_ADDED event from the adapter controller. However, it appears to only watch for events from Serial Attached SCSI and Fibre Channel controllers, whereas 53c1030 is a Parallel SCSI controller. Are you able to configure VMWare to emulate a different mpi(4) device? E.g., one that uses SAS or FC instead? Do you use the 53c1030 with Linux too?