Hi,
I tried to install today the ESXi 5.1 U1 custom Fujitsu image on a RX200 S4 server with 2 SATA drives, in Raid0 configuration.
The problem: ESXi is not detecting the virtual drive (logical) properly; it shows both physical drives as there is no RAID configuration at all. At the installation step where I should select the installation destintion, I can select one of the two hard drives; if I proceed the installation continues, finished successfully but after restart ESXi does not boot because it does not exist on the logical volume...
If I change the ATA configuration in BIOS from RAID to AHCI, ESXi boots from the first drive where it was properly installed...
I must say that the same Raid0 logical volume is detected as it should be (one single 1TB drive) by Windows 2008 Server, Partition Magic... I didn't tried other OSs.
What is happening? There is a compatibility issue between RX200S4 and ESXi 5.1 U1?
Hardware Info
RX200 S4, Bios vers. 4.06 Rev 1.14.2671, Bios Date: 06/03/09
LSI MegaRAID Software Raid Bios Version A.09.04300936R
2 x Xeon E5405
8GB DDR2 5300F Rx8
2 x 500GB, SATA, Seagate
Any ideas?
Thank you!