Go to the LSI Downloads page: LSI Downloads.The install should be quite easy, but LSI make us jump through a few hoops. You will be able to monitor the array from any Windows computer in your network.In order to communicate with the LSI card you will need the MegaCLI or MegaCLI64 (64bit) program. Once you have followed these steps you will have full control over your IBM ServeRAID using LSI Mega Raid Controller on a VMware ESXi 5.1 operating system. Note: IBM released retain tip H21152 but the steps currently does not work with ESXi 5.1 Login using the VMware server login details. Perform a basic install, no password is needed during the install. Setup an A record to point your VMware hostname to it's IP address. Step 7: Add the VMware hostname to your DNS server. The download is on the same URL from step 2 or you can also download this from IBM. Step 6: Download and install LSI MegaRaid Manager. esxcli software vib install -v /tmp/LSI_bootbank_lsiprovider_500.04.V0.38-0006.vib -no-sig-check Step 3: Extract the LSI download and upload the VIB file to /tmp Step 1: Download the latest LSI SMIS for VMwareįrom the VMware host console press F2 then go into troubleshooting. Please note this guide should work the same for any non IBM server that is running VMware ESXi 5.1 and a LSI Mega Raid Controller. Following these steps below will get the LSI Mega Raid Manager running on an IBM ServeRAID adapter.

IBM has a retain tip with installation instructions but that tip is outdated. Currently configuring the LSI Mega Raid Storage Manager on VMware ESXi 5.1 is not very well documented by IBM. IBM has always provided a way for you to manage your array in Windows, Linux, Unix and many other operating systems.

The LSI Mega Raid Storage Manager is a program where you can monitor the health of your array, setup drives and change notification details.

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