LSI 9211-8i array monitoring in ESXi 6.7.0
I was unable to get esxcli, storcli or MegaCLI to display my 9211-8i (IR mode) adapter information in ESXi:
1[root@hostname:~] esxcli storage core adapter list | grep mpt
2vmhba2 mpt2sas link-n/a sas.xx (0000:02:00.0) LSI Logic / Symbios Logic Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA Adapter
3
4[root@hostname:~] /opt/lsi/storcli/storcli /c0 show
5CLI Version = 007.0606.0000.0000 Mar 20, 2018
6Operating system = VMkernel 6.7.0
7Controller = 0
8Status = Failure
9Description = Controller 0 not found
10
11[root@hostname:/opt/lsi/MegaCLI] ./MegaCli -adpCount
12
13Controller Count: 0.
As a workaround, I found sas2ircu P20 on the Broadcom website which seems to work (as of 6.7.0 Update 1 Build 11675023).
Download locations for SAS2IRCU_P20.zip:
Broadcom
Mirror
Extract the vmware-esx-sas2ircu.vib from this file and upload it to your ESXi host. Install it using the following command (change path to match your datastore):
1[root@hostname:~] esxcli software vib install -v /vmfs/volumes/Datastore/vmware-esx-sas2ircu.vib --no-sig-check
2
3Installation Result
4 Message: Operation finished successfully.
5 Reboot Required: false
6 VIBs Installed: LSI_bootbank_vmware-esx-sas2ircu_20.00.00.00-03
7 VIBs Removed:
8 VIBs Skipped:
I was then able to use sas2ircu to display my adapter information:
1[root@hostname:~] /opt/lsi/bin/sas2ircu 0 display
2LSI Corporation SAS2 IR Configuration Utility.
3Version 20.00.00.00 (2014.09.18)
4Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.
5
6Read configuration has been initiated for controller 0
7------------------------------------------------------------------------
8Controller information
9------------------------------------------------------------------------
10 Controller type : SAS2008
11 BIOS version : 7.39.02.00
12 Firmware version : 20.00.07.00
13 Channel description : 1 Serial Attached SCSI
14 Initiator ID : 0
15 Maximum physical devices : 255
16 Concurrent commands supported : 1720
17 Slot : 4
18 Segment : 0
19 Bus : 2
20 Device : 0
21 Function : 0
22 RAID Support : Yes
23------------------------------------------------------------------------
24IR Volume information
25------------------------------------------------------------------------
26IR volume 1
27 Volume ID : 286
28 Status of volume : Okay (OKY)
29 Volume wwid :
30 RAID level : RAID1
31 Size (in MB) : 113487
32 Physical hard disks :
33 PHY[0] Enclosure#/Slot# : 1:4
34 PHY[1] Enclosure#/Slot# : 1:5
35------------------------------------------------------------------------
36Physical device information
37------------------------------------------------------------------------
38Initiator at ID #0
39
40Device is a Hard disk
41 Enclosure # : 1
42 Slot # : 4
43 SAS Address :
44 State : Optimal (OPT)
45 Size (in MB)/(in sectors) : 114473/234441647
46 Manufacturer : ATA
47 Model Number : KINGSTON SA400S3
48 Firmware Revision : B1D1
49 Serial No :
50 GUID :
51 Protocol : SATA
52 Drive Type : SATA_SSD
53
54Device is a Hard disk
55 Enclosure # : 1
56 Slot # : 5
57 SAS Address :
58 State : Optimal (OPT)
59 Size (in MB)/(in sectors) : 114473/234441647
60 Manufacturer : ATA
61 Model Number : KINGSTON SA400S3
62 Firmware Revision : B1D1
63 Serial No :
64 GUID :
65 Protocol : SATA
66 Drive Type : SATA_SSD
67------------------------------------------------------------------------
68Enclosure information
69------------------------------------------------------------------------
70 Enclosure# : 1
71 Logical ID :
72 Numslots : 8
73 StartSlot : 0
74------------------------------------------------------------------------
75SAS2IRCU: Command DISPLAY Completed Successfully.
76SAS2IRCU: Utility Completed Successfully.
I'll grab this information via SSH and monitor my array this way for now.