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18 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Product Notes • December 2009

6837645 Local Storage Drive Is Not Seen After Installing VMware ESXi 3.5 Update 4

Issue:

If the Sun Blade X6270 Server Module has a local storage drive attached to a Sun

Blade RAID 0/1 RAID Expansion Module (X4607A-Z), the local storage drive is

not seen by the system after installing VMware ESXi 3.5 Update 4.

Affected Operating Systems and Software:

• VMware ESXi 3.5u4

• Supplemental Software Releases 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1

Workaround:

After completing the ESXi installation, follow these steps to add the local storage

drive to the storage inventory:

1. Add the ESXi host to the data center of your choice using the Virtual

Infrastructure Client.

2. Select the ESXi host added in Step 1, then click the Configuration tab.

3. In the hardware box (in the upper left of the display), select Storage.

4. In the upper right part of the display, click the Add Storage... link.

5. Ensure that the Disk/LUN Storage Type is selected, then click Next.

6. Highlight the vmhba entry that corresponds to the local storage drive and click

Next.

7. Select the Use free space entry and click Next.

8. Create a Datastore Name (for example, local_storage), then click Next.

9. Adjust the Maximum file size, if needed, then click Next.

10.Verify the proposed disk layout, then click Finish.

The local VMFS datastore should now be available for use.

TABLE 11 VMware Known Issues (Continued)

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