What am I seeing?
I'm unable to monitor a RAID array from a Windows Virtual Machine running in a VMware ESXi* server.
What is included in the environment?
How to fix it:
You can use the Intel® RAID Web Console 2 (Intel® RWC2) to monitor a RAID array on a VMWare ESXi* server, however, it cannot be installed on ESXi* directly. You can install Intel® RWC2 on a remote or virtual machine running Windows* or Linux*.
Note | Intel® RAID Web Console 2 is end-of-life and replaced by Intel® RAID Web Console 3 (Intel® RWC3). While most of the information and steps described in this article applies to Intel® RWC3, you can also refer to the Intel® RWC3 installation guide for details. |
Considering that ESXi* is already installed and in production, proceed as outlined below:
Verify that the hostname is not localhost. If the hostname of your machine is already different, make sure to write it down as you are going to need it later on. If you have not changed it, you need to:
After you change the hostname, you need to enable to ESXi Shell and ESXi SSH:
After you verify that the requirements mentioned above are met, download and install RWC2 on the remote Windows* machine that you will use to monitor the RAID.
You can find the VMWare* driver for your Intel® RAID Controller from VMWare*.
Next, download and install the SMI-S Provider on the ESXi machine.
After you have downloaded the file, unzip it and open the vib20/lsiprovider path. The LSI_bootbank_lsiprovider_xxx.xx.Vx.62-xxxx.vib (the x is actually a number that varies depending on the .vib file version) is needed shortly.
Download pscp.exe from the Download PuTTY page. See the example below:
After rebooting the ESXi, you need to change the client host file:
Edit the host file by adding the server information as is shown in figure below. 192.168.1.200 is the IP address of the server in the local network, and ESXi (or the name of the host if it is a different one) is the server hostname. The hostname is case insensitive.
Note | In some scenarios where the network requires domain authentication, that domain should be included as well. |
Consider that the ESXi tips and tricks documents are a reference for this short guide. You can access the document at any time.
Note | Any third party link in this article is being offered for your convenience and should not be viewed as an endorsement by Intel of the content, products, or services offered there. |