Hi,
I have a HP ProLiant ML110 G4 with a HP Smart Array P400 (eBay purchase) RAID controller. I am hoping to use ESXi 5.0. The problem is that for RAID LUN's larger than 2TB there is an issue with the cciss driver as detailed http://communities.vmware.com/thread/326902?start=0&tstart=0 and http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2006942. I noticed however that http://cciss.sourceforge.net/ states the cciss driver is deprecated in favour of hpsa which is now included in the mainline Linux kernel. http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/dt_esxi50_hp_hpsa_500240/dHRAYnRAZWpiZHAlJQ== makes me think that hpsa driver is available and possibly might even be a solution to the aforementioned problem. However, when I installed ESXi (by setting up a <2TB LUN, not desirable) and checked the driver that is loading, it appears to be cciss, with no mention of hpsa. Is there a way to remove the cciss driver and/or force the hpsa driver to load?
-Michael