Need help with the RR 2720 installation in ESXi 6.0

[Tikanderoga 0]

I finally got my stuff today, so I dismantled my server, installed ESXi 6.0 on a USB stick, boots fine, I can connect to it, no fuss.

I also installed an SSD on one of the SATA port - ESXI recognised it right away and let me create a datastore.

 

Now I installed the RR2720, connected the disks to the cables, when it boots, the RR recognises all the connected hard disks, the 4 x 3TB WD REDs are bound to a RAID5, the SSD is now on a single cable on Port 2.

 

But in ESXi, I cannot access the raid nor the single SSD.

When I go to Configuration - Storage - Add storage, the "select disk/LUN" is empty.

 

Any ideas?

[Tikanderoga 0]

I found the "Solution" to my issue: the 2720 is not compatible/supported by ESXi 6.0, and nothing short of a wished miracle will get that raid card working with an VMWare product past 4.1.

[jmwills 284]

Agreed.  It is not on the supported Hardware Compatibility List.