Enable 9650SE-2LP RAID controller on VMware ESXi 5.0.0

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# download 3ware 9650SE-2LP vib from http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle15753.aspx#vmware
# ftp://tsupport:[email protected]/private/3Ware/kbarticledrivers/scsi-3w-9xxx-3.26.08.036-1OEM.500.0.0.406165.x86_64.vib

# Upload the vib to the datastore on the ESXi host

# Put the ESXi host into maintenance mode

# Enable ssh on the ESXi host from within vSphere Client

# ssh to the ESXi host and run:

esxcli software vib install --no-sig-check -v /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/scsi-3w-9xxx-3.26.08.036-1OEM.500.0.0.406165.x86_64.vib

# Disable maintenance mode

Hey dprus, sorry, didn't see this till now. It looks like they took the 5.0 driver down for some reason... check out http://communities.vmware.com/message/1856418 for a link to download it again ( ftp://tsupport:[email protected]/private/3Ware/kbarticledrivers/scsi-3w-9xxx-3.26.08.036-1OEM.500.0.0.406165.x86_64.vib )

I've actually not tested this since vanilla ESXi came out and from the forum it looks like they might have removed support for it in an update? Let me know how things go for you on this, I'm curious as to what the official support will be.

Update for anybody running across this page: there is now a link for the driver on the 9650SE-2LP LSI page http://www.lsi.com/channel/products/storagecomponents/Pages/3ware9650SE-2LP.aspx

Here's the direct link: http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/SATA/SATA%20Common%20Files/esxi5u1_driver_LSI_3ware_96xx.zip

See also: http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16655.aspx

Driver support matrix:

http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle15753.aspx#vmware

See https://github.com/cdwilson/esxi-3ware for an automated ESXi ISO builder

Anybody got the 9650SE working on ESXi 6.5?
I'm getting an error like:
VIB ... requires vmkapi_2_0_0_0, but the requirement cannotbe satisfied within the ImageProfile.
and
VIB ... requires com.vmware.driverAPI-9.2.0.0, but the requirement cannotbe satisfied within the ImageProfile.