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Enable 9650SE-2LP RAID controller on VMware ESXi 5.0.0
# 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
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cdwilson commented Sep 6, 2013

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

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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.

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