I'm struggling with an RDM mapping to local SATA storage. I have a P9x79 WS mobo running ESXi 5.1. I want to use FreeNAS in a VM with two Western Digital Red 3 TB drives. When I follow the steps to create raw device mappings, it keeps failing with a "Function not implemented" error. I've tried using vmkfstools with both -r and -z flags but both fail. Here are my steps:
/vmfs/volumes/e2b67ced-ed7370dc-3130-aeab521dbd87/RDMs # esxcfg-scsidevs -l | eg
rep '^[^ ]|Devfs Path'
mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
mpx.vmhba44:C0:T0:L0
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/cdrom/mpx.vmhba44:C0:T0:L0
t10.ATA_____SAMSUNG_SSD_830_Series__________________S0Z4NEAC924335______
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____SAMSUNG_SSD_830_Series__________________S0Z4NEAC924335______
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD20EFRX2D68AX9N0_________________________WD2DWMC300238202
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____WDC_WD20EFRX2D68AX9N0_________________________WD2DWMC300238202
t10.ATA_____WDC_WD20EFRX2D68AX9N0_________________________WD2DWMC300239911
Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____WDC_WD20EFRX2D68AX9N0_________________________WD2DWMC300239911
/vmfs/volumes/e2b67ced-ed7370dc-3130-aeab521dbd87/RDMs # vmkfstools -r /vmfs/dev
ices/disks/t10.ATA_____WDC_WD20EFRX2D68AX9N0_________________________WD2DWMC3002
38202 /vmfs/volumes/e2b67ced-ed7370dc-3130-aeab521dbd87/RDMs/RDM1.vmdk -a lsilogic
Failed to create virtual disk: Function not implemented (2490377).
I've tried to follow the steps here:
Thank you!!