ESXi dell t430 hard drive passthrough question

[Dave2500]

I think the answer is you can not, but im very new to using any type of virtualization (behind the curve)

Im running a dell poweredge t430
xeon 2630 v3

It is using a Perc H330 Raid Controller to control the 8 drives attached to the back plane (not actually in raid)

Is there any way to pass through 6 of those drives into a virtual machine running freenass or would i need to connect those said 6 drives to a hba and pass the whole card in?
Sorry if this doesnt make much sense

Thank you
-Dave

 

[melloa]

You pass through the PCI device, not the drives, so I'd go HBA and pass it through. Every time I have a server like those, I try to have a SSD booting some how, replace the controller with a HBA, and pass it through. In fact I have a DL360 and a DL380 running that config as we speak.