Hi there.
I have installed freenas with success on a few baremetal HP Micro servers in the past but am having issues passing though my AHCI controller from ESXI to Freenas on a new rig.
Freenas sees the disks when installed on the machine in bare metal but not through ESXI.
System:
- Supermicro X10SDV-8C-TLNF4 motherboard
- Intel Xeon D-1541 processor
- Onboard 6ch Sata Intel C220 Lynx Point AHCI Controller (set to AHCI mode)
- 4x WD4000FYYZ Sata drives for Freenas
- 1TB M.2 NVMe wds100t3x0c-00sjgo SSD in the M2 slot running ESXI and Virtual images
- 32gb ECC ram
- Supermicro CSE-721TQ-250B 4 bay case
I have tried Freenas 11.3U4 on ESXI 7.0 and ESXI 6.7U3.
The Lynx point AHCI Controller shows up as passthrough capable in both versions of ESXI (although I have read that ESXI 7 no longer has drivers for the Lynx Point AHCI)
ESXI shows:
ESXI:
but we don't see any disks or the AHCI PCI device in Freenas on ESXI 7.0 or ESXI 6.7U3 when we enable passthrough.
Virtual Freenas:
Freenas 11.3U4 on baremetal shows:
which sounds right as Lynx Point is the codename for the c220 chipset.
Freenas 11.3U4 Baremetal:
I Realise this is possibly more of a virtualisation problem than a Freenas problem, but having gone through many forum posts It seems that it's mainly Freenas users who are passing AHCI controllers through from ESXI so hopefully someone here can help shed some light on what I am doing wrong here. Maybe others have had success with similar hardware and different software versions? Maybe I am missing a firmware update somewhere?
Also, yes, I realise that virtualising is a great way to mess up a Freenas pool but I plan to replicate the data accross multiple machines or maybe across physically removable pools in a larger baremetal server (hmmm.... maybe a question for another day)
Many thanks in advance
I have installed freenas with success on a few baremetal HP Micro servers in the past but am having issues passing though my AHCI controller from ESXI to Freenas on a new rig.
Freenas sees the disks when installed on the machine in bare metal but not through ESXI.
System:
- Supermicro X10SDV-8C-TLNF4 motherboard
- Intel Xeon D-1541 processor
- Onboard 6ch Sata Intel C220 Lynx Point AHCI Controller (set to AHCI mode)
- 4x WD4000FYYZ Sata drives for Freenas
- 1TB M.2 NVMe wds100t3x0c-00sjgo SSD in the M2 slot running ESXI and Virtual images
- 32gb ECC ram
- Supermicro CSE-721TQ-250B 4 bay case
I have tried Freenas 11.3U4 on ESXI 7.0 and ESXI 6.7U3.
The Lynx point AHCI Controller shows up as passthrough capable in both versions of ESXI (although I have read that ESXI 7 no longer has drivers for the Lynx Point AHCI)
ESXI shows:
0000:00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Lynx Point AHCI Controller [vmhba0]
ESXI:
Code:
[root@esxi:~] lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D DMI2 [PCIe RP[0000:00:00.0]] 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D PCI Express Root Port 1 [PCIe RP[0000:00:01.0]] 0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D PCI Express Root Port 2 [PCIe RP[0000:00:02.0]] 0000:00:02.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D PCI Express Root Port 2 [PCIe RP[0000:00:02.2]] 0000:00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D PCI Express Root Port 3 [PCIe RP[0000:00:03.0]] 0000:00:03.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D PCI Express Root Port 3 [PCIe RP[0000:00:03.2]] 0000:00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Map/VTd_Misc/System Management 0000:00:05.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D IIO Hot Plug 0000:00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D IIO RAS/Control Status/Global Errors 0000:00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI 0000:00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 0000:00:16.1 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #2 0000:00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 [PCIe RP[0000:00:1c.0]] 0000:00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5 [PCIe RP[0000:00:1c.4]] 0000:00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation C224 Series Chipset Family Server Standard SKU LPC Controller 0000:00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Lynx Point AHCI Controller [vmhba0] 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller 0000:00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series Chipset Family Thermal Management Controller 0000:01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Sandisk Corp Device 5006 [vmhba1] 0000:07:00.0 PCI bridge: ASPEED Technology, Inc. AST1150 PCI-to-PCI Bridge 0000:08:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family ... shortened to fit in 3000 characters
but we don't see any disks or the AHCI PCI device in Freenas on ESXI 7.0 or ESXI 6.7U3 when we enable passthrough.
Virtual Freenas:
Code:
root@freenas[~]# pciconf -lv hostb0@pci0:0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x197615ad chip=0x71908086 rev=0x01hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge' class = bridge subclass = HOST-PCI pcib1@pci0:0:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x71918086 rev=0x01hdr=0x01 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge' class = bridge subclass = PCI-PCI isab0@pci0:0:7:0: class=0x060100 card=0x197615ad chip=0x71108086 rev=0x08hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA' class = bridge subclass = PCI-ISA atapci0@pci0:0:7:1: class=0x01018a card=0x197615ad chip=0x71118086 rev=0x01hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE' class = mass storage subclass = ATA none0@pci0:0:7:3: class=0x068000 card=0x197615ad chip=0x71138086 rev=0x08hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI' class = bridge ahci0@pci0:2:3:0: class=0x010601 card=0x07e015ad chip=0x07e015ad rev=0x00hdr=0x00 vendor = 'VMware' device = 'SATA AHCI controller' class = mass storage subclass = SATA mpt0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x010700 card=0x197615ad chip=0x00541000 rev=0x01hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Broadcom / LSI' device = 'SAS1068 PCI-X Fusion-MPT SAS' class = mass storage subclass = SAS ... vmware devices removed to fit in 3000 characters
Freenas 11.3U4 on baremetal shows:
ahci0@pci0:0:31:2: class=0x010601 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x8c028086 rev=0x05hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode]'
class = mass storage
subclass = SATA
which sounds right as Lynx Point is the codename for the c220 chipset.
Freenas 11.3U4 Baremetal:
Code:
root@freenas[~]# pciconf -lv none0@pci0:255:11:0: class=0x088000 card=0x6f818086 chip=0x6f818086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D R3 QPI Link 0/1' class = base peripheral none1@pci0:255:11:1: class=0x110100 card=0x6f368086 chip=0x6f368086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D R3 QPI Link 0/1' class = dasp subclass = performance counters none2@pci0:255:11:2: class=0x110100 card=0x6f378086 chip=0x6f378086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D R3 QPI Link 0/1' class = dasp subclass = performance counters none3@pci0:255:11:3: class=0x088000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x6f768086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D R3 QPI Link Debug' class = base peripheral none4@pci0:255:12:0: class=0x088000 card=0x6fe08086 chip=0x6fe08086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Caching Agent' class = base peripheral none5@pci0:255:12:1: class=0x088000 card=0x6fe18086 chip=0x6fe18086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Caching Agent' class = base peripheral none6@pci0:255:12:2: class=0x088000 card=0x6fe28086 chip=0x6fe28086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Caching Agent' class = base peripheral none7@pci0:255:12:3: class=0x088000 card=0x6fe38086 chip=0x6fe38086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Caching Agent' class = base peripheral none8@pci0:255:12:4: class=0x088000 card=0x6fe48086 chip=0x6fe48086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Caching Agent' class = base peripheral none9@pci0:255:12:5: class=0x088000 card=0x6fe58086 chip=0x6fe58086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Caching Agent' class = base peripheral none10@pci0:255:12:6: class=0x088000 card=0x6fe68086 chip=0x6fe68086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Caching Agent' class = base peripheral none11@pci0:255:12:7: class=0x088000 card=0x6fe78086 chip=0x6fe78086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Caching Agent' class = base peripheral none12@pci0:255:15:0: class=0x088000 card=0x6ff88086 chip=0x6ff88086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Caching Agent' class = base peripheral none13@pci0:255:15:4: class=0x088000 card=0x6fe08086 chip=0x6ffc8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Caching Agent' class = base peripheral none14@pci0:255:15:5: class=0x088000 card=0x6fe08086 chip=0x6ffd8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Caching Agent' class = base peripheral none15@pci0:255:15:6: class=0x088000 card=0x6fe08086 chip=0x6ffe8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Caching Agent' class = base peripheral none16@pci0:255:16:0: class=0x088000 card=0x6f1d8086 chip=0x6f1d8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D R2PCIe Agent' class = base peripheral none17@pci0:255:16:1: class=0x110100 card=0x6f348086 chip=0x6f348086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D R2PCIe Agent' class = dasp subclass = performance counters none18@pci0:255:16:5: class=0x088000 card=0x6f1e8086 chip=0x6f1e8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Ubox' class = base peripheral none19@pci0:255:16:6: class=0x110100 card=0x6f7d8086 chip=0x6f7d8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Ubox' class = dasp subclass = performance counters none20@pci0:255:16:7: class=0x088000 card=0x6f1f8086 chip=0x6f1f8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00` vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Ubox' class = base peripheral none21@pci0:255:18:0: class=0x088000 card=0x6fa08086 chip=0x6fa08086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Home Agent 0' class = base peripheral none22@pci0:255:18:1: class=0x110100 card=0x6f308086 chip=0x6f308086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Home Agent 0' class = dasp subclass = performance counters none23@pci0:255:19:0: class=0x088000 card=0x6fa88086 chip=0x6fa88086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Memory Controller 0 -Target Address/Thermal/RAS' class = base peripheral none24@pci0:255:19:1: class=0x088000 card=0x6f718086 chip=0x6f718086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Memory Controller 0 -Target Address/Thermal/RAS' class = base peripheral none25@pci0:255:19:2: class=0x088000 card=0x6faa8086 chip=0x6faa8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Memory Controller 0 -Channel Target Address Decoder' class = base peripheral none26@pci0:255:19:3: class=0x088000 card=0x6fab8086 chip=0x6fab8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Memory Controller 0 -Channel Target Address Decoder' class = base peripheral none27@pci0:255:19:4: class=0x088000 card=0x6fac8086 chip=0x6fac8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Memory Controller 0 -Channel Target Address Decoder' class = base peripheral none28@pci0:255:19:5: class=0x088000 card=0x6fad8086 chip=0x6fad8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Memory Controller 0 -Channel Target Address Decoder' class = base peripheral none29@pci0:255:19:6: class=0x088000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x6fae8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D DDRIO Channel 0/1 Broadcast' class = base peripheral none30@pci0:255:19:7: class=0x088000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x6faf8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D DDRIO Global Broadcast' class = base peripheral none31@pci0:255:20:0: class=0x088000 card=0x6fb08086 chip=0x6fb08086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Memory Controller 0 -Channel 0 Thermal Control' class = base peripheral none32@pci0:255:20:1: class=0x088000 card=0x6fb18086 chip=0x6fb18086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Memory Controller 0 -Channel 1 Thermal Control' class = base peripheral none33@pci0:255:20:2: class=0x088000 card=0x6fb28086 chip=0x6fb28086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Memory Controller 0 -Channel 0 Error' class = base peripheral none34@pci0:255:20:3: class=0x088000 card=0x6fb38086 chip=0x6fb38086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Memory Controller 0 -Channel 1 Error' class = base peripheral none35@pci0:255:20:4: class=0x088000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x6fbc8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D DDRIO Channel 0/1 Interface' class = base peripheral none36@pci0:255:20:5: class=0x088000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x6fbd8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D DDRIO Channel 0/1 Interface' class = base peripheral none37@pci0:255:20:6: class=0x088000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x6fbe8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D DDRIO Channel 0/1 Interface' class = base peripheral none38@pci0:255:20:7: class=0x088000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x6fbf8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D DDRIO Channel 0/1 Interface' class = base peripheral none39@pci0:255:21:0: class=0x088000 card=0x6fb48086 chip=0x6fb48086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Memory Controller 0 -Channel 2 Thermal Control' class = base peripheral none40@pci0:255:21:1: class=0x088000 card=0x6fb58086 chip=0x6fb58086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Memory Controller 0 -Channel 3 Thermal Control' class = base peripheral none41@pci0:255:21:2: class=0x088000 card=0x6fb68086 chip=0x6fb68086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Memory Controller 0 -Channel 2 Error' class = base peripheral none42@pci0:255:21:3: class=0x088000 card=0x6fb78086 chip=0x6fb78086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Memory Controller 0 -Channel 3 Error' class = base peripheral none43@pci0:255:30:0: class=0x088000 card=0x6f988086 chip=0x6f988086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Power Control Unit' class = base peripheral none44@pci0:255:30:1: class=0x088000 card=0x6f998086 chip=0x6f998086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Power Control Unit' class = base peripheral none45@pci0:255:30:2: class=0x088000 card=0x6f9a8086 chip=0x6f9a8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Power Control Unit' class = base peripheral none46@pci0:255:30:3: class=0x088000 card=0x6fc08086 chip=0x6fc08086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Power Control Unit' class = base peripheral none47@pci0:255:30:4: class=0x088000 card=0x6f9c8086 chip=0x6f9c8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Power Control Unit' class = base peripheral none48@pci0:255:31:0: class=0x088000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x6f888086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Power Control Unit' class = base peripheral none49@pci0:255:31:2: class=0x088000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x6f8a8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Power Control Unit' class = base peripheral hostb0@pci0:0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x6f008086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D DMI2' class = bridge subclass = HOST-PCI pcib2@pci0:0:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x6f028086 rev=0x02hdr=0x01 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D PCI Express Root Port1' class = bridge subclass = PCI-PCI pcib3@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x060400 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x6f048086 rev=0x02hdr=0x01 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D PCI Express Root Port2' class = bridge subclass = PCI-PCI pcib4@pci0:0:2:2: class=0x060400 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x6f068086 rev=0x02hdr=0x01 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D PCI Express Root Port2' class = bridge subclass = PCI-PCI pcib5@pci0:0:3:0: class=0x060400 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x6f088086 rev=0x02hdr=0x01 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D PCI Express Root Port3' class = bridge subclass = PCI-PCI pcib6@pci0:0:3:2: class=0x060400 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x6f0a8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x01 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D PCI Express Root Port3' class = bridge subclass = PCI-PCI none50@pci0:0:5:0: class=0x088000 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x6f288086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D Map/VTd_Misc/System Management' class = base peripheral none51@pci0:0:5:1: class=0x088000 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x6f298086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D IIO Hot Plug' class = base peripheral none52@pci0:0:5:2: class=0x088000 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x6f2a8086 rev=0x02hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon E7 v4/Xeon E5 v4/Xeon E3 v4/Xeon D IIO RAS/Control Status/Global Errors' class = base peripheral xhci0@pci0:0:20:0: class=0x0c0330 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x8c318086 rev=0x05hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI' class = serial bus subclass = USB none53@pci0:0:22:0: class=0x078000 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x8c3a8086 rev=0x04hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller' class = simple comms none54@pci0:0:22:1: class=0x078000 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x8c3b8086 rev=0x04hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller' class = simple comms ehci0@pci0:0:26:0: class=0x0c0320 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x8c2d8086 rev=0x05hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI' class = serial bus subclass = USB pcib7@pci0:0:28:0: class=0x060400 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x8c108086 rev=0xd5hdr=0x01 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port' class = bridge subclass = PCI-PCI pcib8@pci0:0:28:4: class=0x060400 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x8c188086 rev=0xd5hdr=0x01 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port' class = bridge subclass = PCI-PCI ehci1@pci0:0:29:0: class=0x0c0320 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x8c268086 rev=0x05hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI' class = serial bus subclass = USB isab0@pci0:0:31:0: class=0x060100 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x8c548086 rev=0x05hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'C224 Series Chipset Family Server Standard SKU LPC Controller' class = bridge subclass = PCI-ISA ahci0@pci0:0:31:2: class=0x010601 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x8c028086 rev=0x05hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode]' class = mass storage subclass = SATA none55@pci0:0:31:3: class=0x0c0500 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x8c228086 rev=0x05hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller' class = serial bus subclass = SMBus none56@pci0:0:31:6: class=0x118000 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x8c248086 rev=0x05hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '8 Series Chipset Family Thermal Management Controller' class = dasp nvme0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x010802 card=0x500615b7 chip=0x500615b7 rev=0x00hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Sandisk Corp' class = mass storage subclass = NVM none57@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x088000 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x6f508086 rev=0x00hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon Processor D Family QuickData Technology Register DMA Channel 0' class = base peripheral none58@pci0:2:0:1: class=0x088000 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x6f518086 rev=0x00hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon Processor D Family QuickData Technology Register DMA Channel 1' class = base peripheral none59@pci0:2:0:2: class=0x088000 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x6f528086 rev=0x00hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon Processor D Family QuickData Technology Register DMA Channel 2' class = base peripheral none60@pci0:2:0:3: class=0x088000 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x6f538086 rev=0x00hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Xeon Processor D Family QuickData Technology Register DMA Channel 3' class = base peripheral ix0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x15ad15d9 chip=0x15ad8086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T' class = network subclass = ethernet ix1@pci0:3:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0x15ad15d9 chip=0x15ad8086 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T' class = network subclass = ethernet igb0@pci0:6:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x152115d9 chip=0x15218086 rev=0x01hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'I350 Gigabit Network Connection' class = network subclass = ethernet igb1@pci0:6:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0x152115d9 chip=0x15218086 rev=0x01hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'I350 Gigabit Network Connection' class = network subclass = ethernet pcib9@pci0:7:0:0: class=0x060400 card=0x086d15d9 chip=0x11501a03 rev=0x03hdr=0x01 vendor = 'ASPEED Technology, Inc.' device = 'AST1150 PCI-to-PCI Bridge' class = bridge subclass = PCI-PCI
I Realise this is possibly more of a virtualisation problem than a Freenas problem, but having gone through many forum posts It seems that it's mainly Freenas users who are passing AHCI controllers through from ESXI so hopefully someone here can help shed some light on what I am doing wrong here. Maybe others have had success with similar hardware and different software versions? Maybe I am missing a firmware update somewhere?
Also, yes, I realise that virtualising is a great way to mess up a Freenas pool but I plan to replicate the data accross multiple machines or maybe across physically removable pools in a larger baremetal server (hmmm.... maybe a question for another day)
Many thanks in advance