I currently have a Dell PowerEdge R710 that I am trying to install ESXi 7.0 on to (currently 6.7u1 is loaded.) I worked around the legacy Westmere CPUs, but am still running into a compatibility issue with the PERC 6/I RAID module in the R710. It simply is not supported due to vmklinux drivers being dropped.
Some older RAID cards are supported, like the H310 and H345, but these cards seem to have different connectors than the PERC 6/I and don't look like they'd connect to the R710's backplane. Is there a supported RAID card that would connect, or perhaps some sort of adapter that could sit in between the RAID card and the old school R710 backplane?
Some older RAID cards are supported, like the H310 and H345, but these cards seem to have different connectors than the PERC 6/I and don't look like they'd connect to the R710's backplane. Is there a supported RAID card that would connect, or perhaps some sort of adapter that could sit in between the RAID card and the old school R710 backplane?