All paths down on vSphere esxi 5.1, LSI 9211-8i

Question

Works 100% ESXi 5.1

HBA (LSI 1064e) > 1x SAS2 100GB SSD

Doesn't work ESXi 5.1

HBA (LSI 9211-8i IT /IBM M1015) > 1x SAS2 100GB SSD

After a few hours of heavy HD load i get: - Device or filesystem with identifier ['all drives'] has entered the All Paths Down state. - ESXi retries but loses connectivity to the SAS drive, marks it as "dead or error" - reboot fixes the issue

How can i fix this issue?

Are you using the 9211i as an HBA or as a RAID controller? – ewwhite Sep 20 '12 at 12:40 — ewwhite, Sep 20 '12 at 12:40
HBA, 2x SATA2 2TB (RDM), 100GB SAS (esxi datastore) – user1434058 Sep 21 '12 at 13:11 — user1434058, Sep 21 '12 at 13:11
Did you update the firmware on your LSI controller? – ewwhite Sep 22 '12 at 13:37 — ewwhite, Sep 22 '12 at 13:37
yes, P14 IR firmware (does IT also) – user1434058 Sep 23 '12 at 14:14 — user1434058, Sep 23 '12 at 14:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '13 at 11:25

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Update the ESXis LSI 9211-8i driver. VMWare is shipping v.10 and we are at v.14. This update resolved a lot of issues for me.

answered Feb 25 '13 at 11:25

BNoffer

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All paths down on vSphere esxi 5.1, LSI 9211-8i

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