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I want to config pass-through for FC in VMware ESXi 5.5 (FC HBA: ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA) follow the link https://tinkertry.com/usb3passthru. But when I turn on the virtual machine, I receive error: 

Failed to start the virtual machine.
Failed to register the device pciPassthru0 for 10:0.1 due to unavailable hardware or software support

Do you know where the error come from?

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  • What EXACT model of FC HBA, CPU/s and system-board do you have - only specific combinations are supported. – Chopper3 Mar 07 '16 at 10:18
  • I think this error mainly involve in software, the model is ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA – Waveter Mar 07 '16 at 10:45
  • What server do you have? – Chopper3 Mar 07 '16 at 10:57
  • Oh and presumably you've enabled VT-D in your BIOS? – Chopper3 Mar 07 '16 at 10:59
  • My server is HP ProLiant ML350p Generation 8. About VT-D, I have still not checked it yet. – Waveter Mar 07 '16 at 11:18
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    There was a passthrough issue on some HP servers with unpatched 5.5, are you up to date with your patching? – Chopper3 Mar 07 '16 at 11:23
  • Thank you very much for your information. I will check VT-D in BIOS, then reinstall another version of ESXi – Waveter Mar 07 '16 at 11:27
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    If the problem has to do with HPE-specific drivers and you use VUM you don't have to reinstall ESXi, you can add http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/ (http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/hpq/latest/index.xml and/or http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/hpq/latest/index-drv.xml I'm not sure right now) as a software repository and just update. Btw: Sometimes there are also firmware problems so make sure you're on a current firmware version, too. – Mario Lenz Mar 07 '16 at 21:20

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My problem actually come from version of Vmware ESXi. After reinstall ESXi 5.5 U3, this error has gone.

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