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Supporting MegaRAID Storage Manager Software on the VMware ESXi Operating System

This section describes the product requirements needed to support the VMware ESXi operating system. Classic VMware includes a Service Console that is derived from the Linux 2.4 kernel but with reduced functionality.

The MegaRAID Storage Manager server part cannot be installed directly in VMware ESXi. Management is possible only through Common Information Model (CIM) providers. These CIM providers integrated into the ESXi system build an interface between the hardware driver of the LSI MegaRAID controller and remote applications, such as the MegaRAID Storage Manager software. Management is performed through the MegaRAID Storage Manager software installed on a remote machine (Linux/Windows).

VMware ESX 4.0 comes with the Small Footprint CIM Broker (CFCB) CIM Object Manager (or CIMOM). A CIMOM manages the communication between providers, which interact with the hardware, and a CIM client, where the administrator manages the system.

SFCB supports Common Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI)-style providers. CMPI defines a common standard used to interface Manageability Instrumentation (providers, instrumentation) to Management Brokers (CIM Object Manager). CMPI standardizes Manageability Instrumentation, which lets you write and build instrumentation once and run it in different CIM environments (on one platform).

Network communication is a key element for a proper communication between the ESXi CIM provider and the LSI management software. Please make sure that the network settings are correct by making the following changes:


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