VMware ESXI 5, adding a new physical SSD and use in Host Cache Configuration

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I have a DLL R515, and i just added an SSD to it.

In vSphere, if i go to Configuration -> Storage Adapters -> and my "Dell PERC H700 Integrated" controller i see that there is a new row which says exactly the same as the once that are working, except Type is set to "enclosure" (What does this mean?), Driver type is set to "Unknown" and capacity is set to "" (empty string)

Since VMWare is finding it, should it not be able to use it? Does it need to format it or am i missing something here? What is causing it to appear like this, and not be usable?

The other devices is created in the bios, as raids and drives that are sort of wrapped. I was hoping to get this one working directly, without the raid/creating a virtual configuration…

I also wonder why it does not appear in the Configuration -> Host Cache Configuration -> Add Storage -> Disk/LUN -> Should not my SSD be here?

Best Answer

Go to BIOS PERC setup. As you wish to simply pass the SSD through, the way to accomplish this is by configuring a new RAID0 virtual drive with only your single SSD.

You can setup PERC by BIOS (requires reboot) or OMSA (does not). For the latter see these questions:

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