Differences in MSM for the VMware ESXi System The following are some of the differences in the MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM) software when you manage a VMware server. System information limitations: Only the IP address and the host name appear. The controller health information is not supported. Authentication support: The MSM software allows CIMOM server authentication with the user ID and the password for VMware. Access to VMware ESXi hosts is controlled based on the user privileges. Only root users can have full access, while the non-root users can have only view-only access. Multiple root users can simultaneously log on using Full Access mode to access the VMware ESXi server. Event logging: Event logging support is available for the VMware ESXi operating system, but it works differently than the normal MegaRAID Storage Manager framework mode. The event logging feature for the MSM Client connected to a VMware ESXi system behaves as follows: The support for retrieving initial logs is limited to 30 events. Only those events that occur after a client logs in for the first time to an ESXi server appear in the Event Logger dialog. The System logs are not displayed. The Save log feature is not supported; however, the Save Log as Text is supported. The View Log option lets you view the logs saved in a text file on the Event Logger dialog. Refreshing of the MegaRAID Storage Manager GUI after any updates on the firmware is slower for a client connected to VMware ESXi hosts, compared to one that is connected to a Windows/Linux/Solaris host. VMware ESXi is supported only on a full installation of the MSM software; standalone, client-only, server-only, and local modes do not support VMware ESXi management. VMware ESXi is supported on following operating systems: Microsoft Windows Server RHEL SuSE Linux
Differences in MSM for the VMware ESXi System
The following are some of the differences in the MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM) software when you manage a VMware server.
System information limitations:
Only the IP address and the host name appear.
The controller health information is not supported.
Authentication support:
The MSM software allows CIMOM server authentication with the user ID and the password for VMware.
Access to VMware ESXi hosts is controlled based on the user privileges. Only root users can have full access, while the non-root users can have only view-only access.
Multiple root users can simultaneously log on using Full Access mode to access the VMware ESXi server.
Event logging:
Event logging support is available for the VMware ESXi operating system, but it works differently than the normal MegaRAID Storage Manager framework mode. The event logging feature for the MSM Client connected to a VMware ESXi system behaves as follows:
The support for retrieving initial logs is limited to 30 events. Only those events that occur after a client logs in for the first time to an ESXi server appear in the Event Logger dialog.
The System logs are not displayed.
The Save log feature is not supported; however, the Save Log as Text is supported.
The View Log option lets you view the logs saved in a text file on the Event Logger dialog.
Refreshing of the MegaRAID Storage Manager GUI after any updates on the firmware is slower for a client connected to VMware ESXi hosts, compared to one that is connected to a Windows/Linux/Solaris host.
VMware ESXi is supported only on a full installation of the MSM software; standalone, client-only, server-only, and local modes do not support VMware ESXi management.
VMware ESXi is supported on following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows Server
RHEL
SuSE Linux