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Ivan2016-03-16 15:26:50
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Ivan, 2016-03-16 15:26:50

Can the driver be removed?

Hello! I'm looking at the configuration on ESXi 5.5 now, I wanted to update the driver for RAID (MegaRAID SAS 9341-4i) but in the output I see this:
lsi-mr3 6.607.08.00-1OEM.550.0.0.1391871 Avago VMwareCertified 2015-05-02
lsiprovider 500.04.V0.55 -0006 LSI VMwareAccepted 2015-05-02
scsi-megaraid-sas 6.604.54.00-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 LSI VMwareCertified 2014-10-02

First and last are these drivers? Why are there two? How to understand which one is used?

~ # esxcfg-scsidevs -a
vmhba0 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba0 (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation 82801HR/HO/HH (ICH8R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
vmhba1 ata_piix link-n/a sata.vmhba1 (0:0:31.5) Intel Corporation 2 port SATA IDE Controller (ICH9)
vmhba2 lsi_mr3 link-n/a sas.500605b006bfc210 (0:5:0.0) LSI / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS Fury Controller
vmhba32 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba32 (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation 82801HR/HO/HH ( ICH8R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
vmhba33 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba33 (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation 82801HR/HO/HH (ICH8R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
vmhba34 ahci link -n/a sata.vmhba34 (0:0:31.2) Intel Corporation 82801HR/HO/HH (ICH8R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
vmhba35 ata_piix link-n/a sata.vmhba35 (0:0:31.5) Intel Corporation 2 port SATA IDE Controller (ICH9)
vmhba36 iscsi_vmk online iscsi.vmhba36 iSCSI Software Adapter

Based on this output, lsi-mr3 is used. How does ESXi select a driver?

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Diman89, 2016-03-16
@Diman89

works - do not touch
chose, most likely, because he is 6.607, opposite 6.604

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Ivan, 2016-03-17
@Amigo83

The answer is
"There are two drivers because they are slightly different.
lsi-mr3 is a native driver made specifically for ESXi
scsi-megaraid-sas is a 'legacy' driver that is ported from Linux.
native drivers take precedence over legacy ones and are used by default if available."

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