tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post8111889863018308008..comments2023-11-01T18:25:49.063+01:00Comments on VMware Front Experience: VMware silently adds native USB 3.0 support to ESXi 5.5Andreas Peetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-87606958773370097862016-05-18T08:07:06.644+02:002016-05-18T08:07:06.644+02:00Thanks a lot, it is helpful!!Thanks a lot, it is helpful!!kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13031501857348339165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-60476276177053827962015-11-13T23:37:09.998+01:002015-11-13T23:37:09.998+01:00i know its late about this issue but i was having ...i know its late about this issue but i was having the exact same issue ! with this server <br />so the problem is the usb3 controler running on the same bus of your sd card where esxi is install and this create a conflic :( si you have 2 choices:<br />1- you disable usb 3 and install a usb 3 card<br />2- you add hd in your server and install esxi on it and disable sd card controler<br /><br />i do the first option and its work perfectly <br /><br />Dell take 3 weeks to understand what append ! and on my side it corrupt 6 of my 10 vm's <br />stop buying dell products it's my advice <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-65928263736398220062015-07-15T02:35:53.500+02:002015-07-15T02:35:53.500+02:00i have a weird issue ... with my R730xd when i ena...i have a weird issue ... with my R730xd when i enable usb 3 in the bios and reboot , even i add the line to /etc/rc.local.d/local.sh i have an error no core dump target as been configure and have to manualy enable usb3 with the command : vmkload_mod xhci this enable usb 3 but not fix core dump issue ... anyone have seen this issue before ?<br />tks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-31156544254943709402015-07-14T15:47:34.586+02:002015-07-14T15:47:34.586+02:00The one that I used (and wokred well) was a cheap ...The one that I used (and wokred well) was a cheap Renesas chip based one.Andreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-49313838571885201092015-07-14T15:33:08.755+02:002015-07-14T15:33:08.755+02:00Has anyone successfully found an addon usb 3.0 car...Has anyone successfully found an addon usb 3.0 card that works directly in vmware?<br />They don't even have a section on the hcl for something like that.<br />I want to add usb 3.0 to my r710, didn't know if anyone reading this has had any luckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-30644439948964405562015-07-14T02:50:27.465+02:002015-07-14T02:50:27.465+02:00Just want to add to my previous post.
When I fol...Just want to add to my previous post. <br /><br />When I followed this TinkerTry's youtube video, it worked. <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6eA_cOAcvw<br />@iamxCPxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-41258088304825634462015-07-14T02:30:00.594+02:002015-07-14T02:30:00.594+02:00I have the same issue as yours.
The OS is Windows...I have the same issue as yours. <br />The OS is Windows 8.1 Pro. <br />The USB 3.0 pcie card is the Startech PEXUSB3S24 with NEC chip.<br />I tried to install the driver that I downloaded from Startech.com and it's the same error.<br />I followed the instruction to the teeth. <br /><br />Which card do you have?<br />Anyone can help us with this issue?<br />Much appreciated guys. Keep up the good work.<br /><br />*I'd open the question on the VMware communities site but unfortunately I just changed job so my current userid is still attached to the old email. The comm manager is working on getting me transferred to my current email.@iamxCPxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-367093858328590492015-03-31T14:17:32.907+02:002015-03-31T14:17:32.907+02:00Hi Craigm
please try to explicitly install this p...Hi Craigm<br /><br />please try to explicitly install this package like I showed in <a href="http://www.v-front.de/2014/11/vmware-silently-adds-native-usb-30.html?showComment=1421524196054#c7619139307990413224" rel="nofollow">this comment</a>.<br /><br />AndreasAndreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-53333073018921724712015-03-30T18:08:35.571+02:002015-03-30T18:08:35.571+02:00Having the same issue as some posters here, instal...Having the same issue as some posters here, installed the latest patches (now at build 2456374) on the free licence version of ESXi 5.5 U2 via the offline "esxcli software vib update -d /path-to-zip-file" but the xhci-xhci vib is always skipped for some reason?<br /><br />Thus I get the below result:<br /><br />~ # vmkload_mod xhci<br />VMKMod_ComputeModPath(xhci) failed: Not found<br />vmkload_mod: Can not load module xhci: not found<br /><br />Tried with the "-p ESXi-5.5.0-20141004001-standard" option as offered above and that didn't install anything, perhaps my syntax was incorrect? Anyone have the complete command?<br /><br />Any assistance would be much appreciated. Purchased a PCI-e USB 3 card today (NEC uPD720200 chipset) and passed it through to a Windows 8.1 VM, works beautifully, now if I could only get the ports on my Supermicro X10SLL-F to do the same :/<br /><br />Thanks!<br />Craig.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110337779325370947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-42445244643957560362015-03-29T03:24:57.775+02:002015-03-29T03:24:57.775+02:00Darn! It just won't work! I got ESXi6 .0, wher...Darn! It just won't work! I got ESXi6 .0, where xhci should work out of the box.<br />But my installed Win8.1 client will never ever take the device for USB3.0!<br />It's always the same like "You connected an USB3.0 device to a USB2.0 port blah blah" :(<br />I always installesd xhci controller and tried several USB3.0 device on every super speed port available on my Poweredge T20, but this silly thing just won't do 3.0!<br /><br />Seems like superspeed support ist just a PR stunt..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-87326085285287445502015-03-01T15:18:18.244+01:002015-03-01T15:18:18.244+01:00Good to know, many thanks for sharing, Chris!Good to know, many thanks for sharing, Chris!Andreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-16089981517276287312015-03-01T14:58:17.181+01:002015-03-01T14:58:17.181+01:00Just a quick follow up:
I managed to find the time...Just a quick follow up:<br />I managed to find the time to do the testing regarding the issues I described above.<br /><br />This is what I found out:<br />The assumption that a USB 2.0 thumb drive connected to the USB 3.0 ports might be the culprit was wrong.<br /><br />With my Supermicro X10SLH-F, the only working configuration to get full USB 3.0 speed out of the chipset integrated Lynx Point xHCI Controller was to force it to be "enabled" in the BIOS/UEFI settings (neither "Auto" nor "Smart Auto" did work!), whatever "xHCI hand-off" settings was chosen.<br />The problem with this is, that during bootup the boot stick gets disconnected and you're running without /bootbank and will run into troubles while trying to upgrade your esxi host etc.<br />The same unfortunately also happens if the stick has been connected to one of the USB 2.0 ports, as it seems the eHCI controllers aren't available at all anymore with this setting (at least they don’t show up anymore with lsusb).<br /><br />As another approach, I even tried to put the Lynx Point xHCI controller into /etc/vmware/passthru.map with its vendor-id:device-id "8086:8c31" to finally use VT-d to pass through the whole controller. It was visible for passthrough configuration under “advanced settings”, but it didn't show any "properly" connected devices inside a Windows Server 2012 R2 VM afterwards.<br /><br />So yes, it basically works, but seems to only be reasonable with on- or off-board 3rd party controller chips (as long as the intel chipset integrated one isn’t properly controlled by the mainboard manufacturer BIOS/UEFI code).<br /><br />ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-9889775213288192542015-01-22T14:48:11.291+01:002015-01-22T14:48:11.291+01:00Hi Chris,
blog post comments are not the ideal pl...Hi Chris,<br /><br />blog post comments are not the ideal place to have conversations like this ... although I would love having the outcome of your discussion linked here.<br /><br />How about opening a thread in the <a href="https://communities.vmware.com/" rel="nofollow">VMware Community Forums</a> and link it here?<br /><br />If you stay here with the discussion then please keep the volume low, because I need to approve every comment.<br /><br />Thanks<br />AndreasAndreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-86599890558460354432015-01-22T13:56:42.661+01:002015-01-22T13:56:42.661+01:00That's actually what I had hoped for ;)
Let...That's actually what I had hoped for ;)<br />Let's keep each other updated, thanks...<br /><br />ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-63345355275005171552015-01-22T13:16:41.798+01:002015-01-22T13:16:41.798+01:00I have the same setup. ESXi launches off a USB 2....I have the same setup. ESXi launches off a USB 2.0 stick on a USB 3.0 Port. Maybe there is something to this? I'll have to try this as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-51254580584582569272015-01-22T09:11:19.747+01:002015-01-22T09:11:19.747+01:00Hello everyone,
I'm seeing the same "issu...Hello everyone,<br />I'm seeing the same "issue" here. Updated to the latest ESXi 5.5-201412001 release. Enabled kernel module like mentioned above. Was then able to insert a xhci USB 3.0 controller and an USB3.0 device (Sharkoon SATA Quickport XT) to a windows server 2012 r2 guest machine <br />The performance tested with ATTO Disk Benchmark was still on par with USB 2.0 (about 35 MB/s read and 32 MB/s write speed.)<br />The only thing I can think of, but wasn't able to verify yet, I have connected a USB 2.0 USB thumb drive to an internal USB 3.0 header as the ESXi boot drive, maybe this USB 2.0 device forces the whole bus to be on USB 2.0 level !?<br />I will try to figure this out in the next days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-15027289858602480692015-01-21T18:32:11.027+01:002015-01-21T18:32:11.027+01:00Yup, It's an xHCI controller. This does not s...Yup, It's an xHCI controller. This does not seem to make sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-18324431120517489822015-01-21T08:06:45.901+01:002015-01-21T08:06:45.901+01:00Check the virtual USB controller of the VM. Is it ...Check the virtual USB controller of the VM. Is it of type "xHCI" like shown in the first picture in my post?Andreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-3496949471264508052015-01-20T13:35:25.019+01:002015-01-20T13:35:25.019+01:00Yes the device is USB 3.0 capable. I used both a ...Yes the device is USB 3.0 capable. I used both a dock with a HDD and a usb stick both of which are USB 3.0. I made sure it's a SS port as well. The xhci module is installed and the controller has been added to the VM. I even went ahead and disabled all USB 2.0 ports to see if that forces USB 3.0 but that didn't help.<br /><br />One thing I did notice was that when watching one of the commenter's (Paul Braren) youtube videos his device manager shows a Generic Superspeed hub while I only have generic hubs listed. I forced drivers for Generic superspeed but that didn't work either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-76191393079904132242015-01-17T20:49:56.054+01:002015-01-17T20:49:56.054+01:00Try to install only the xhci-package by running
e...Try to install only the xhci-package by running<br /><br />esxcli software vib install -n xhci-xhci -d -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml<br /><br />(all on one line)<br /><br />AndreasAndreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-74689129294257139742015-01-17T20:32:54.817+01:002015-01-17T20:32:54.817+01:00Hi Anonymous,
is the device that you are measurin...Hi Anonymous,<br /><br />is the device that you are measuring USB 3.0 capable, and is it really connected to the USB 3.0 controller?<br />Have you added a USB 3.0 (xhci) controller to the VM? In the VM is it detected and installed as a USB 3.0 controller?<br /><br />AndreasAndreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-65050534925831048122015-01-17T00:41:50.311+01:002015-01-17T00:41:50.311+01:00I followed the guide and everything seems to have ...I followed the guide and everything seems to have installed properly. Loaded the xhci module and lsusb does confirm a 3.0 Hub but when logging into my Win 8.1 VM I'm still getting 2.0 data rates via CrystalDiskMark. I don't see what I'm doing wrong. esxcfg-module -q shows xhci loaded, esxcli system module list shows xhci loaded. Any suggestions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-33326983234756303862015-01-15T17:56:07.418+01:002015-01-15T17:56:07.418+01:00Yes its a single vm currently. Powerd off, device ...Yes its a single vm currently. Powerd off, device is in maint mode. All attemptes to enable xhci mod, retuen not found. when viewing installed vib's , xhci is not listed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-84474843641141601202015-01-15T07:35:13.064+01:002015-01-15T07:35:13.064+01:00Hi Anonymous,
have you powered off all running VM...Hi Anonymous,<br /><br />have you powered off all running VMs on the host that you want to patch?<br />Try to put it into maintenance mode.<br /><br />AndreasAndreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-91210688167065216662015-01-15T05:38:29.382+01:002015-01-15T05:38:29.382+01:00I have gone through this and many other posts in a...I have gone through this and many other posts in an attempt to get the xhci module installed. Whern attempting to follow this post I get output of InstallationError The transaction is not supported, pretty much all of the vib's in this update can not be live installed. I was able to get all updateable vib's to install using the vCLI command line tool, however the xhci-xhci vib along with a few others show "New" in the status, instead of installed. I have scoured the internet in search of how to get this module installed here but have hit a road block it seems. Suggestions ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com