HI,
I have installed esxi 5.5 on a new entry-level server with an adaptec 6405E raid card. I have installed the adaptec drivers and it's running fine but I can't figure out how to get Adaptec Maxview Storage Manager to connect to it. I have installed vmware-esx-provider-arcconf.vib and vmware-esx-provider-arcsmis.vib OK, which supposedly "installs MSM" on esxi. I have installed the windows version of MSM on a PC on the same network (the same PC I am running vSphere client on). When I try to add the esxi host as a remote system by ip address it cannot find it and errors: "Add system operation failed". . I have disabled the esxi firewall (no help). I am guessing that while the MSM may be installed on the esxi box, it may not actually be running as a service, but I am at a loss as to how to check/fix this. There is no mention of msm in the vsphere security profile (services or firewall) settings. .....Linux is not my native language.... Any help would be appreciated.