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Console OS (Service Console) Locks/Hangs when MegaRAID Controller is Used
Details
I am running ESX Server on a computer with a MegaRAID
controller. When I start the system, it hangs as it is trying to load
the MegaRAID driver. What is wrong?
Solution
We have seen this error on some, but not all, systems using
MegaRAID controllers. It occurs when the console operating system
(Service Console) is configured to use 256MB of RAM. To work around
the problem, either add or subtract 16MB from the amount of RAM
allocated to the console operating system (Service Console). To do
so, follow these steps:
Reboot the server, selecting
linux (not vmnix).
From the Web browser on your
management workstation, connect to the server configuration page
at http://hostname/vmware/config/ [where 'hostname' is
the name of your host computer].
Click Update Boot
Configuration/Allocate Devices.
In the field under the
heading Amount of memory to allocate to the console, change the
value to 240 or 272.
Click Save
Configuration.
When the Boot Configuration
Done screen appears, click Reboot Machine.
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