| The "in-box" driver loads for generic AHCI devices, but it won't start unless the specific device (ASMedia, for example) is listed in the "driver map files". They are located in /etc/vmware/driver.map.d/ahci.map in the vSphere system. Fortunately, Andreas Peetz, who runs a must-know VMWare site called www.v-front.de, describes this in some detail "How to make your unsupported SATA AHCI Controller work with ESXi 5.5 and 6.0, and has an xahci.map you can easily install that will fully enable the driver. We tested it, it seems to work for ASMedia cards. |