Hi all.
Running ESXi standalone with a SAS connected disk shelf (NEC) with a SAS card in the server - LSI MegaRAID SAS1064R to be precise.
Anyhow, I can see the storage and adapter, and then I try to add it as a disk (VMFS5) the host shutdown and displays a purple/pink screen of death.
Reference to "PCPU didnt have a heartbeat"
See attached . . .