Hey All, just wanted to write up a quick post with pics on how to configure the H730 RAID card for VMware VSAN.

First of all, the H730 is on the HCL and is a great choice due to the ample queue depth of 895 as determined by esxtop.

The following was how we configured it per the configuration guide best practices with:

• Passthrough mode
• Controller caching disabled
• BIOS Mode pause on error (rather than stop)

Per the guide:

Just figured this might help some other wayward souls out there. : )