=====Passthrough===== Enable passthrough for the Intel AHCI controller, specifically the Union Point controller from the Kaby Lake chipset. * Activate the ssh service in Vsphere Client. * Use Putty or any other terminal program to connect to you Esxi SSH server. * Use vi, for example: vi /etc/vmware/passthru.map * Add these 2 lines at the bottom of the file (for other controllers replace the first two numbers with values from ''lspci -v''): # Intel Union Point AHCI 8086 a282 d3d0 false * Use ''ESC'' then '':wq'' to save and quit vi. * Reboot the Esxi server. * Add the AHCI controller to the passthrough devices and reboot the Esxi server again.