LSI 9211-8i array monitoring in ESXi 6.7.0

I was unable to get esxcli, storcli or MegaCLI to display my 9211-8i (IR mode) adapter information in ESXi:

 1[root@hostname:~] esxcli storage core adapter list | grep mpt
 2vmhba2    mpt2sas    link-n/a    sas.xx     (0000:02:00.0) LSI Logic / Symbios Logic Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA Adapter
 3
 4[root@hostname:~]  /opt/lsi/storcli/storcli /c0 show
 5CLI Version = 007.0606.0000.0000 Mar 20, 2018
 6Operating system = VMkernel 6.7.0
 7Controller = 0
 8Status = Failure
 9Description = Controller 0 not found
10
11[root@hostname:/opt/lsi/MegaCLI] ./MegaCli -adpCount
12
13Controller Count: 0.

As a workaround, I found sas2ircu P20 on the Broadcom website which seems to work (as of 6.7.0 Update 1 Build 11675023).

Download locations for SAS2IRCU_P20.zip:
Broadcom
Mirror

Extract the vmware-esx-sas2ircu.vib from this file and upload it to your ESXi host. Install it using the following command (change path to match your datastore):

1[root@hostname:~] esxcli software vib install -v /vmfs/volumes/Datastore/vmware-esx-sas2ircu.vib --no-sig-check
2
3Installation Result
4   Message: Operation finished successfully.
5   Reboot Required: false
6   VIBs Installed: LSI_bootbank_vmware-esx-sas2ircu_20.00.00.00-03
7   VIBs Removed:
8   VIBs Skipped:

I was then able to use sas2ircu to display my adapter information:

 1[root@hostname:~] /opt/lsi/bin/sas2ircu 0 display
 2LSI Corporation SAS2 IR Configuration Utility.
 3Version 20.00.00.00 (2014.09.18)
 4Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.
 5
 6Read configuration has been initiated for controller 0
 7------------------------------------------------------------------------
 8Controller information
 9------------------------------------------------------------------------
10  Controller type                         : SAS2008
11  BIOS version                            : 7.39.02.00
12  Firmware version                        : 20.00.07.00
13  Channel description                     : 1 Serial Attached SCSI
14  Initiator ID                            : 0
15  Maximum physical devices                : 255
16  Concurrent commands supported           : 1720
17  Slot                                    : 4
18  Segment                                 : 0
19  Bus                                     : 2
20  Device                                  : 0
21  Function                                : 0
22  RAID Support                            : Yes
23------------------------------------------------------------------------
24IR Volume information
25------------------------------------------------------------------------
26IR volume 1
27  Volume ID                               : 286
28  Status of volume                        : Okay (OKY)
29  Volume wwid                             : 
30  RAID level                              : RAID1
31  Size (in MB)                            : 113487
32  Physical hard disks                     :
33  PHY[0] Enclosure#/Slot#                 : 1:4
34  PHY[1] Enclosure#/Slot#                 : 1:5
35------------------------------------------------------------------------
36Physical device information
37------------------------------------------------------------------------
38Initiator at ID #0
39
40Device is a Hard disk
41  Enclosure #                             : 1
42  Slot #                                  : 4
43  SAS Address                             : 
44  State                                   : Optimal (OPT)
45  Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 114473/234441647
46  Manufacturer                            : ATA
47  Model Number                            : KINGSTON SA400S3
48  Firmware Revision                       : B1D1
49  Serial No                               : 
50  GUID                                    : 
51  Protocol                                : SATA
52  Drive Type                              : SATA_SSD
53
54Device is a Hard disk
55  Enclosure #                             : 1
56  Slot #                                  : 5
57  SAS Address                             : 
58  State                                   : Optimal (OPT)
59  Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 114473/234441647
60  Manufacturer                            : ATA
61  Model Number                            : KINGSTON SA400S3
62  Firmware Revision                       : B1D1
63  Serial No                               : 
64  GUID                                    : 
65  Protocol                                : SATA
66  Drive Type                              : SATA_SSD
67------------------------------------------------------------------------
68Enclosure information
69------------------------------------------------------------------------
70  Enclosure#                              : 1
71  Logical ID                              : 
72  Numslots                                : 8
73  StartSlot                               : 0
74------------------------------------------------------------------------
75SAS2IRCU: Command DISPLAY Completed Successfully.
76SAS2IRCU: Utility Completed Successfully.

I'll grab this information via SSH and monitor my array this way for now.