USB devices is not mounted in VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5

Hi All,

I have been trying in vain to get an 8GB Kingston USB  pen formated in Fat32 to be mounted in ESXi.

I have turned off the USB arbitration service and unplugged and then replugged the USB device.

lsusb lists the USB as follows:

Bus 01 Device 04: ID 0951:1613 Kingston Technology DataTraveler 8GB Pen Drive

ls -al /vmfs/devices/disks lists the USB as well::

-rw-------    1 root     root         8017412096 Feb 29 15:51 mpx.vmhba38:C0:T0:L0
-rw-------    1 root     root         8015314944 Feb 29 15:51 mpx.vmhba38:C0:T0:L0:1

However, it does not exist in /vmfs/volumes as "No Name"

running esxcfg-mpath -l returns the following:

usb.vmhba38-usb.0:0-mpx.vmhba38:C0:T0:L0
   Runtime Name: vmhba38:C0:T0:L0
   Device: mpx.vmhba38:C0:T0:L0
   Device Display Name: Local USB Direct-Access (mpx.vmhba38:C0:T0:L0)
   Adapter: vmhba38 Channel: 0 Target: 0 LUN: 0
   Adapter Identifier: usb.vmhba38
   Target Identifier: usb.0:0
   Plugin: NMP
   State: active
   Transport: usb

Is this a known problem and is there a work-around?

Also, I cannot seem to access the CD-ROM as well. esxcfg-mpath -l returns:

sata.vmhba0-sata.0:0-mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
   Runtime Name: vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
   Device: mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
   Device Display Name: Local TEAC CD-ROM (mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0)
   Adapter: vmhba0 Channel: 0 Target: 0 LUN: 0
   Adapter Identifier: sata.vmhba0
   Target Identifier: sata.0:0
   Plugin: NMP
   State: active
   Transport: sata

I load the iso9669 module but when I run /sbin/vsish -e set /vmkModules/iso9660/mount mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0  I get the following error:

VSISHCmdSet():Set failed: Not supported
Error: Error in command set: Not supported

I read here (http://communities.vmware.com/message/1698234) that you have to set usb mode in BIOS to USB 1.1. Is this correct?

Thanks in advance,

Vlad