Enabling passthru of LSI2008 HBA in ESXi 6.0

Using the webUI/VMWare Host Client to set up a VM and passing thru a PCIe device results in the following error message:

Error

The systemId does not match the current system or the deviceId and vendorId do not match the device currently at …

Workaround

The deviceID is not properly set by the web host client. If you added the HBA passthru device via the web UI, install the native client, remove the passthru device in the native client, then add it again in the native client.