zXi_Gamer,
I have looked over the RSSM Host Systems attachment guide and most of the stuff in Chapter 4 seems to refer to the ESXi Host being installed on a Windows operating system but I am using an embedded USB stick.
1. Not sure what the vmhbaX is. I'm new to VMware and the CLI.
2. I'm pretty sure the volume is initialized. There are other blades in the chassis running windows OS and they all see their respective volumes fine.
3. USB stick is an IBM specific build that is supposed to work on the chassis-S. The build is 5.0 (474610).