Custom ESXi from VMware ESXi vs Dell

I'm trying to consolidate all our servers (P2V). My question is what distro ESXi should I use for my VMware servers or Dell custom? We currently have vSphere Essentials and yesterday 4.0 Update 2 is out. What will be my most safe/reliable and recommended approach.

Material:

2 x Dell PowerEdge R510 (ESXi via USB)

1 x Dell PowerEdge 2850 (vCenter)

Current options:

(1) use 4u2 ESXi and vCenter 4u2 directly from the VMware site.

(2) use ESXi 4u1 (Dell customized) and 4u2 from VMware sitevCenter. (the ESXi Dell 4u2 is not available)

(3) use ESXi 4u1 (Dell custom) Dell site and 4u2 from VMware sitevCenter.

(4) another idea?

Thanks for any help!

The version of Dell has the right ICD (but the vanilla version works as well) and the ready to run Dell OpenManage.

You can add this tool later or boot from the Dell U1 version and use VMware Update Manager to upgrade to the version of U2.

André

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