ESXi 4.1 and Dell PowerEdge 860

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• ESXi 4.0 and DELL PowerEdge T100

  Hi all

  I have a question to any user of the T100 Server (or anyone abe to solve my problem). I want to buy a DELL (round) Server compatible with ESXi 4.0. But I have a problem with the compatibility logging, I found a document from DELL:

  http://support.Dell.com/support/eDOCS/software/eslvmwre/vs/AdditionalDocs/compatbltymatrx/compmat.PDF

  Who informs on the compatibility of the T100 with ESXi 4.0 server. On the other hand on the compatibility list VMware it is said T100 is compatible with ESXi 4.0 but with Intel Xeon 33xx series. I have not found an exact match as Intel Xeon 3300. But in the configuration of the server, I found a processor like the Quad Core Intel® Xeon® X 3330; 2.66 GHz, 2x3M Cache, 1333 MHz FSB, 95W TDP.

  And my question is this compatible with ESXi 4.0 Server and CPU? Anyone tried this configuration or knows answer this question with certainty? It would be very helpful because if I buy T100 which won't be compatible with ESXi 4.0 it will be useless. Please do not suggest other DELL PowerEdge servers - I have no money for them.

  Thanks in advance.

  The selected processor would be correct. I don't know if controller SAS 6iR has of a cache battery module, but it is worth for the performance of the disk.

• ESXi and Dell Poweredge T410 install issues...

  Hello, we just bought a spanking new beand Dell Poweredge T410 with S300 raid Card... useless day, Esxi 4.0 or 4.1 will not install on it... We get an error message during the installation:

  "Could not find a data device to decompress the image for.

  This server was prchased Feb 2011... can someone tell me how I can get installed on esxi?

  The S300 controller isn't a device supported for ESXi. You must add a supported RAID controller. There are many other RAID controllers available for this server. The Perc 5 and 6 controllers are also good choices and are available on sites like e - bay, etc.

• ESXi 3.5 on Dell Poweredge 2950 and Dell 6 GB/s card SAS HBA?

  Hello.

  I'm under ESXi 3.5 u4 on a Dell poweredge 2950 machine.

  I recently bought a Dell Powervault 124 t. autoloader with a HBA SAS 6 GB/s card.

  I installed the card SAS in the PE 2950, but now I can't seem to see in ESXi.

  Can someone help me with this?

  Thank you very much.

  I'm afraid that the Dell technician is correct.

  Someone at - it a link on ESX support not directly connected devices?

  This isn't the issue. The question is: do you have a link that shows devices supported?

  Reference Dell does support the autoloader Powervault 124 t. on ESXi 3.5?

  Have you checked the VMware HCL already, if the SAS controller is included/supported for ESXi version, you are running?

  There are a few articles which have tape readers running with Adaptec SCSI controllers, I don't see anything for ESXi 3.5 with a SAS controller still...

  Maybe there's a better chance to make this work with ESX 4.x with VMDirectPath

  André

• Cannot install ESXi 5.5 on Dell PowerEdge T620

  Hello

  I have a Dell PowerEdge T620 server and I want to install VMW VSphere Hypervisor 5.5 on that.

  I tried 2 ways above, but they are not successful.

  Track 1:
  -Start with DVD integrated with server
  -Config for RAID 5
  -Choose the option "VMW ESXI 5.5 HDD"
  -Error: "the provided raid configuration is not supported" and force reboot me.

  Track 2:
  -L' boot using an ESXI 5.5 CD-ROM
  -Follow the step on Setup screen.
  -Scan disk step HARD to install the process is too long too long scan...

  I hope that an idea can help me solve that.

  Thank you!

  You use the ESXi Dell installation?

  http://www.Dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/drivers/DriversDetails?DriverID=20VNP

• Path of VMdirect and Dell Poweredge T110 II

  No matter who got the e/s working on the Dell Poweredge T110 II DirectPath?  On the Summary tab, I have a warning indicating that the host hardware does not support the DirectPath of IO.  I have virtualization enabled in BIOS.  On the configuration tab I also have the error "Host does not support configuring passthrough" my processor is a intel Core I3-3220 3.3 Ghz.   If someone got it works with the latest BIOS?  I have to use USB external drives for storage of files and not facing one of the internal locations and just use the internal slots for my build of ESXI raids.  Any help in this would be appreciated.

  Thank you

  Stephen Bailey

  I discovered that my CPU does not support directpath i/o, so there is no hope in getting this work.  I found a work-around however to get a crossed USB device.

  While VMdirectpath i/o would be nice there is also a USB device transfer which is another way to allow direct communication with a hardware device to a guest operating system.  ESXI allows transfer USB Device (this can be done without vmdirect path).

  When I first tried this (I didn't know at the time that ESXI 5.0 did not support USB 3.0) device usb 3.0 had not passed through and I thought it was because of a misconfiguration of the vmdirect path.  I did some additional research after I discovered that my processor didn't support directpath and found documentation for transfer of USB device.  All I had to do was add the USB controller to my guest operating system configuration then added a "usb device" to the configuration of my guest operating system who found the name of the device is connected.  I was then able to add a USB 2.0 device and my guest what OS is very clear.

• Dell PowerEdge 860 and ESXi5

  Hi all

  I am new to the forum and VMware too. Have a little problem with ESXi on the specified computer. Everything works fine, except the USB passtrough.

  860 PE record:

  -Version 2

  -Intel Xeon 3050 with Hyperthreading and VT (both enabled in the bios of the host)

  -1 additional BCM Gigabit NIC

  I really need this feature, use a card reader with VM Debian.

  Here are 2 pictures, what I see:

  http://www.imagebam.com/image/177b5f211979211

  http://www.imagebam.com/image/f26c44211979229

  Thanks for the help!

  Tom

  Well, these Socket 775 processors supported VT - d, according to the database of Intel:

  http://Ark.Intel.com/Search/Advanced/?s=t&Sockets=LGA775&VTD=true

  Also make sure that your BIOS/motherboard supports allowing it. If it isn't, you might as well upgrade your whole system.

• RAID and Dell PowerEdge T110 ESXi 5.0 configuration

  I just do a fresh install of ESXi 5.0 on a Dell server, which has 2 x 250 GB HDDs in RAID 1 configuration. However, in the management of ESXi I am presented with 2 drive 250 GB each, which should be visible as a single drive. This is something that Windows 2008, on bare metal, took care, and what should I do with ESXi to fix this? I just need to reboot the server and enter the RAID configuration? I need to be careful because I don't want to lose any existing data. Thank you.

  Welcome to the community,

  ESXi supports only RAID controllers that are transparently logical drives to the operating system. In your case, it seems that you are using a RAID controller for software that requires additional drivers for the RAID of the operating system, which are not available for ESXi.

  André

• OK, I NEED someone TO HELP me INSTALL LESS ESXi 5.0 on my Dell PowerEdge 1950 Server! And of course, HE IS No. TUTORIAL on this SITE FOR ME HELP!

  As I said earlier:

  OK, I am trying to install vSpere on my Dell PowerEdge 1950.

  Hardware specifications:

  4 GB FB-DIMM DDR2 memory

  x 2 processor Intel Xeon, 2 carrots, 3.00 GHz

  There a RAID BIOS, so I had to create a Raid 0 virtual disk to install anything.

  Drive hard WD 1 TB, it's the one I use for the VD.

  When I choose which hard drive I use, I select the VD, I created, I select my keyboard language, then the configuration scan my material, then he asks me if if want to install, I pressed F11. Then, when it reached 5%, it throws an error: "partedUtil failed with the message: error: can not have a partition outside the disk!

  He says that it cannot install it on a virtual drive? My server is not compatible?

  Edit: There is another error that says: cannot read the partition table for device:

  /VMFS/devices/disks/NAA.60019b90bd8289001e62575a584731e0

  What is going on!!! Why vmware cannot have tutorials on "How to install Esxi on a server with RAID BIOS"?

  Check if the virtual HARD disk you packed is initialized. It seems that the installation is not written on this HARD drive. Back to the HARD Disk Manager (you probably PERC5 / I) to start the process I think is CTRL + R? find your virtual drive and launch. Take a look at the image as an attachment.

• Dell Poweredge 2850 and ESXi 4.1

  I have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 with 12 GB of RAM and two CPUs, hyperthreading with 350 GB of disk space.

  This box was initially installed with Redhat Linux ES 5.4 64-bit and OS 64 bit CentOS 5.5 with no problems, so I know the processor supports 64-bit.

  I then installed VMWare ESXi version 4.1 on the Dell Poweredge 2850 with no problems.

  Then, I created a few instances VM I want to install CentOS 5.5 64 bit.  During the installation of a VMware instance, I get this:

  msg.cpuid.notLongmodeQuestionFmt:This veritual is configured for 64-bit operating systems.
  However, the 64-bit mode is not possible.
  Longmode is disabled for this virtual machine.
  For more information, see http://VMware.com/info?id=152
  Continue without 64 bit support?

  Now the question I have is this: given that VMWare is problems with 64-bit OSes comments, how is it that I can install CentOS 5.5 64 bit on this Dell PowerEdge 2850 with no problems.  It seems obvious to me that the PowerEdge 2850 works well with the 64 bit OS but not ESXi 4.1.

  How can I get around this?

  Comments?  Thanks in advance.

  The dell series 8 (1850/2850) have no vt support, so not support 64-bit virtual machine, except 6850.

  The output of the processor shows the same thing, or rather, what he shows no vt in its ability.  It shows lm, long mode, so you can run 64-bit, that you are running ESX, but to succeed in this 64-bit support, you need the lm, you and vt, which you don't have.

  -KjB

• Dell PowerEdge T610 and ESXi 4.0 integrated

  Hello world

  My company has just purchased a new Dell PowerEdge T610 as our first server VM. They bought exactly the same configuration that Dell recommended for virtualization, which came with an option to get the ESXi 4.0 embedded. By charging Dell about $ 2000 for the premium service when buying the ESXi, society has decided that we will install ESXi embedded ourselves (on a SD card or USB key).

  And so the task was given to me

  Now, here's the problem I encounter. I downloaded the ESXi 4.0 installable with customization of Dell, and it seems to work fine on a USB key. But I can't find the instructions on how to actually install the embedded and non ESXi 4.0 installable version. I have ESXi 4.0 installable on the stick, but how do I get the embedded installed on it (or SD card). I see that people have done with ESXi 3.5, but all it seems to be there on the net about installing ESXi embedded yourself is only how to install the installable on the USB. It's a stupid, and built-in question is nothing more then a installable on a USB?

  Sorry for a newbie question...

  Thank you very much in advance!

  André

  integrated, installable should be the same, the difference is that with the integrated option you would not need to install

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• Compatible version of ESXi for PowerEdge 860?

  Are you looking for my current configuration of the virtual machine to a re-usable, configuration of the VM and I try to be on the latest version of ESXi who will consider my PE 860, and if there is anything in particular, I have to do to make it work.

  I found the custom Dell ESXi files but I don't know if I should use these versions or just stick with a version of VMware.

  Thank you.

  ETA: PE 860 to the 1 x 2.4 GHz Xeon Dual Core and I'm only under a single SATA HDD inside SATA_0, can add another in a clean future.

  Hello johnnydotexe

  We have not validated the 860 for any version of VMware. I just searched and found messages from customers installing up to ESXi 5.0. There is not much difference between 5.0 and 5.5 latest about hardware compatibility, so I don't see a reason why you cannot install 5.5.

  I suggest using our ISO custom. Even if we do not support VMware on the 860 many pilots are used across multiple products, so there may be drivers for the 860 material available on our drive.

  Since this is not a validated configuration I suggest you be aware, there will likely be some quirks, and it is not recommended to run configurations not supported in a production environment.

  Thank you

• Install ESXi on a Dell PowerEdge R820

  
  Greetings,

  I try to install ESXi on a Dell PowerEdge R820 server.  I have problems with the reason of the installation because the NETWORK adapter is not supported by the operating system (5.1 ESXi).  I did a little research and discovered that there are custom versions of ESXi out there to install on vaious systems.  That would be the problem?  If so, does anyone know a particluar website that I might be able to get the correct version of ESXi 5.1 for this server dell PowerEdge R820.
  Here are the specs:
  Dell PowerEdge R820 - RAID 5
  Interface NETWORK Broadcom 1 GB card

  Xeon processors (w / 8 cores)
  512 GB RDIMMS
  3 x 146 GB SAS hot plug hard drive

  Any help would be great!  Thank you!!

  Graduate of evil

  If so, does anyone know a particluar website that I might be able to get the correct version of ESXi 5.1 for this server dell PowerEdge R820.

  Try this site:

  Experience of VMware Front: ESXi-Customizer

  Graduate of evil

  Prepare for more fighting after obtaining the diploma

• Step to convert the current Dell PowerEdge 1800 server in Esxi 4

  We have production server, which is Dell PowerEdge 1800 with Windows SBS 2003 with 3 hard drives in RAID. And then, we want to make this server as VMware Esxi 4 with the same Windows 2003 SBS server. We will replace the 3 new hard disks, but new readers are not the same as the old disks. What is the right next step? Because it comes to the production server, we cannot lose all data.

  1. use VMWare vCenter Converter to convert the current Windows 2003 SBS to VMWare workstation

  2. Replace with 3 new hard drives and install VMWare EsXi 4 CD

  3 use VMWare vCenter Converter to load WMWare workstation image into the new server Esxi 4.

  Please let me know if this is the correct order? Is there a risk? Thank you!

  Welcome to the community - that sounds about the right order =

• U1 ESXi 4.1 install on Dell PowerEdge R210

  Have no success in installation of the ESXi 4.1 U1 on the Dell PowerEdge R210? I'm unable to install ESXi and maybe someone had some advice. The Dell server comes with a RAID1 and is under the list of VMWare HCL. There a S100 for the RAID controller. Dell recommends to break the RAID1 and install ESXi on the local drive (single). This server comes with a 500 GB drive (x 2).

  What will be the best option? I think to install the 4.1.U1 ESXi on a USB key, but had no experience this and I don't know how is it sustainable. I can count on and what size of USB do I need?

  Please advice what have you done or any recommendations on how to install the server host.

  Thank you.

  Collin

  I'd certainly install on a USB key. You will need a 1 GB or more large USB key. You can have an internal USB slot and I would like to check the documentation for your location. ESXi loads directly into RAM, and he has very little written on the disc. A copy of the small configuration happens once per hour.

  I don't think that your RAID controller can be used as RAID because I think it's a software RAID that is not supported under ESX (i). You will end up with two separate drives.