Update ESXi3.5 to ESXi4 with limited RAM

Hello

I'm new to VMware and I have converted the desktop PC in ESXi servers for learning technology. Currently, a desktop P4-EM64T enabled with 1 GB of RAM is running ESXi3.5 and I plan to update to ESXi4 after adding another 1 GB. I have a few question for experts to clarify.

(1) the 1 GB of RAM already present in the desktop computer's type DDR1 and shown only 986 MB in the bios, so if I add an another 1 GB total will be close to 1 800 MB and not 2 GB, what is the minimum RAM required for ESXi4. I'm still able to install ESXi4?

(2) the processor is 64-bit P4 and active hyperthreading so would it be compatible with the ESXi4 that I don't know the difference between the processor with native support for 64-bit and 64-bit computing active. Please enlighten me.

I have already invested a lot for the material and I want to wisely use the money on the purchase of more equipment. Please help me by clarifying the questions above.

Thanks in advance.

What is the processor Intel REAL? Search the ultimate site Whitebox ESX (www.ultimatewhitebox.com) to see if it supports (or is supported / tested for) ESX/ESXi 4 or not...

2 GB of RAM is the MINIMUM you need to install or use ESX/ESXi 4... Just saw that means you might be able to run a VM, then again, you might not. A more realistic minimum RAM is 4 GB, with 8GB (or more) being much better.

You need to enable virtualization in the bios to start THAT ALL 64-bit VM on these systems. Otherwise, you're stuck only 32-bit clients.

I recommend to install 4u1 ESXi on a USB stick (at least 2 GB in size) and which allows to test each system to see IF you can even run ESXi 4u1 on them. You can easily run questions with unsupported on-board hard disk controller, or another key (for example, the map NETWORK) was not supported and then you down until you can actually get more material which will ESXi4...

I'm actually starting a server Dell PowerEdge 860 with 4 GB RAM, no HDD inside, with a processor Intel Pentium D 915 (dual core, 64-bit) as a test. I installed ESXi4u1 on the 2 GB USB flash drive not that long ago and has been able to run it on some other systems. It shows the processor correctly (on the splash screen), but also the ESXi to build number (244038) everything is OK... Just waiting for the last piece of load before I connect from my main work system.

To be completely honest, just because you've managed to get some PC workstation in to run ESXi 3.5 by a simple memory increase no way guarantee will allow you to run ESXi 4... There are several parts of a system that must be compatible / correct before you will be able to use the product. You'd be better off getting systems that have components listed on the VMware HCL so you don't need to worry... I speak entirely supported processors, speed variators (hardware RAID), memory of the quantities (go beyond the minimum of bone bare) and even the hard drives themselves.

Since the beginning of this message, the server PE860 is completely restarted in ESXi 4 and works. I have no need to assign a NETWORK adapter for the management network, before he could ping and others, but once that it is fully operational. The beauty of the use of the USB to test, it's that you don't need to jump through lots of hoops to get ESXi installed 4u1. You just need to be able to boot from USB (on the system that you want to use/test) and then do it. I give serious thoughts to this method for the next system/host server that I pick up that will go in my lab at home (such as a perm resident)... I'll probably end up doing some readers flash twice, just in case one is going bad on me...

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