Is it possible to upgrade esxi 5.5 to custom Dell esxi 5.5 Ao1 ?
We have a Dell R410 wich was upgraded from 4.1 to 5.5, the regular installation cd was used in stead of a Dell customized one.Q: is it possible to upgrade the current install with the Dell version...
View ArticleNewbie Question: Hard Disk Capacity
Hi, I have 4 x 73GB HDD and when I installed VMWare it showed me only 2 disks each of 63GB capacity approximately (I do not remember the exact number but close to this). I wanted to build at least 3 to...
View ArticleESXi ON a laptop
I think this question has been asked before. I installed esxi 5.5 on a desktop and installed vSphere Client on a separate desktop to manage the server and build VM's. The question is if i build a esxi...
View Articlevmware network not connecting on hp dl380 g7
Hey folks, been googling this one a lot and can't find possible explanation. Got a new esxi machine up and running and it's not picking up dhcp address from the dhcp server. Network card is recognised...
View ArticleNo network interface found Intel Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports (1x Intel®...
tyring to install esxi vsphere, have a supermicro x10slq with what is listed as Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports (1x Intel® i217LM & 1x Intel® i210AT)getting the error message no network...
View Articleunable to install esxi5 on i7 processor laptop
i have quad core i7 processor hp laptop i am unable to install ESXi 5 on this it has 8 gigs of ram can anyone help
View ArticleESXi 5.5 installation issue on HP Zbook 15- Integrated Intel I217LM Gigbyte...
hi Team, Greetings!! I am trying to setup a small test lab of ESXi 5.5 on HP Zbook 15 Mobile Workstation. the Config of the machine is Intel core i7 vPRO, 32 GB RAM, 500 GB smart Sata HDD. During the...
View ArticleCPU 1 locked up. Failed to ack TLB invalidate...
The CPU and memory were upgraded from 4Gb to 12Gb of RAM. It seems to be a hardware issue and cannot be checked using iLO. Another error found is that "no place on disk to dump data."Debugger waiting...
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Host machine - it is impossible to boot from hard drive
Hello everybody! Looks like I need your help - I installed ESXi 5 from CD, all is correct. But: when I reboot host machine ESXi can't start from HDD, I see message about "no operating system found". So...
View Articleredundant esxi on embedded dual SD
Hello, I've searched around a bit but can't find the answer.What exactly is the benefit from installing a redundant esxi on a single server? My server in question has an embedded dual SD module, where...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 install - server with just two 10g NICs into a network LAG via LACP
Group, We are trying to install a new ESXi 5.1 server with just two NICs attached to a network via a LACP enabled LAG. The issue for us is that the boot option only offer interface, vlan, tag/untagged...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 appears to break ANY and ALL on board sata passthrough capabilities
On board sata pass-through capabilities which worked on ALL versions of ESXi 5.1 is no longer working with ESXi 5.5 for Supermicro motherboard: X8SI6-F.Does this mean I have to create my own...
View ArticleNewbie Question: Hard Disk Capacity
Hi, I have 4 x 73GB HDD and when I installed VMWare it showed me only 2 disks each of 63GB capacity approximately (I do not remember the exact number but close to this). I wanted to build at least 3 to...
View ArticleESXi Sphere & VMware Vsphere Client
I have a home lap I am setting up. I am using WMware WS 9.1 and have a ESXi Sphere 5.1.0 Build 1064113 running with in VMware® Workstation Build 9.0.2 build-1031769 on my HP Envy Phoenix I7 -3770...
View ArticleAdding a drive to ESXi
I installed ESXi "first time" on a desktop with two hard drivers.Server is up and running. However i can only use the hard drive the server is installed on. Can someone please point me in the right...
View ArticlePXE installation HP Image
Hi,I am trying to install esxi using PXE.I can install Esxi not HP Image but can't install HP image as a "VMware-ESXi-5.5.0-Update1-1623387-HP-5.73.17-Mar2014" or...
View ArticleESXI not booting on HP ProLiant G7
I am trying to run VMware ESXi on a brand new HP Proliant DL360 G7. I've made a bootable pendrive with esxi installer. It started booting and I installed the esxi on another flash pendrive (located...
View ArticleNo License Icon
Hello,I'm new to VMware setups.I'm trying to obtain and then install a license for ESXi 5.0. I have the trail installed (59 days left) and plan on requesting a license this afternoon. When I go into my...
View ArticleVSphere Installation Question
Hi All,I am in the process of building the following server:Case: Fractal Design Define R4 ATX Tower Case Black PearlPower Supply: Corsair Professional Series HX750 750W ATX Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold...
View ArticleFacing Slowness while installing ESXi 5.1 on server.
Hello, I am facing very slowness while installing the ESXi 5 on my server. could you please suggest what could be the problem.. Thank You!Deepak
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