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 ArticleInstalling ESXi 5.5 onto HP Proliant G7 N54L
I am planning on doing an install on this server that I have bought. It currently has a 250gb SATA HDD installed. I am going to expand the HDD and upgrade to 8gb RAM.I believe it also has an internal...
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 ArticleRAID HDD degraded after installing ESXi 5
Hi, Im trying to install ESXi on my server which has mirrored HDD's. My problem is that after installing ESXi and the computer reboots I am told that the RAID volume is degraded so one of the HDD's is...
View ArticleVT6105/VT6106S [Rhine-III] No found
Hi All, I hope someone can help me on this regarding one of the NIC card (VT6105/VT6106S) doesn't not detected at vSphere Client. 000:002:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications AR8151 v2.0...
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 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...
View ArticleEsxi5.1 not recognizing my RAID 10 virtual drive
Hello All, I have a server of cisco ucs 220 m3 and 4 ard drives connected of 1tb each .. with a RAID controller of LSI 92668i... I created RAID 10 virtual drive and when booting it up it shows me that...
View ArticleESXI5 on MAC BOOK PRO EARLY 2011
I was trying to Install ESXi 5.1 on 2011 Mac book Pro. I got it installed properly. But i am having issues with DHCP lookup failed. Can you please help me how to resolve it. Have you tried to...
View ArticleESX 5.1 config changes do not save
I have two identical servers. http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX39068Both servers have 32GB RAM.Both servers have 3xIntel PRO 1000 NICs, with an on board realtrek NIC.I have identical USB...
View ArticleESX Nic Card
How many NIC card can be configured on one ESX host and how to connect Virtual switch with a Physical switch.
View ArticleDoes installing an ESXi enterprise license 'phone home' to ensure authenticity?
When you install a windows OS it connects to Microsoft servers to authenticate the key is legal and never used before. Does installing an ESXi license have the host connect to any sort of VMware...
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 ArticleInstalling ESXi 5.5 onto HP Proliant G7 N54L
I am planning on doing an install on this server that I have bought. It currently has a 250gb SATA HDD installed. I am going to expand the HDD and upgrade to 8gb RAM.I believe it also has an internal...
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 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 ArticleVT6105/VT6106S [Rhine-III] No found
Hi All, I hope someone can help me on this regarding one of the NIC card (VT6105/VT6106S) doesn't not detected at vSphere Client. 000:002:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications AR8151 v2.0...
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 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...
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