ESXi Setup!

[yukita]

Can go Taknet i bought mine there for $30, actually i want to get a 1metre long one, if can find I will give mine to you if you want but bear in mind it's 50 cm only so if you wanna do some cable management it might be hard.

where is taknet? i was thinking to get it from ebay instead, but no experience from ebay holding me from ordering. and i saw few types, not sure which one lol.

 

[weap0nx]

where is taknet? i was thinking to get it from ebay instead, but no experience from ebay holding me from ordering. and i saw few types, not sure which one lol.

Taknet level 5 around the back alley. Remember to buy the correct one, there is such thing as a Reverse cable whereby 4 SATA connectors go to your motherboard and 1 mini SAS connector goes to the backplane of an external storage. This cable is totally opposite to the one you're looking for but looks very similar.

 

[weap0nx]

Is there a way to view a VM's console over the host's screen?

Actually not just view but use as well, what I am trying to achieve is to use a VM at the host machine, keyboard video mouse.

 

[yukita]

Taknet level 5 around the back alley. Remember to buy the correct one, there is such thing as a Reverse cable whereby 4 SATA connectors go to your motherboard and 1 mini SAS connector goes to the backplane of an external storage. This cable is totally opposite to the one you're looking for but looks very similar.

yes.. i read it somewhere before. currently i dont use the raidcard yet.
so taking slowly to get the cable lol.
because my casing no more hdd slot, i was thinking to get 1M cable and route it out from my casing and plug to few CM 4in3 casing externally lol...

 

[yukita]

ESxi5 is out ..

people who have SnS please download as well..
people who want to trial it , go ahead as well ;D

Enjoy!

will download and test it lol...
thanks for sharing.

 

[anime_toys08]

Is there a way to view a VM's console over the host's screen?

Actually not just view but use as well, what I am trying to achieve is to use a VM at the host machine, keyboard video mouse.

to manage VMs, its always about the vsphere client

you can use vmware web interface as well.

 

[win_man]

Any SRM experts here? Need some advice

 

[anime_toys08]

Any SRM experts here? Need some advice

SRM advice is not cheap .

SRM5 sells in packs of VMs hor ... . .
if you want to use DR / Replication, i suggest to use Veeam for cost reduction.

Platespin is also another good recommendation. The other thing is are you running central storage? Leverage on your storage as well.

What kind of SRM design are you looking at?

 

[nicholaslee]

Dear experts, I wish to build a simple ESX compatible rig to try out. Would prefer a small itx fig if possible! Any shops in sls that I can buy all the parts from?

Is it that I can just buy any mobo, processor, hdd, ram? Only the NIC portion I have to get compatible ones?

 

[anime_toys08]

Dear experts, I wish to build a simple ESX compatible rig to try out. Would prefer a small itx fig if possible! Any shops in sls that I can buy all the parts from?

Is it that I can just buy any mobo, processor, hdd, ram? Only the NIC portion I have to get compatible ones?

usually need to factor in whether mobo bios support virtualization first.
otherwise, the rest of the CPU today supports it.

Forgot to update : vSphere 5 supports Realtek NIC Cards
Realtek 8168
Realtek 8169
Realtek 8111E


Go ! Go ! Go!

The rest is similar to building a new rig + the right NIC card.

 

[yukita]

usually need to factor in whether mobo bios support virtualization first.
otherwise, the rest of the CPU today supports it.

Forgot to update : vSphere 5 supports Realtek NIC Cards
Realtek 8168
Realtek 8169
Realtek 8111E


Go ! Go ! Go!

The rest is similar to building a new rig + the right NIC card.

my pc got 8111D, means cannot?

 

[nicholaslee]

usually need to factor in whether mobo bios support virtualization first.
otherwise, the rest of the CPU today supports it.

Forgot to update : vSphere 5 supports Realtek NIC Cards
Realtek 8168
Realtek 8169
Realtek 8111E


Go ! Go ! Go!

The rest is similar to building a new rig + the right NIC card.

Am I right that only ESX 4.0 is free? I tried ESXi 4.1 in my vmplayer and it showed 60 days limitation

 

[HeeroYuy84]

usually need to factor in whether mobo bios support virtualization first.
otherwise, the rest of the CPU today supports it.

Forgot to update : vSphere 5 supports Realtek NIC Cards
Realtek 8168
Realtek 8169
Realtek 8111E


Go ! Go ! Go!

The rest is similar to building a new rig + the right NIC card.

really ah? i order my intel nic from hk for what sia... sianzz

 

[Jumpman23]

Am I right that only ESX 4.0 is free? I tried ESXi 4.1 in my vmplayer and it showed 60 days limitation

It's free but you still need to enter the license key that was sent to you when you signed up for the download.

 

[nicholaslee]

thanks! I saw from
http://www.vm-help.com/esx40i/esx40_whitebox_HCL.php

that my spare machine HP dc7800 is compatible without any issues? That means I can run ESXi properly on it without requiring an additional NIC? It is still running as a live system so I want to confirm this before decommissioning it.

 

[nicholaslee]

forget it..

I need some help here

Can you advice me quickly which ITX or M-ATX mobo and low-end range processor is fully compatible with ESXi which I can purchase from sls? Thank you

 

[anime_toys08]

really ah? i order my intel nic from hk for what sia... sianzz

yahz......

 

[anime_toys08]

Am I right that only ESX 4.0 is free? I tried ESXi 4.1 in my vmplayer and it showed 60 days limitation

ESXi is free - marketing term is vSphere hypervisor.
ESX 4.0 is not.

as what the korkor has replied you is correct, you need to sign up for the free license ~

 

[nicholaslee]

Question.. my vSphere Hypervisor 5 can't activate, it keeps prompting 60 days evaluation..

 

[crypster]

Question.. my vSphere Hypervisor 5 can't activate, it keeps prompting 60 days evaluation..

Please use the license what was send to you on signup for free ESXi 5.0

ESXi 4 and 5 has different license. You cannot reuse ESXi 4 license with ESXi 5