ESXi Setup!

[crypster]

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

Here is a whitebox package I make for ESXi 4 and 5.

CPU Intel i5-2500 3.4GHz/8MB/LGA1155
Board Asus P8P67 Pro-B3 U3/S6/GBL/Sound 482x1
Memory Kingston 4GB DDR3 10600/1333*CL9 (1pc) 55x4
HDD Western Digital 1TB 64MB Caviar Black SATA 3 118x1
Video Asus EN8400GS 512MB DDR2 Tv-Out/DVI 65x1
DVD Samsung SH-S243S 24x Internal DVD Writer 33x1
Chasis Coolermaster CM Elite 371 69x1
PSU CoolerMaster GX550W Single Rail (5Yrs) 105x1
FAN CMaster BladeMaster 120mm R4-BMBS-20PK Fan 16x1
Flash Drive SanDisk Cruzer Edge CZ51 9x1


Total cost: 1317 with 16GB since 8GB ram is not out yet. This MB support 8GB ram

 

[nicholaslee]

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

Sorry pardon my noobiness.. where do I enter the license key? I have already signed up and have the license key. But I can't find where in Vsphere to enter them

 

[kakaBoBo]

launch your vsphere client, login, configuration, license features - edit - assign new key. save

 

[nicholaslee]

launch your vsphere client, login, configuration, license features - edit - assign new key. save

Works! Thanks!

 

[nicholaslee]

Here is a whitebox package I make for ESXi 4 and 5.

CPU Intel i5-2500 3.4GHz/8MB/LGA1155
Board Asus P8P67 Pro-B3 U3/S6/GBL/Sound 482x1
Memory Kingston 4GB DDR3 10600/1333*CL9 (1pc) 55x4
HDD Western Digital 1TB 64MB Caviar Black SATA 3 118x1
Video Asus EN8400GS 512MB DDR2 Tv-Out/DVI 65x1
DVD Samsung SH-S243S 24x Internal DVD Writer 33x1
Chasis Coolermaster CM Elite 371 69x1
PSU CoolerMaster GX550W Single Rail (5Yrs) 105x1
FAN CMaster BladeMaster 120mm R4-BMBS-20PK Fan 16x1
Flash Drive SanDisk Cruzer Edge CZ51 9x1


Total cost: 1317 with 16GB since 8GB ram is not out yet. This MB support 8GB ram

over budget! Anything within $1k? or I can easily buy any cheap rig at sls and put a Intel Pro/1000 card inside?

Happy that I managed to set up ESXi 5.0 on an old HP dc7800 cpu

 

[anime_toys08]

over budget! Anything within $1k? or I can easily buy any cheap rig at sls and put a Intel Pro/1000 card inside?

Happy that I managed to set up ESXi 5.0 on an old HP dc7800 cpu

go for AMD whitebox. Within 1K gao dim

 

[crypster]

u cna go for AMD chipset and micro boards then your cost would be lower.

Am just more into Intel

 

[nicholaslee]

u cna go for AMD chipset and micro boards then your cost would be lower.

Am just more into Intel

Can you recommend me a AMD micro mobo + processor that can support ESXi without any patching or additional NIC please.

 

[crypster]

Have you try lookign at http://www.vm-help.com//esx40i/esx40_whitebox_HCL.php

it has a list of supported board. Normally I would see the board in e.g. Asus for AMD and check the same series and double confirm the board chipset are the same.

As for Nics, there is no guarantee. Though realtek is supported but not all models, to have a perfect fit is almost not possible. Its lucky if its working else a separate nic is inevitable.

 

[anime_toys08]

hokay, i kena silly bug from QNAP .

can only run one datastore using iscsi in vSPhere 5.

so if you intend to run Esxi 5 and using any VMware validated software iscsi NAS such as Synology or QNAP then you may face such issue.

The workaround is to use NFS. now i have 6 x nic port but cannot be binded for iscsi traffic anyway ..

 

[HeeroYuy84]

use amd lor, cheaper

 

[HeeroYuy84]

so who here play esxi 5 liao? got screenshots?

 

[ldd1976]

Hi crypster,

I also bought the same main board Asus P8P67 Pro-B3 but at the ESXi 5 installation screen, it says that there isn' t any network card detected. How did you managed to install get the installer detect the onboard Intel 82579 NIC? Thanks a million

 

[kitaeshi]

esx 5.0 support realtek nic so most of the asus motherboard support out of the fly one gd example is m4a88t-m ^^

 

[Kegler]

user citrix xenserver lor....haha.... realtek nic also can use
onb

 

[HeeroYuy84]

idd1976 cant do it? hmmm

 

[halogenz]

Here is a whitebox package I make for ESXi 4 and 5.

CPU Intel i5-2500 3.4GHz/8MB/LGA1155
Board Asus P8P67 Pro-B3 U3/S6/GBL/Sound 482x1
Memory Kingston 4GB DDR3 10600/1333*CL9 (1pc) 55x4
HDD Western Digital 1TB 64MB Caviar Black SATA 3 118x1
Video Asus EN8400GS 512MB DDR2 Tv-Out/DVI 65x1
DVD Samsung SH-S243S 24x Internal DVD Writer 33x1
Chasis Coolermaster CM Elite 371 69x1
PSU CoolerMaster GX550W Single Rail (5Yrs) 105x1
FAN CMaster BladeMaster 120mm R4-BMBS-20PK Fan 16x1
Flash Drive SanDisk Cruzer Edge CZ51 9x1


Total cost: 1317 with 16GB since 8GB ram is not out yet. This MB support 8GB ram

Curious. Why didn't u get the 2500k instead for a few dollars more?

 

[hg_wng]

Curious. Why didn't u get the 2500k instead for a few dollars more?

or just save money and get 2400...

 

[seowbin]

Curious. Why didn't u get the 2500k instead for a few dollars more?

2500k is short of x64 or something, short of 1 instruction for virtualisation

u can't run x64 inside esxi ...

 

[HeeroYuy84]

2500k is short of x64 or something, short of 1 instruction for virtualisation

u can't run x64 inside esxi ...

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