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35 Replies Last post: Jun 16, 2009 8:43 AM by DSTAVERT
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ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

Feb 4, 2008 5:40 PM

Click to view DI Admin's profile Lurker DI Admin 2 posts since
Jan 29, 2008
I would like to know if ESX 3i installable should run on a dual Xeon Dell Poweredge 2650 with a Perc3/di RAID controller. Does anyone know?

Thanks!

Tags: esx, 3i, dell, poweredge, perc3
Reply Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650? Feb 5, 2008 12:10 AM
Click to view cheeko's profile Master cheeko 628 posts since
Nov 30, 2005

Looks good ...

Check the HCL here: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi35_systems_guide.pdf

Reply Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650? Feb 5, 2008 9:12 AM
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Click to view DI Admin's profile Lurker DI Admin 2 posts since
Jan 29, 2008
Actually that doc shows that the 2650 is not compatible with 3i. Howerver; after reading how people here have gotten 3i to run on all sorts of hardware including laptops, I have a hard time believing that. I have no clue as to what specifically makes a server "compatible" or not. My best guess as of now is that it should work, but I'm not sure. Maybe someone who has run 3i on a 2650 can comment on functionality and stability.
Reply Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650? Feb 5, 2008 9:23 AM
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Click to view cheeko's profile Master cheeko 628 posts since
Nov 30, 2005
Thats right, i was looking in the 3.5 row (cause i personally do not care that much about 3i) ...
Reply Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650? Jul 31, 2008 11:12 AM
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Click to view Formatter's profile Hot Shot Formatter 189 posts since
Jul 27, 2008
So is it possible or maybe not. I amthinking of buying a 2650 for this but dont want to if ESXi wont install.
Reply Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650? Jul 31, 2008 11:18 AM
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Click to view Dave.Mishchenko's profile Guru Dave.Mishchenko 8,436 posts since
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If you're buying new, I would go with a 2900 III or 2950 III. It's best to stick with supported just in case you have to call support. Will a 2650 with Perc 3/Di work - I'm 99% sure you'd be Ok. A 2500 with Perc 3/Di was recently tested and works OK - http://www.vm-help.com/Whitebox_HCL.php.
Reply Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650? Jul 31, 2008 11:19 AM
Click to view Dave.Mishchenko's profile Guru Dave.Mishchenko 8,436 posts since
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Reply Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650? Aug 1, 2008 1:43 PM
Click to view pingwu's profile Novice pingwu 30 posts since
Jan 18, 2005
I am able to run ESX3i with Dell 2650s.



Ping Wu
Reply Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650? Aug 9, 2008 2:42 AM
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Jul 27, 2008
Pinwu
I would say as long ass they have the perc/3 you should be ok from what I am reading. That is Perc 3 or better.
Reply Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650? Aug 9, 2008 5:49 AM
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Click to view pingwu's profile Novice pingwu 30 posts since
Jan 18, 2005
I can't start up VM, if I fast forward the system 60+ day later even I apply the ESXi license.

Ping Wu
Reply Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650? Aug 9, 2008 7:53 AM
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Click to view nick.couchman's profile Champion nick.couchman 4,969 posts since
Jan 13, 2006
Can you send the output of the licensing screen?
Reply Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650? Aug 9, 2008 12:12 PM
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Click to view pingwu's profile Novice pingwu 30 posts since
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Reply Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650? Aug 9, 2008 1:04 PM
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Click to view nick.couchman's profile Champion nick.couchman 4,969 posts since
Jan 13, 2006
It's quite possible that fast-forwarding the date is causing some other issue than a licensing problem. Your licensing is installed correctly, and if this were a licensing problem you'd get a message specifically about your eval license having expired or VMware would say something along the lines of 'can't power on this VM b/c there's no license for it.' The issue you're experiencing doesn't seem to be license-related.
Reply Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650? Sep 16, 2008 2:17 PM
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Click to view jburleigh's profile Novice jburleigh 10 posts since
Jan 31, 2006
I just purchase a Dell Poweredge 2650 off of Ebay for $200.00 plus 24.95 for shipping. I pretty good deal if you ask, Dual 2.4 Ghz Xeons, 4 GB of RAM, and two 36GB hard drives. I picked up 3 more drives from www.computergiants.com for the data set. It was just delivered today, and I can't wait to get it tested. I will update after some testing.
Reply Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650? Sep 17, 2008 12:52 AM
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Click to view kpc's profile Enthusiast kpc 92 posts since
Jul 12, 2006
yeah not bad for $200, we are using brand new 2900's here for ESXi and some ESX, you can get 10 disks in those servers. We started off using 2650's but you do start to notice the CPU struggling when you have a few machines on it, depends what you're running of course.
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