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Feb 4, 2008 5:40 PM

ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

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?

 

 

 

 

 

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1. Feb 5, 2008 12:10 AM in response to: DI Admin
Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

 

Looks good ...

 

 

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

 

 

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2. Feb 5, 2008 9:12 AM in response to: cheeko
Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

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.

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3. Feb 5, 2008 9:23 AM in response to: DI Admin
Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

Thats right, i was looking in the 3.5 row (cause i personally do not care that much about 3i) ...

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4. Jul 31, 2008 11:12 AM in response to: cheeko
Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

So is it possible or maybe not. I amthinking of buying a 2650 for this but dont want to if ESXi wont install.

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5. Jul 31, 2008 11:18 AM in response to: Formatter
Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

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.

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6. Jul 31, 2008 11:19 AM in response to: DI Admin
Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

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7. Aug 1, 2008 1:43 PM in response to: DI Admin
Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

I am able to run ESX3i with Dell 2650s.




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8. Aug 9, 2008 2:42 AM in response to: pingwu
Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

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.

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9. Aug 9, 2008 5:49 AM in response to: Formatter
Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

I can't start up VM, if I fast forward the system 60+ day later even I apply the ESXi license.

 

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10. Aug 9, 2008 7:53 AM in response to: pingwu
Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

Can you send the output of the licensing screen?

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11. Aug 9, 2008 12:12 PM in response to: nick.couchman
Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

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12. Aug 9, 2008 1:04 PM in response to: pingwu
Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

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.

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13. Sep 16, 2008 2:17 PM in response to: nick.couchman
Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

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.

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14. Sep 17, 2008 12:52 AM in response to: jburleigh
Re: ESX 3i (installable) on a Dell Poweredge 2650?

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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