Reply1.Re: ESXi on Poweredge 860? Aug 6, 2008 9:37 AM
Hello Ebbe, welcome to the VMware Community forums. The PE 830 and 840 have been tested - http://www.vm-help.com/Whitebox_HCL.php - you should be OK with the 860. What model of perc controller does it have?
Just as an FYI: i have NOT been able to get ESX3i to install on a PowerEdge 860 without a raid card (meaning using onboad SATA drives). My machine has 2x160GB SATA drives hooked up directly to the onboard ports. ESX 3i v3.5.0 U3, will not install on this device, it says:
Unable to find a supported device to write the VMware ESX 3i 3.5.0 image to.
Good Luck.
Reply7.Re: ESXi on Poweredge 860? Dec 2, 2008 4:46 PM
in response to: __Tango
You wont have any issue installing on the PE860. I have one running with no problems, but I am using the SAS on board raid controller. Not sure if you can even use those Sata ports that are on board, I never tried them. (and I have a lot of 860's!).
Reply8.Re: ESXi on Poweredge 860? Dec 2, 2008 5:47 PM
in response to: s1xth
That was my point. Installs using the PERC or SAS card seem to work. Without a PERC or SAS card (using onboard sata) doesn't work. The onboard SATA works fine in other OSes, just not in ESXi.
