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gabyn
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ESX 3i could be installed onto Intel S5000PSLSATA?

:smileymischief: Hi there

I want to built a server with the following specs

Motherboard Intel S5000PSLSATA (I/O controller ESB2-E)

Lan Controller 82563EB

2 (two) QuadCore Intel 5420 2.5GHz

16 Gb RAM Kingston

4 (Four) SATA HD 500Gb each (I will not use RAID, just JBOD)

I've tried to find info about this specific board and I found that S5000SPL is supported but nothing about this specific model

Aand the info i founded talk about just only SAS or SATA in RAID

Please let me know if the configuration is possible under ESX 3.5 or ESX3i I´m working in a unified messaging project and need this server as a proof of concept

Thanks in advance;)

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NikeOne
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We have build a server with the Intel S5000PSLSATA:

2 processors about 3 GHZ

8 GB RAM

6 SATAs a' 500GB without RAID

During install I had to remove all but one SATA connected to SATA0 on the board. After installation i was able to add all the SATAs as the storage.

This configuration runs for 3 days, so i can not say if it is stable enough for you.

The drives have been added lately. Before that, ESXi run on that board quite stable with small SCSI disks.

We have tried the hardware RAID 5 key ( AXXRAKSW5 ), but without any success. That is, the raid is build succesfully, but we were not able to install the ESXi on that.

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gabyn
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Thanks

Nike one, let me know how it works i just building the server. In 10 days I`ll have all the parts in my country

All information you have will ve very useful!

Thanks again

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gabyn
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Nike One

What about the NICs ESX3i found the onboard??

Tahanks again

Gabito

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smcclos
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I have been using a intel S5000PSLSATA for over 5 months heavily and it works great.

Here is my config

  • 4 x 1GB FB-dimms at 667 mhz

  • LSI-320 scsi card

  • 2 400gb sata drives (non-raid)

  • 1 73GB scsi 15K drive

  • Using built in video

  • Using built in netowork

I have configured the system to work either with or without the SCSI drive and there have been no problems.

Currently I use the 73 GB for Boot and ISO storage, and the VM images on the 2 sata drives.

The only thing that you will not get is RAID to work. I can not get SATA raid to work with XenSever either.

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