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7 Replies Last post: Mar 10, 2009 12:35 AM by smallgreen
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Dell 1600sc PSOD

Feb 16, 2009 4:44 AM

Click to view smallgreen's profile Novice smallgreen 4 posts since
Feb 16, 2009

Hi Everyone,

I am new to ESXi server and am trying to get a test environment up and running. I have got a Dell PowerEdge 1600sc to use for this as I saw on this thread that it was working with ESXi http://communities.vmware.com/thread/2292

The server has 2 x Xeon processors, 768Mb (i will up this if I get it to boot ) memory, 2 x 36Gb SCSI (no raid) on the LSI controller. I have updated the BIOS to the latest version A12.

When I try to boot ESXi I get a PSOD with the error "Not_implemented /build/mts/release/bora-123629/bora/vmkernel/sched/sched.c:5057"

The only other posts I found with this overcame it with BIOS updates but this has not worked for me.

Any help will be appreciated.

Stuart


Reply Re: Dell 1600sc PSOD Feb 16, 2009 4:56 AM
Click to view suprauche's profile Enthusiast suprauche 17 posts since
Feb 9, 2009

Hello,

I think it is a hardware compatability problem. ESXi seems not to be supported on your platform. I attached the PowerEdge servers that can be working with ESXi.

Best Regards,

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Reply Re: Dell 1600sc PSOD Feb 16, 2009 5:28 AM
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Click to view smallgreen's profile Novice smallgreen 4 posts since
Feb 16, 2009

Hi Suprauche,

Thanks for answering.

I realise this is not on the HCL but as this is a test lab box for ESXi I am just loking for whitebox compatabillity and not production support. The previous poster aknosp had posted "You can run ESX Server on this box without an issue; however, it will not be supported by VMware."

This is all I am looking for and would be really grateful if someone could help me overcome this error.

Reply Re: Dell 1600sc PSOD Feb 16, 2009 8:15 AM
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Click to view Brumbd1's profile Novice Brumbd1 1 posts since
Feb 16, 2009
I have been using the 1600SC as a test platform without any problems (ESX3i) - You mentioned 768MB RAM, my test platform is using 4GB. Your PSOD may be a RAM issue, try swapping out your RAM and then install again.
Reply Re: Dell 1600sc PSOD Feb 16, 2009 9:45 AM
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Click to view Dave.Mishchenko's profile Guru Dave.Mishchenko 8,867 posts since
Nov 15, 2005 Moderator
You'll need at least 1 GB of memory. I had the same issue with ESXi in a VM that had 768 MB and it was fixed by increasing the memory to 1 GB.
Reply Re: Dell 1600sc PSOD Feb 17, 2009 5:54 AM
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Click to view smallgreen's profile Novice smallgreen 4 posts since
Feb 16, 2009

I've ordered in some more memory and will let you know how it goes when it arrives.

Thanks,

Stuart

Reply Re: Dell 1600sc PSOD Mar 9, 2009 6:21 AM
Click to view ashembers's profile Lurker ashembers 1 posts since
Mar 9, 2009

Hey Stuart,

Have you made any progress on this? I was considering buying a used 1600SC.

Thanks,
Dan

Reply Re: Dell 1600sc PSOD Mar 10, 2009 12:35 AM
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Click to view smallgreen's profile Novice smallgreen 4 posts since
Feb 16, 2009

I have increased the amount of physical memory in this host and ESX now boots without error. It did not need a reinstall and everything seems to be working perfectly.

Thanks everyone that helped with this.

Stuart

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