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Re: Esx 3.5 on a Dell PowerEdge SC440, will this work ?

30. Nov 18, 2008 10:34 PM in response to: dr00l
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dr00l
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Quick status update. ESXi 3.5 U3 still recognizes the SATA controllers and allows you to run VMFS on them. Oddly enough, ESXi 3.5 U3's simple.map has the 27c0 entry for the ICH7, but strait ESX 3.5 U3 doesn't.

Re: Esx 3.5 on a Dell PowerEdge SC440, will this work ?

31. Nov 28, 2008 2:18 PM in response to: dr00l
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Sep 11, 2008

I am trying to install ESXi 3.5 U3 on my SC440 but it errors out telling me:

Unable to find supported device to write the image to

The server has E2180 processor with 2gigs of ram and bios 1.5 ...

It has two sata drives in it but no hardware raid card.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Esx 3.5 on a Dell PowerEdge SC440, will this work ?

32. Nov 29, 2008 12:51 AM in response to: augustynr
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My apologies. I run ESXi off of PXE, so i didn't realize there were installation issues (VMFS volumes are recognized fine). I believe the following post will help you get ESXi 3.5 U3 installed on the SC440.

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1108108#1108108


Re: Esx 3.5 on a Dell PowerEdge SC440, will this work ?

33. Nov 29, 2008 8:07 AM in response to: dr00l
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Hi,

Why are you booting it of PXE and I have no problem booting it of the CD but problem recognizing the Sata controler.

Thank you

Re: Esx 3.5 on a Dell PowerEdge SC440, will this work ?

34. Nov 30, 2008 8:48 AM in response to: augustynr
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My apologies for the confusion. I don't PXE boot the ESXi on the SC440 to do the installation. I boot AND run the ESXi instance from PXE.

Re: Esx 3.5 on a Dell PowerEdge SC440, will this work ?

35. May 10, 2009 7:44 PM in response to: dr00l
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Hi, My name is Ron and I need some help to install ESX 3.5 Update 4 on a Dell SC440. Would it be possible for you to email me instructions on how you were able to create storage usung the onboard SATA Controller. My email is pokerty@earthlink.net.

/Thanks

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