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Aug 13, 2009 2:32 AM

DELL OPTIPLEX 755 with CORE 2 DUO-3.00

 

Hello

 

 

I am trying to find out if ESXi 4 runs with full 64Bit support on this machine.

 

 

- Does anyone know?

 

 

- Can anyone tell me where I can find out?

 

 

Thanks, Mart

 

 

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1. Aug 13, 2009 2:37 AM in response to: martinwid
Re: DELL OPTIPLEX 755 with CORE 2 DUO-3.00

See if you find the Hardware here VMware HCL or check the Community supported Hardware here

 

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Michael Haverbeck

 

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2. Aug 13, 2009 3:23 AM in response to: MHAV
Re: DELL OPTIPLEX 755 with CORE 2 DUO-3.00

You can also check in this site:

http://www.vm-help.com/esx40i/Hardware_support.php

 

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3. Aug 13, 2009 4:42 AM in response to: MHAV
Re: DELL OPTIPLEX 755 with CORE 2 DUO-3.00

 

Thanks but I am done already with all the HCL, none of them gives clear information if 64BIT is supported or not.

 

 

Please answer to this post if you really know something. Thanks, Mart

 

 

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4. Aug 13, 2009 4:53 AM in response to: martinwid
Re: DELL OPTIPLEX 755 with CORE 2 DUO-3.00

A core duo CPU must support 64 bit mode.

See for example:

http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2009/06/virtual-lifestyle-running-on-esx-4/

 

But you have to check also storage and network compatibility.

 

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5. Aug 13, 2009 5:10 AM in response to: martinwid
Re: DELL OPTIPLEX 755 with CORE 2 DUO-3.00

Yes, you can.

 

I've done it proto-typing a build for a branch customer.

 

It ain't great in terms of performance, but it gets the job done for small scale stuff.

 

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6. Aug 20, 2009 3:44 AM in response to: awliste
Re: DELL OPTIPLEX 755 with CORE 2 DUO-3.00

 

I tried now with the ISO from VMWare 'VMware-CPU-Compatibility-e.x.p-160658' and that one always says NO... how did YOU get it to work?

 

 

Martin

 

 

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7. Aug 20, 2009 4:01 AM in response to: martinwid
Re: DELL OPTIPLEX 755 with CORE 2 DUO-3.00

Check BIOS setting to see if VT is enabled.

And also check for BIOS upgrade.

 

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8. Aug 20, 2009 10:58 PM in response to: martinwid
Re: DELL OPTIPLEX 755 with CORE 2 DUO-3.00

The CPU must support Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x).  You can check here to see if that is the case.  The BIOS for the server must also allow you to enable the setting.

 

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9. Aug 27, 2009 12:10 AM in response to: martinwid
Re: DELL OPTIPLEX 755 with CORE 2 DUO-3.00

I have a DELL Optiplex 755 with Core 2 Duo 3 GHz and 4 GB RAM and latest ESXi 4.0 works fine even with AHCI mode. The only problem is that ESXI does not detect the RAID arrays i create using Intel matrix raid storage manager (always shows all HDDs as single disks)

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