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Please help - vSphere with Dell 1850/2850 with a Nocona or Irwindale CPU posted: Sep 23, 2009 11:20 AM

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I would like to setup a lab system with vSphere (I am new to ESX and wanna learn). I am having problems finding an affordable system to play with. Per the VMWare compatibilty matrix, Dell 2850/1850's both work, as long as you have a Prestonia or Gallatin CPU. I can't find any of those out there on the used market, but have found plenty with Nocona or Irwindale CPU's, both which are newer then the prestonia or gallatin. Will these work with vSphere? If not, any suggestions on an affordable system to buy?

Thanks!!

Re: Please help - vSphere with Dell 1850/2850 with a Nocona or Irwindale CPU

1. Nov 2, 2009 10:37 AM in response to: asneiman
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donikatz
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Apr 10, 2006
Hopefully you've sorted out your needs already, but we have ESX 4.0 running on Irwindale PE 2850s without a problem. Yes, it's not on the HCL so I wouldn't use it in production, but it'll run in your lab. Technically the Irwindale is x86_64, but an early implementation and no VT (so you won't be able to run x64 guests on it).

Re: Please help - vSphere with Dell 1850/2850 with a Nocona or Irwindale CPU

2. Nov 11, 2009 10:34 PM in response to: donikatz
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RDellimmagine
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Jul 19, 2004
Hi Donikatz,

If you have an Irwindale PE 2850 running vSphere in your lab, please report it on the new Community Hardware Software listing at http://communities.vmware.com/cshwsw.jspa VMware is actively looking to build out this list to help people who are running hardware that isn't on the official HCL. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

I'm going to move this thread to the vSphere community.

Regards, Robert

Robert Dell'Immagine, Director of VMware Communities

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