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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Asus P5M2/SAS - ESX 3.5 posted: Aug 31, 2008 2:02 AM

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Gabrie
902 posts since
Jun 6, 2005

Hi

This is my home server that runs great on ESX 3.5, ESX 3.5u1 and ESX 3.5u2


Cpu: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40 GHz, 1066 MHz, 8 MB , Boxed
Mainboard: Asus P5M2/SAS (Demomodel)
Memory: Mushkin DDR2 EM2-4200 Dual Channel 4096 MB, PC4200, 533 MHz, 4, Kit Of 2
HDD: 2x Samsung SpinPoint T133 400 GB, 7200 Rpm, 16 MB, S-ATA II/300

Floppy: NEC 3,5 Inch Diskette Station
Casing: Sharkoon Revenge Value Edition
Power: Antec Earthwatts 430 Watt , 20+24 Pins, 80 Plus Rating
DVD: LG DVD Rom GDR-H30N 16 X, 52 X, IDE, OEM

Extra info: The internal raid controller on the mainboard is invissible to ESX. So you can't create Raid configurations.

Extra info: I was told that a SATA dvd wouldnt work during install, so I chose IDE. Not sure if this is still valid after ESX3.5u2


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Re: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Asus P5M2/SAS - ESX 3.5

1. Sep 10, 2008 12:17 PM in response to: Gabrie
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jasonms
30 posts since
May 1, 2007

Why would a SATA DVD drive not work? If the ICH controller is in ATA mode, which it has to be to install ESX anyway, it should be seen as a simple ATA device by the BIOS.

Correct me if I'm wrong...

Re: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Asus P5M2/SAS - ESX 3.5

2. Sep 10, 2008 12:43 PM in response to: jasonms
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Gabrie
902 posts since
Jun 6, 2005
Well on a forum in the Netherlands, some had trouble with ESXi 3 (not
yet 3.5 at that time) and a SATA DVD. So I decided to go for sure and
use IDE DVD.

Re: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Asus P5M2/SAS - ESX 3.5

3. Sep 21, 2008 6:07 AM in response to: Gabrie
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Knowledge Eng…
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Sep 21, 2008

Gabrie,

Are there ANY 775 motherboards that support MB RAID? I'm going down your path here and would sure like to keep my MB RAID that I was using on my non-VM machine.

Thanks

Re: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - Asus P5M2/SAS - ESX 3.5

4. Sep 21, 2008 12:49 PM in response to: Knowledge Eng…
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Dave.Mishchen…
9,151 posts since
Nov 15, 2005
The driver with ESX / ESXi does not support RAID on the Intel ICH family of controllers. You would need to get something with an LSI controller that supports RAID.

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