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martinwid
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‎08-13-2009 02:32 AM
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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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awliste
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‎08-13-2009 05:09 AM
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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.

- abe

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MHAV
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‎08-13-2009 02:37 AM
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See if you find the Hardware here VMware HCL or check the Community supported Hardware here

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AndreTheGiant
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‎08-13-2009 03:23 AM
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You can also check in this site:

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

Andre

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martinwid
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‎08-13-2009 04:42 AM
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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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AndreTheGiant
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‎08-13-2009 04:53 AM
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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.

Andre

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awliste
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‎08-13-2009 05:09 AM
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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.

- abe

Integritas! Abe Lister Just some guy that loves to virtualize ============================== Ain't gonna lie. I like points. If what I'm saying is something useful to you, consider sliding me some points for it!
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martinwid
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‎08-20-2009 03:44 AM
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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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AndreTheGiant
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‎08-20-2009 04:01 AM
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Check BIOS setting to see if VT is enabled.

And also check for BIOS upgrade.

Andre

Andrew | http://about.me/amauro | http://vinfrastructure.it/ | @Andrea_Mauro
Dave_Mishchenko
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‎08-20-2009 10:58 PM
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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.

Dave

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atbs
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‎08-27-2009 12:10 AM
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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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