ESXi 6.0.0 install Exception

[mreggio]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help. I'm attempting to install a fresh install of 6.0.0 on some new hardware and the install is causing a purple screen of death.

Core Hardware:

- Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC MB

- 16GB Ram

- MegaRAID SAS 9341-4i

I've tried various different drivers for the Megaraid and still have the same problem.  By the dump (attached) I am trying to determine the exact driver its failing at.  It doesn't look like the megaraid but I'm not exactly sure.  If the system crashes in this way is there a way to extract logs or get it to dump the logs onto USB somehow?

thanks,

Michael

[CoolRam]

Can you please check these hardware is supported or not.

[mreggio]

I know people have used the Raid Card with ESXi as there are plenty of forum posts and drivers on the VMWare site.  I know the motherboard has also been used but i'm not sure of the combination.  I'm just after a way of extracting the logs on a crashed install so I can see exactly what its crashing with and I can attempt to get the correct driver for my install.

I have determined that if I turn off the Boot BIOS for the MegaRaid the install does not crash but then I cannot boot of the disks.  If I re-enable the Boot BIOS afterwards the boot for 6.0.0 crashes.  I'm going to check to day for the logs on the installed version of 6.0.0 and see if I can get them out of there.

[C0mm4nd3r]

Hi Michael,

activate C6-States in BIOS and install ESXi again.

Regards,

Patrick

[cykVM]

Also check if you have the latest firmware installed on the controller. From VMWare's HCL it's at least compatible up to VMWare 6.0: VMware Compatibility Guide: I/O Device Search

But at least firmware version 4.280.01-4227 is needed/recommended - this was released in April 2015.

[campusagro]

Did you solve the problem?

I hame same ESXi 6.0 u1 not start with LSI (Avago) 9341-4i