AMD Ryzen 2700x | unable to make virtual Lab with ESXI 6.xx

[M0udaythapa]

CPU : AMD Ryzen 2700x

MotherBoard: AX370 Gaming K3  (f20 BIOS)

RAM : 16GB DDR4 Adata

Power supply : Corsair 650 Watt

Hard Drive : 240GB Sata & 1TB WD

Workstation : Window 10 OS.

• I have installed VMware workstation & Virtual Box for creating multiple VM's
• I have tested by creating Window2016 &  linux OS , its working fine.
• But whenever i have installing the VMware ESXI 6.0 & 6.5 its gives warning massage "CPU not list in HCL(vmware hardware compatibility list)"
• After installation boots normally ESXI VM's but problem is whenever i am trying to create the Virtual machine onto ESXI server(VM) , server gets hanged in Pink screen(PSOD).

[M0udaythapa]

Also I would like to inform ,ESXI 6.5 gets install with out warning but whenever creating VM from webconsole , ESXI gets reboot automatically with out error.

[daphnissov]

Ryzen CPUs aren't supported for ESXi as they are consumer CPUs. You will have to stick with desktop products.

[minivlab]

Unfortunately, ESXi just doesn't support AMD Ryzen CPUs.  Maybe in the future there will be added support, but as of right now you won't have much success.  I did find this ugly work around, but as mentioned in the article, I wouldn't recommend it. This will cause a major performance hit.  If this is just for a homelab, it might not be so bad...but just understand that if you proceed you may not get optimal/intended performance: https://www.servethehome.com/amd-ryzen-working-with-vmware-esxi-6-5/

AMD Ryzen "Working" with VMware ESXi 6.5 to an extent

[M0udaythapa]

Folks ---  Issue has been fixedand best configuration for IT Admin Home lab.

• Upgraded the BIOS of Motherboard (Flashed BIOS from F20 to F25 of mother board AX370 K3)
• Updated the Windows 10 physical workstation
• Uninstalled the VMware Workstation 12 pro and installed the latest VMware workstation 15 Pro and checked "I was able to created Nested Virtualization on HyperV 2016 and ESXI 6.0"

VMware-(VCP-DCV) and Windows-(MCSA) Server Home Lab with AMD CPU Ryzen 2700x

[gurugti]

Hi there,

Hows the performance of your system ??

I am planning to make something similar and going to use vRA , Horizon View and vSAN. This is going to be just for experimentation and learning. Let me know whats your plan ???

Regards,

Guru