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lonelyzerg
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‎12-05-2022 03:29 PM

RK3588 Support

Hi all,

I just got a RK3588 SBC (Rock 5B) recently and I would like to try esxi on it. However, when I look through the supported harware list, I only found RK3566. I wonder if it is possible to install esxi on RK3588 or is there any plan to support the SoC?

Thanks!

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DavoudTeimouri
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‎12-27-2022 03:26 AM

Hi,

Hardware compatibility means that ESXi will be run without problem on hardware and there are shipped drivers for devices, but you can install it on not certified hardware too.

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jhalderwcc
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‎02-13-2023 05:25 PM

While this is true for x86, you need to take into account that most ARM devices do NOT have UEFI/SystemReady support, which will be required to boot ESXi-ARM. Even if the CPU is supported, the firmware needs to be able to boot via UEFI.

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RickGan
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‎02-13-2023 11:55 PM

The development of UEFI seems still processing. https://github.com/jaredmcneill/quartz64_uefi/issues/36 Even if we can bootstrap to ESXI, we also will encounter difficulty with NIC driver. It is a long way to go.
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