4gb of physical ram only registers as 3.5gb

[mightyschwartz]

I've tried ESXi versions 3.5, 4.0 and 4.1

All three register my server's 4gb of ram as 3.5gb.

I am using a HP Proliant DL360 G4 Dual Xeon 3.4 GHz with 4GB of RAM. I have an 8GB kit on its way and I'm hoping to be able to harness that with ESXi.

It POSTs at 4GB on startup.

Any ideas?

[a_p_]

Welcome to the Community,

at which place do you see the 3.5 GB? Remember that ESXi itself also needs some RAM to operate, which is not available for virtual machines.

I have an 8GB kit on its way...

According to the HP quickspecs (http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12166_div/12166_div.html) a maximum of 6 x 2GB modules is possible, so hopefully the 8GB kit you ordered consists of 4x2GB modules!?

Btw. are you aware that the DL360/DL380 G4 generation does not support Intel-VT and therefore cannot run any 64 bit guests?

André

[mightyschwartz]

Andre,

I see the 3.5GB at the ESX window on the host itself.

I booted a live usb ubuntu distro and it showed 3.5 as well. I then watched the post carefully and it appears as though there may be an issue with one of the sticks of RAM.

The kit I ordered is a 4x2gb kit which should max it out as there are only 4 slots(there are a few versions of this server).

I was bummed out about the 64-bit deal, but I plan to use it for a local web dev box and an Untangle box so I think 32-bit will suffice.