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jeroen92
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Compatibility question

Hi,

I'm planning to build a new server for ESXi, for hobby purposes. But i'm not sure if my configuration is going to work with ESXi.

Intel Server Board S3420GPLX

Intel Xeon X3440

Kingston ValueRAM KVR1333D3N9K2/8G

Western Digital RE4 WD2503ABYX, 250GB           in RAID0 with onboard controller

The Intel website (link) says the following about the ethernet controllers:

Embedded Intel® Dual Gigabit Controller 82574L and 82578DM

The 82574L is compatible with ESXi i found on the compatibility list, but the 82578DM not. Does anyone know if when if buy this board i can only use 1 port or no one at all?

And is the rest of the configuration OK?

Greetings,

Jeroen

Holland

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AndreTheGiant
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Welcome to the community.

Have a look on whitebox working configuration:

http://www.vm-help.com
http://ultimatewhitebox.com

Andrew | http://about.me/amauro | http://vinfrastructure.it/ | @Andrea_Mauro
jeroen92
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Okay thanks for your answer. It seems i can only use one of the ethernet ports.

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