Dell Poweredge 1800 2.8 GHz Xeon -- 64bit Guest OS Not Installing

[skotagiri]

I have a Dell Poweredge 1800 with 2 * 2.8 GHz Xeon processors. I was able to install 5 * 250 GB sata disks and got ESXi 4.0 installed without any issues (only had to set all disks a one single volume).

My QUESTION is : I am not able to install 64 Bit GUEST OS though I can create VM selecting 64 Bit OS Option.

What am I doing wrong?

How can this be achieved?

[danm66]

that system is not on the HCL. Does it have an option for VT (Virtualization Technology) in the bios?

[AndreTheGiant]

Dell BIOS by default has VT disable.

But your system is quite old, so first check on HCL:

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility

Andre

[skotagiri]

The HCL does show the server:

http://vm-help.com/esx40i/esx40_whitebox_HCL.php

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What it doe snot say is if VT is enabled or not and if 64 bit Guest is supported.

[IRIX201110141]

These old XEON dogs doesnt support Intel VT. Get a more recent hardware our just install a 32bit Guest OS.

Regards

Joerg

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[danm66]

FYI... official HCL is at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility .