ESXi on HP Proliant microserver Gen 8

[Enrico_emilio]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to install ESXi 6.0 via USB and I downloaded the following ISO image with evaluation license.

ESXi ISO image (Includes VMware Tools)

2015-10-06 | 6.0U1a | 352.20 MB | iso

The server is an HP Proliant microserver Gen 8 with Xeon microprocessor.

The installation wizard is able to see the ISO image but if I click on it nothing happens.

Is there some compatibility issue or am I wrong with the installation process?

Thanks in advance

Enrico

[Linjo]

How are you trying to install it? What installation wizard?

Sounds like you are clicking on the ISO from Windows somehow, that will not work...

// Linjo

[Enrico_emilio]

Hi Linjo I am following the first installation from the HP wizard. The server has no operating system at all and my idea is to use ESXi as hypervisor for different Virtual machines, then I have to install it first.

The HP wizard mention Wmware ESXi as compatible OS, then it asks what source is the file iso (CD, DVD, usb), my image is on a usb memory. I see the file iso but then I have no way to go further.

[DavoudTeimouri]

Did you copy on your USB drive directly?

Please follow this instruction and share the result: Create a Bootable ESXi Installer USB Flash Drive | Virten.net

[Paltelkalpesh]

Yes, Make Bootable  CD or DVD and boot server from CD/DVD writer.

[ArnisR]

1. You should use HP customized ESXi iso image
2. Mount ISO file in ILO as virtual drive (You can do it even from remote PC) and boot from them.

[Enrico_emilio]

At the end I burned the iso image on the usb key as bootable with Rufus program.

But there was no way to install it via the Intelligent provisioning of HP. Then I installed directly bootting from USB.

Thank for your support