Installing ESXi on a Dell PowerEdge R820

[nsu_student]

Greetings,

I am trying to install ESXi onto a Dell PowerEdge R820 server.  I am having trouble with the installation reason being is because the NIC is not supported by the OS (ESXi 5.1).  I have been doing a little research and found out that their are custom versions of ESXi out there to install on vaious systems.  Would this be the problem?  If so, does anyone know a particluar site that I might be able to get the correct version of ESXi 5.1 for this dell PowerEdge R820 server.
Here are the specs: 
Dell PowerEdge R820 - RAID 5
Broadcom 1Gb NIC

Xeon Processors (w/ 8 core each)
512 GB RDIMM
3 X 146 GB SAS hot-plug hard disk

Any help would be great!  Thanks!!

Struggling Graduate Student

[vFantastic]

Dell has a custom ESXi image for the R820, use the Service tag number and download the manufacturers image.

-vFantastic

[zXi_Gamer · Accepted solution]

If so, does anyone know a particluar site that I might be able to get the correct version of ESXi 5.1 for this dell PowerEdge R820 server.

Try this site:

VMware Front Experience: ESXi-Customizer

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