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paurosi
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Contributor

install esxi 5.5 on x240

I am trying to install esxi 5.5 on the lenovo x240 mt 9532 blade, i have disabled the PCI 64 bit resource allocator now ni can't see he local raid drive, if i enable it i get an erro and installation fails

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pterlisten
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Hi,

what release/ build of ESXi 5.5 do you use for the installation? Do you have enabled UEFI mode in the BIOS?

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rcporto
Leadership
Leadership

You're using the VMware or Lenovo/IBM customized image ? Have you applied this configuration ? VMware ESXi 5.x and ESXi 6.x with extended MMIO addressing - Lenovo x86 servers

Se this another thread: VMWare installation Flex X240 M5 Node

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JinuV
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Enthusiast

try to install with the vendor esxi custom image 

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