whitebox Gigabyte ga-x58a-ud3r, VMDirectPath

[studnia]

Anybody test this mobo: Gigabyte ga-x58a-ud3r with ESXi VMDirectPath or XEN VT-d Pass-Through? Could you tell me if i buy this motherboard with i7-920 i will be able to install ESXi 4.0 and use vt-d (VMDirectPath)? I know that x58 chipset supports vt-d but sometimes it doesn't work (source: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo)

Thank you for replies

Sorry for my bad English

[dsjbirch]

Just tried to install ESXi 4.0, didn't get very far, complaint was ~ "no compatible network hardware".

[DSTAVERT]

I don't expect that you will find any desktop products to support VMDirectPath. VT-d requires both CPU and BIOS support and supporting devices. As well this is a vSphere 4 feature.

You will need a supported NIC from the Hardware Compatibility List or you can visit http://vm-help.com and see if anyone has a workaround for the NIC. What are you wanting VMDirectPath to support?

[AllanA]

I've been using this machine with ESXi 4.1.0. I wound up getting a compatible NIC to get it to run.

It seemed fine at first, but I've been getting problems when copying large files, when they fail checksum. I wonder if there are bugs in the RAID support.

[DSTAVERT]

If this is a question I would start a fresh discussion thread and fully explain your problem with as much detail as you can.

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