EVC question

[aleman2]

Hello,

I'm hoping someone can double check this for me as if I've made a mistake its bad!

We currently have a Dell R630 ESXi server

CPU is Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v3 @ 2.40GHz (Haswel I believe)

We are looking to get a new server. I'm considering a Dell R640

CPU would be Intel Xeon Silver 4208 2.1G, 8C/16T, 9.6GT/s, 11M Cache, Turbo, HT (85W) DDR4-2400 (Cascade Lake)

I plan to setup both servers to run ESXi 6.7u3 and build a new 6.7u3 vcenter. I'll then create a cluster and enable EVC - Haswell mode.

Will both servers be able to join the cluster?

I've used the VMWare compatibiltity guide which suggest this is ok, but I find the tool a little confusing to be honest so I was hoping someone can confirm that its definately ok!

Cheers,

Al

[vXav · Accepted solution]

Yes you will be fine.

Set EVC to Haswell and don't power on VMs on the new ones before doing so.

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[aleman2]

Thank you