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Hello,
Check this link for Intel VT supported motherboards:
Desktop Boards Compatibility with Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT)
For Supermicro SAS/SATA RAID controller AOC-USAS2LP-H8iR which is based on LSISAS 2108 controller ... beacuse some of the previous devices no are no longer supported ...
VMware KB: Devices deprecated and unsupported in ESXi 5.5
you will have to go through the steps below to get it working again:
TinkerTry IT @ home | How to make ESXi 5.0 recognize an LSI 9265-8i RAID controller
Download VMware ESXi 5.5 Driver for LSI MegaRAID SAS Adapters - See more at:
VMware vSphere 5: Private Cloud Computing, Server and Data Center Virtualization
If you want to know about other vendors supportability and have a list of all supported NICs have a look to this PDF:
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/pdf/vi_io_guide.pdf
For hardware compatibility difficulties in lab/home environment as workaround you can run ESXi as nested in VMware Workstation instead of deploying it directly to your laptop hardware, for more info see:
VMware KB: Support for running ESXi/ESX as a nested virtualization solution