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Hi Keegan,

the system as a whole is for sure not supported by VMware, but nevertheless you can get ESXi installed and running on that box if the individual components are supported.

The disk controller and NIC are both crucial:

- The RAID controller should be supported with the megaraid_sas driver. HCL entry that applies: VMware Compatibility Guide: I/O Device Search

- But what NIC is on the motherboard?

If the onboard NIC is not officially supported then you may get it running with a community developed driver. Or you just add another NIC to the system that is on the HCL.

According to unsupported NICs you will find this blog post helpful: http://www.v-front.de/2014/12/how-to-make-your-unsupported-nic-work.html

Andreas

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