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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

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