ESXI on DELL sc1420

[pgmanjunath]

Hi All,

I would like to use ESXi instead of VMWare Server.

Please help me to install ESXi 3.5 or 4.0 on Dell sc1420.

Machine specifications are as follows.

DELL SC1420

Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) SC1420 Server

PowerEdge(TM) SC1420 with Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor 3.0GHz/2M,EM64T,800MHz FSB

Embedded Intel(R) Gigabit Network Controller

Embedded Dual Channel SATA Controller

Single Processor Only

C19: SCSI configuration (non RAID) 1 to 3 HDD

Adaptec(R) SCSI Card 39320 - Dual Channel Ultra320 Controller

2GB(4X512Mb) DDR-2 400MHz ECC Memory

And i am planning to upgrade this machine to 8GB RAM. Please help me to install ESXi, Is it possible? what are the procedures

Thanks in advance. --Manju

[herowp]

pgmanjunath

Esxi 4.0 can install successful in my dell 1420. You can have a try.

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1011871

[pgmanjunath]

Herowp,

Thanks for the information. How many virtual machines can be run with 8Gb RAM. And can you tell me the installation procedure ?

Does it work witout "Dell Installtion DisK", (Installtion disk supports only for Microsoft Windows 2003 and Redhat enterprise Linux).

Thanks

[herowp]

You can check the link i added.

Usually i allocate 800 M for one 2003 machine.

It don't need that os, esxi will destory the whole disk file system.

[pgmanjunath]

Thanks for your replay..

[chimanbhai]

Hello Sir:

How did you managed to install the esxi 4.0 in Dell 1420 Sc ? I have been trying and if fails. I get a booting error? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I have also been on community and not been able to figure out. There is post that say that Dell 1420Sc may not be 64 bit cpu, but the Bios says it is.

Let me know. Thanks.