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yeshal9000
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ESXi 5 install on an IBM Blade CTR hx5 using iSCSI to a V7000

The short side of this is its week 4 and I have read enough stuff to say I am now thoroughly confused.

I have a V7000 SAN with some empty luns on it and an HX5 IBM Blade Center with a BNT Ethernet Switch.

I want to boot using iSCSI as the connectivity point between the bld ctr and SAN

when i boot the blade server i see it connect to the V7000 over the iSCSI protocol however once the ESX installer gets to the point of seeing the storage, nothing is listed.

I have tried many solutions none have helped.

so lets start from scratch I am going to play dumb and say i know nothing.... how do I install ESXi 5 and get it to boot?

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yeshal9000
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hmmm i must have put up a hard question... 24 hours and not even a sniff at this post ... uh ohSmiley Sad

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up to 37 views hmmm still no bites.

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