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NYEKI
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Error: Coredump to disk - ESXi 4.1

I have a HP Proliant Dl180. I installed VM ESXi 4.1 and got purple Coredump to disk. Slot 1 of 1. 9876543210 Disk Dump: Succeful Error. (See attached)

Any idea what the problem might be?

Server Specs:

2 x Intel(R) Xeon (R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz

16 GB Memory

6 Hard drives (3 - 250Gb and 3 - 500Gb)

Tried with a Raid 1 (2 - 250Gb) and Raid 5 (3 - 500Gb) - Got the dump error

Tried with a Raid 50 (All 6 HD's) - Still got the same error

HELP.

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a_p_
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Welcome to the Community,

in most casese PSOD's are hardware related. I'd recommend you use the SmartStart CD/DVD and run a system test including the memory.

André

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NYEKI
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I ran a diag test on the two Processors, the six HDD's, 3 Memory chips and they all passed. Reinstalled ESXi4.1 and still keep getting the same error.

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a_p_
Leadership
Leadership

To rule out an installation media issue, please verify the checksum of the downloaded ESXi ISO image and/or burn another CD unless you have already done this.

André

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AndreTheGiant
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Have you check the HCL and if the BIOS are up-to-date?

Andrew | http://about.me/amauro | http://vinfrastructure.it/ | @Andrea_Mauro
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