New to all this, need help in figuring out what to try, where to turn.

[sdad46]

I have a dl380 G3 and a Dell 2650 available. Hardware guide says that ESX3.5 U 5 is supported. I believe I read all that correctly. What I would like to have is a hypervisor I think, the os and virtual host combined as a single entity. Would like to install this from a cd. I was able to download ESXi 3.5 U5 (I have reg #). Is this the same as ESX3.5 U5? Not sure as to the differences. If not, how do I download ESX3.5?, as ESXi3.5 that I have stalls during installation on the DL380.

Maybe reasking in a different forum? Maybe getting some help with my existing ESXi install? Where do I go from here?

[idle-jam]

Both ESX and ESXi are the same if you were just want to run virtual machines on top of it. the installation steps however varies a bit. Future release will be ESXi only.

Step by step for ESXi installation: http://www.petri.co.il/installing-vmware-esxi4.htm

If you prefer video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX1O0Q5Z82I

Comparison between ESX and ESXi: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=101500...

iDLE-jAM | VCP 2, VCP 3 & VCP 4

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[sdad46]

Thank you. If I read the hardware compatability guide correctly, my only choice is ESX, not ESXi. So next question is how do I get ESX 3.5 U5? The page I found is for ESXi. Also, must be 3.5, not 4 as both of machines are 32 bit.

[AndreTheGiant · Accepted solution]

ESX is not for free.

To have the old 3.5 edition you have to buy the 4.x and then ask for downgrade the license.

Andre

[sdad46]

Not what I was hoping for, but it does answer my question