ESXi 4.1 take long time to boot up

[tdubb123]

why does it seems like ESXi 4.1 take so long to load especially loading the qlx.... drivers

[Ace007]

Hi tdubb123

what is your server hardware, can you please be specific about your configuration.

[tdubb123]

this is a dell r810, quad core xeon. lots of ram.

[Ace007]

Booting from where ???

[tdubb123]

local hard disk

[techsuresh]

did u check in BIOS that virtualization was enabled or not?

Suresh

[tdubb123]

yes enabled

[Dave_Mishchenko]

On the boot screen do you see that is actualy stuck at loading the Qlogic driver? Are you using those HBAs? You might want to check here for an update driver - http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_downloads/vmware_vsphere_4/4#drivers_tools. Also during the boot process, press ALT+F12 to get to the VMkernel log. It might reveal something about the boot process. You can get to the file post install at /var/log/message and see if any particular portion of the boot process is slow.




Dave

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[Phokay]

How long did it take to boot up the ESX server to the point where you can see the ESX screen showing you can connect to your IP address and also to the point where you can connect with your vSphere client?

[tdubb123]

from the screen loading qlaxxx drivers. it was stuck there for approx 2 mins before moving on

[Ace007]

I think u have to open a ticket with vmware technical support if you have support contract with them, to get a sure shot solution in less time.

[AGsAnt]

Did you ever get a resolution to your problem.  I ask because I am having the same issues with the Dell R810's that I have

[AGsAnt]

Not sure if you ever got a resolution for your problem, but I had the same issue with Dell R810 servers that I was working on at a client site,  After a bit of looking around, I found the following KB article:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=101610...

There's links to resolutions for ESX 4.1 at the bottom of the page.  But there was a catch to what I had to do to get the resolution in EXi 4.1 Update 1.  The KB article says that the patches that came out in July 2011 would fix the problem (of which I had already installed), but I had to perform the work around steps for ESX 4.0 as well.

If you haven't already sorted this out, I hop this helps.