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WWX0423
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Shutting down firmware services.

When installing Esxi (I tried both 6.7 and 7.0), the screen keeps showing "Shutting down firmware services." There is no other information.
I tried to switch UEFI to legacy in BIOS, but the problem still exists.

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scott28tt
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VMTN has an ESXI area, I've reported your thread asking moderators to move it there.

 


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a_p_
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Are you trying to install ESXi on supported, or unsupported hardware?
The message is likely be related to the host's hardware (often the CPU model), or firmware/BIOS.

André

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Mage103
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Contributor

Hey all,

i have the same Problem. My hardware is an HP Z8 G5 Workstation. 

I boot from the ISO (via USB) but i only show the same Message "Shutting down firmware services..." for a long long time!

What can i do??

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Mage103
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Contributor

I see only "Shutting down firmware services...."

without the line

Using 'simple offset' UEFI RTS mapping policy

and i try to install version 8.0 U2

 

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Mage103
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Contributor

Maybe the Intel Processor "Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y Prozessor" will be not supported?

 

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ATS_ES
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Contributor

Same issue. 

V6.7 U2 seems to work.  Not sure why V7 and V8 have this issue. 

 

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Daniel-gamari
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Contributor

Has anyone found a solution to this issue? My team is running into the same issue.

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Mage103
Contributor
Contributor

Yes, i'm using Proxmox now!

 

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