Objective 1.1.2 Download, prepare and validate installation media IDE drives are supported for ESX installation and VMFS creation. When installing ESX on SATA drives, consider the following: ■Įnsure that your SATA drives are connected through supported SAS controllers or supported onboard SATA controllers.ĭo not use SATA disks to create VMFS datastores shared across multiple ESX hosts.ĪTA and IDE disk drives – ESX supports installing and booting on either an ATA drive or ATA RAID, but ensure that your specific drive controller is included in the supported hardware. Supported on-board SATA controllers include: SATA disk drives connected behind supported SAS controllers or supported on-board SATA controllers.
ESX EMULATOR 1.1.7 SERIAL
Software iSCSI is not supported for booting or installing ESX.įor Serial ATA (SATA), a disk connected through supported SAS controllers or supported on-board SATA controllers. In a minimum configuration, this disk or RAID is shared between the service console and the virtual machines.įor hardware iSCSI, a disk attached to an iSCSI controller, such as the QLogic qla405x. SCSI disk, Fibre Channel LUN, or RAID LUN with unpartitioned space. RAID adapters supported are HP Smart Array, Dell PERC (Adaptec RAID and LSI MegaRAID), and IBM (Adaptec) ServeRAID controllers. One or more of the following controllers (any combination can be used): ■īasic SCSI controllers are Adaptec Ultra-160 and Ultra-320, LSI Logic Fusion-MPT, and most NCR/Symbios SCSI controllers.įibre Channel, see the Hardware Compatibility Guide at.
SCSI Adapter, Fibre Channel Adapter, or Internal RAID Controller Supported network adapters include: ■īroadcom NetXtreme 570x gigabit controllers
ESX EMULATOR 1.1.7 INSTALL
VMware ESX 4.1 will install and run only on servers with 64-bit x86 CPUs.įor upgrades, 3GB RAM is required if the ESX host is managed by vCenter Server. Using ESX requires specific hardware and system resources. Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) disk drives – Supported for installing ESXi 4.1 and for storing virtual machines on VMFS partitions. Note: Sharing VMFS datastores on SATA disks across multiple ESXi 4.1 hosts is not supported. SATA disk drives – SATA disk drives connected behind supported SAS controllers or supported on-board SATA controllers. To use the SATA CD-ROM device, you must use IDE emulation mode.ĮSXi 4.1 Installable supports installing on and booting from the following storage systems: ■ Note: You cannot connect a SATA CD-ROM device to a virtual machine on an ESXi 4.1 host. SCSI disk or a local (non-network) RAID LUN with unpartitioned space for the virtual machines.įor Serial ATA (SATA), a disk connected through supported SAS controllers or supported on-board SATA controllers. RAID controllers – Dell PERC (Adaptec RAID or LSI MegaRAID), HP Smart Array RAID, or IBM (Adaptec) ServeRAID controllers. One or more of the following controllers (any combination can be used):īasic SCSI controllers – Adaptec Ultra-160 or Ultra-320, LSI Logic Fusion-MPT, or most NCR/Symbios SCSI. For a list of supported network adapter models, see the Hardware Compatibility Guide at. One or more Gigabit or 10Gb Ethernet controllers. For upgrades, 3GB RAM is required if the ESXi host is managed by vCenter Server. Supported server platform (for a list of supported platforms, see the Systems Compatibility Guide) You need the following hardware and system resources to install and use ESXi 4.1: ■ Make sure the host meets the minimum hardware configurations supported by ESXi 4.1. Objective 1.1 - Install VMware ESX/ESXi on local storageġ.1.1 Identify minimum hardware requirements