ESXI 7 install on un-supported hardware

ESXI 7 install on un-supported hardware.

Let's see if we cant get ESXI 7 to run on our older IBM X3650 M3

Can it be done?

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[zach]

Thank you so much! I didn't realize I had to hit space and add the command after cdromboot. Thank you!

[iclick]

Your a boss! Thank you, such a easy fix in the end. I’ve been researching for like 6 hours now, straight to the point m, 10 mins of watching ur vid now my r610 is running VMware 7 thank you again!

[davidg]

Notification squad. I learned ESXI in college and slowly moved over to xen, proxmox, and other alternatives.

[SamiKhan-fdgn]

Thank you sir, this helped me install esxi 6.5 on a dell T710, it doesn’t however work with esxi 6.7.

Thanks for the help.

[mandeepmails]

for any recurring needs to fix the ISO to allow unsupported hardware in the boot.cfg file. located at 2 destinations /bootbank/boot.cfg and /altbootbank/boot.cfg.
With "kernelopt" you can append the same option. Nice video

[dnldnl]

Good job I’m rebuilding my home lab finally invested in some new gear and have old gear so good job

[davidsomething]

Hi Joe, Love the video. Did VMWare ever get back to you whether could still run 6.5/6.7 when renewing VMUG Advance membership? Just bought a Dell T620 for home lab and love it as it is so quite and seemingly efficient, is actually in my bedroom, lol.

[maryamfarnegin]

Awsome, thank you Joe, you just saved me from a masive headache 😎🙏, I installed ESXi7 on HP Z600 🎉

[m.saitbuyukkemerli]

Thank you very much, it is very important thing for old servers. I use this tip on my HP DL380 G7 2x5620 cpu server.

[brandontodd]

You saved me. New subscriber here now!!

[Consytec_Infraestructura_IT]

Hey Joe! Great video, thanks! I think I will try the same on my HP ProLiant DL160 G6 with x2 X5660 @ 2.80GHz and 48GB of RAM. And I'm IN for you channel too. Greetings from Rosario, Argentina.

[MyPlayHouse]

Ohh, , did I just get a bit of a spankiing, with my own belt :-) I like it.
Good solution, , I did also see that article being posted in my comments, , and was planning to try it out.

[ArtofServer]

I hit like on this as soon as you said you did the impossible.... And then you

[Phantasia.Official]

Thanks, I'm going to try this out on VMware ESXi 8.0.1 tomorrow, on older double Intel Xeon processors.

[outworkthework]

Good job getting it working. It is a shame when you have older equipment and it can't run anything current. VMware is pretty good at providing workarounds. Love the BSG references!

[RBrianEnglish]

Aloha UnkyJoe, I see you did this a few months ago. Have you seen any issues in the short time you've been running on this unsupported config?

[MasQueVencedorEnCristo]

I got it going too on an old PowerEdge it works pretty good just migrated my vms from esxi 6.0 to play around ... I’m still trying to get the boot to work automatically to esxi.. still watching

[EndraYPrasetyo]

Hi UnckyJoe,
I just installed esxi 7.0 u3 on my ibm x3550 m3 using your guide. The installation was successful, but when I went to the storage menu no disk was detected in the devices tab. while on the adapter menu there is a list of adapters, one of which is the ICH10 4 port SATA IDE Controller model. do you have any suggestions for this problem.?

[xuanli]

I got a problem, one pink error shows:no port for remote debugger. escape for local debugger....

[genildoluiz]

Hi Joe, I'm using ESXI to virtualize some machines inside the server and recently I'm having some problems with the Dell PERC H345 Front card, it's not starting when I turn on the server, I'm having to run it manually when I access ESXI, you know how do i solve this?