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ESXi Hardware Requirements

Make sure the host meets the minimum hardware configurations supported by ESXi 4.0.
You need the following hardware and system resources to install and use ESXi 4.0:
Supported server platform (for a list of supported platforms, see the Systems Compatibility Guide)
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VMware ESXi 4.0 will only install and run on servers with 64-bit x86 CPUs.
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Known 64-bit processors:
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All AMD Opterons support 64 bit.
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All Intel Xeon 3000/3200, 3100/3300, 5100/5300, 5200/5400, 7100/7300, and 7200/7400 support 64 bit.
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All Intel Nehalem (no Xeon brand number assigned yet) support 64 bit.
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2GB RAM minimum
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One or more Gigabit or 10Gb Ethernet controllers. For a list of supported network adapter models, see the
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Hardware Compatibility Guide at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility.
One or more of the following controllers (any combination can be used):
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Basic SCSI controllers – Adaptec Ultra-160 or Ultra-320, LSI Logic Fusion-MPT, or most NCR/Symbios
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SCSI.
RAID controllers – Dell PERC (Adaptec RAID or LSI MegaRAID), HP Smart Array RAID, or IBM
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(Adaptec) ServeRAID controllers.
SCSI disk or a local (non-network) RAID LUN with unpartitioned space for the virtual machines.
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For Serial ATA (SATA), a disk connected through supported SAS controllers or supported on-board SATA
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controllers.
N You cannot connect a SATA CD-ROM device to a virtual machine on an ESXi 4.0 host. To use the
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SATA CD-ROM device, you must use IDE emulation mode.
ESXi 4.0 Installable supports installing on and booting from the following storage systems:
SATA disk drives – SATA disk drives connected behind supported SAS controllers or supported on-board
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SATA controllers.
Supported SAS controllers include:
LSI1068E (LSISAS3442E)
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LSI1068 (SAS 5)
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IBM ServeRAID 8K SAS controller
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Smart Array P400/256 controller
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Dell PERC 5.0.1 controller
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