Adaptec 1130U2 - Storage Controller RAID)- U2W SCSI 80 MBps Specifications download pdf (Page 14)

ESXi supports a broad range of x64 multicore processors. For a complete list of supported processors,

see the VMware compatibility guide at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility.

ESXi requires a minimum of 4GB of physical RAM. Provide at least 8GB of RAM to take full advantage

of ESXi features and run virtual machines in typical production environments.

To support 64-bit virtual machines, support for hardware virtualization (Intel VT-x or AMD RVI) must

be enabled on x64 CPUs.

One or more Gigabit or 10Gb Ethernet controllers. For a list of supported network adapter models, see

the VMware Compatibility Guide at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility.

Any combination of one or more of the following controllers:

Basic SCSI controllers. Adaptec Ultra-160 or Ultra-320, LSI Logic Fusion-MPT, or most

NCR/Symbios SCSI.

RAID controllers. Dell PERC (Adaptec RAID or LSI MegaRAID), HP Smart Array RAID, or IBM

(Adaptec) ServeRAID controllers.

SCSI disk or a local, non-network, RAID LUN with unpartitioned space for the virtual machines.

For Serial ATA (SATA), a disk connected through supported SAS controllers or supported on-board

SATA controllers. SATA disks will be considered remote, not local. These disks will not be used as a

scratch partition by default because they are seen as remote.

NOTE You cannot connect a SATA CD-ROM device to a virtual machine on an ESXi 5.5 host. To use the

SATA CD-ROM device, you must use IDE emulation mode.

Storage Systems

For a list of supported storage systems, see the VMware Compatibility Guide at

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility. ESXi 5.5 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 SATA controllers.

Supported SAS controllers include:

LSI1068E (LSISAS3442E)

LSI1068 (SAS 5)

IBM ServeRAID 8K SAS controller

Smart Array P400/256 controller

Dell PERC 5.0.1 controller

Supported on-board SATA include:

Intel ICH9

NVIDIA MCP55

ServerWorks HT1000

NOTE ESXi does not support using local, internal SATA drives on the host server to create VMFS

datastores that are shared across multiple ESXi hosts.

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) disk drives. Supported for installing ESXi and for storing virtual machines

on VMFS partitions.

Dedicated SAN disk on Fibre Channel or iSCSI

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