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ESX Server 3 Installation Guide

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 1GBRAMminimum.

 OneormoreEthernetcontrollers.Supportedcontrollersinclude:

 BroadcomNetXtreme570xgigabitcontrollers

 IntelPRO/100adapters

Forbestperformanceandsecurity,useseparateEthernetcontrollersfortheservice

consoleandthevirtualmachines.

 ASCSIadapter,FibreChanneladapter,orinternalRAIDcontroller:

 BasicSCSIcontrollersareAdaptecUltra‐160andUltra‐320,LSILogic

Fusion‐MPT,andmostNCR/SymbiosSCSIcontrollers.

 FibreChannel.SeetheStorage/SANCompatibilityGuide.

 RAIDadapterssupportedareHPSmartArray,DellPercRAID(Adaptec

RAIDandLSIMegaRAID),andIBM(Adaptec)ServeRAIDcontrollers.

 ASCSIdisk,FibreChannelLUN,orRAIDLUNwithunpartitionedspace.Ina

minimumconfiguration,thisdiskorRAIDissharedbetweentheserviceconsole

andthevirtualmachines.

 ForhardwareiSCSI,adiskattachedtoaniSCSIcontroller,suchastheQLogic

qla405x.

 ForSATA,adiskconnectedthroughsupporteddualSAS‐SATAcontrollersthatare

usingSASdrivers.

ESX Server 3supportsinstallingandbootingfromthefollowingstoragesystems:

 ATAdiskdrives–InstallingESX Server 3onanATAdriveorATARAIDis

supported.However,ensurethatyourspecificdrivecontrollerisincludedinthe

supportedhardware.

StorageofvirtualmachinesiscurrentlynotsupportedonATAdrivesorRAIDs.

VirtualmachinesmustbestoredonVMFSvolumesconfiguredon

aSCSIorSATA

drive,aSCSIRAID,oraSAN.

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OTEThe3Com3c990driverdoesnotsupportallrevisionsofthe3c990.

For example,3CR990Bisincompatible.