topic Re: ESXi 6.0.0 install error on DL380 Gen9 in Operating System - VMware

ESXi 6.0.0 install error on DL380 Gen9

manishdevarkar — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 06:05:03 GMT

Hi -

I am trying to install ESXi 6.0.0 on HP DL380 Gen 9, but geting error.Tried for ESXi 5.5.0 U2 but no success.

Attached error log.

following is the server spec

DL380Gen9 with E5-2690v3 CPU (2.6GHz/12-core) / 128GB Memory

HDD - RAID1 1.8TB

Firware System ROM - P89 v1.40

SPS firmware 2.0.6.267.1

iLO firmware 2.20

Smart aray controller 2.52

Regards,

manish

Re: ESXi 6.0.0 install error on DL380 Gen9

Jan Soska — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:15:45 GMT

Hello, interesting issue...

try this:

- check if download was ok by check MD5 hash

- try to download and use HP customized vmware image from HP download site for your server:

http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?sp4ts.oid=7271242&swItemId=MTX_92905cf55d98410db79f25c2ac&swEnvOid=4183

Jan

Re: ESXi 6.0.0 install error on DL380 Gen9

ohlmy1 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:26:53 GMT

You need to use the HP customized image for ESXi 6. I'd suggest the newest build (6.0 U1) as the 6.0 build had issues with database corruption when using snapshots. The iscsi driver does not support the native raid controller in the standard ESXi 6 image.

Re: ESXi 6.0.0 install error on DL380 Gen9

Florian Schmutz — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 14:59:44 GMT

Please make shure you also using the inteligen Provisioning (F10) on Boot screen. And as recomendedet the ESXi HP Customized image:

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=OEM-ESXI60U1A-HP&productId=491

Make also shure you are using the Performance mode of your server (set in the Intelligent Prov).
Good luck

Florian