HP DL360 G5 Bios Configuration for VMWare ESXi 3.5

[Juan Ciordia]

Hi,

I'm installing ESXi in my new server, it has 1 Quad 2.5 and 4GB RAM.

Can anyone give me tips about the best Bios Configuration to optimize the performance.

Thanks.

[KarloChacon]

hi

why do you think an special configuration in BIOS would help server performance ????


I think the tip would check that you have latest HP agents and ESXi properly configured

bye

[redfacebob]

Perhaps enabling VT will help?

[Jay Hoyer]

I believe enabling VT will only allow you to use 64-bit guests. If this is the case you may also wish to change your power management to static high performance, as there was an obscure article a colleague of mine found referencing issues with HPET and 64-bit OS's.

[Juan Ciordia]

Hi,

I enabled VT, it's the only way to virtualize 64 OSs.

But I don´t know if there are any other thing that could make the server works better.

Thanks

[Morten Hay Andersen]

Hi,

You should disable serial and usb ports if possible. This will free IRQ`s and make your system faster.

Morten

[JKytsi]

Disable ASR. Always.