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тАО10-12-2010 05:38 AM
тАО10-12-2010 05:38 AM
Installation of VMware ESXi 4.1 fails on bl460c G7
Following is the last line in the error message:
vmkctl.HostCtlException: Unable to load module /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/vmfs3: Failure
Any clue?
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тАО10-12-2010 06:55 AM
тАО10-12-2010 06:55 AM
Re: Installation of VMware ESXi 4.1 fails on bl460c G7
Looks like BL460c G7 is not certified yet on any VMWare :/ !
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/us/en/servers/4x-servers.html
Win2k8 R2 and RHEL5 is supported.
Would you be able to try ESXi 4.0 and see if that works?
Maybe there is driver issue or something like that? But both G6 and G7 have the P410i controller so that doesn't make sense..
Are you installing it on the local hard disks?
I don't know enough about VMWare, like what kind of drivers does it use? Would it be possible to use the RHEL drivers or something like that?
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тАО10-12-2010 07:05 AM
тАО10-12-2010 07:05 AM
Re: Installation of VMware ESXi 4.1 fails on bl460c G7
I have tried to install on servers with local disks and SD card. The same error is shown on both combinations.
ESXi doesn't give the same error, but complains about the unsupported NICs.
I have installed 4.1 earlier without any issues on G6 blades.
This is really strange.
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тАО10-12-2010 12:00 PM
тАО10-12-2010 12:00 PM
Re: Installation of VMware ESXi 4.1 fails on bl460c G7
Contacted HP about this?
Can you disable the NICs in BIOS?
Does that maybe make a difference?
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тАО10-18-2010 02:36 AM
тАО10-18-2010 02:36 AM
Re: Installation of VMware ESXi 4.1 fails on bl460c G7
You can try by supplying additional driver disk. The below link may be link to vmware site and try your luck.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=4194638&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=4194735&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=4091
Earlier we had a similar kind of issue with G6 server with ESX4.0 like unsupported network, the issue is with NIC firmware. Later we have downgraded the NIC firmware all went well.
Siva