ESXi 4.0 and HP SIM on a dl585 g1

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i have fans running at full speed all the time.
i cannot find a way to slow them down.

i've installed esxi 4.0 from HP, which is supposed to include monitoring and control modules - but there is nothing there.

HP. please give us a walkthough installation, before i chuck the dl585 and go with a different manufacturer that supports what will be a very common OS - ESX.

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in HP SIM.
configure or repair agents
Installing Linux PSP or ESX Agents...

first hurdle was failing to get in via ssh.


solved that by going to dl585 console, and pressing "alt-f1" then typing "unsupported" then logining in. edit /etc/inetd.conf to remove hashes before ssh entries. find and HUP the inetd process.

next hurdle is:

"Could not locate Linux agent package for Operating System unknown."

this is the HP version of esxi 4. nice work, HP.

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SIM stdout:

Re-identifying system to get update information ...
Re-Identification of system (DONE).............................. [SUCCESS].

Subscribing to WBEM / WMI indications ...
Subscribe to WBEM / WMI Indications (DONE).......................... [FAILED]
Check whether target system met the requirements and all of the software require
d to support indications is installed.

Send test WBEM/ WMI indication from the system (DONE)............... [FAILED]
CMS has to be subscribed for WBEM / WMI indications before it can receive a test
indication.

Configuring SSH authentication (START)...
Configure SSH for host based authentication (DONE).................. [FAILED]
Configuration failed to complete due to the following exception:
Ssh Operati
on failed for node:192.168.1.5. SSH_CHANNEL_FAILUREcom.maverick.ssh.SshException

LINUX configuration command (START)...
Running the Linux based repair tool (DONE)............................ [ERROR]
Additional details above.

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HP ESX agents not supported on ESXi 4.0 and cannot be installed from HP SIM configure or repair agents.

From VMware hardware support, the DL585 G1 is not in the supported list for ESXi 4.

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=server&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=1000000&key=&release[]=30&release[]=29&datePosted=-1&partnerId[]=41&formFactorId[]=-1&cpuSeriesId[]=-1&filterByEVC=0&filterByFT=0&min_sockets=&min_cores=&min_memory=&rorre=0