To install VMware Esxi5.1.0 on a Dell R730 server with a USB flash drive.

Because of job requirements, the company bought a new Dell R730 server to install the ESXi system. The company also has other servers of the Dell Server ESXi system, usually also do some simple operation and maintenance work. The ESXi system was the first time on a newly purchased Dell server, and of course there were some problems during the installation process. Organize the following to give yourself the same small white novice to provide the next idea.

Before installing the system, the first is to burn the esxi5.1.0 system through the soft disk software tool to the USB flash drive, and then modify the server BIOS boot entry adjustment for the USB stick boot, followed by the installation system, the following is the installation system tutorial:

Http://www.osyunwei.com/archives/6586.html

This has already been described in detail, here will not repeat. This starts with the first issue encountered during the installation process, and the system interface is stuck in the loading/lsi_mr3.v00 shortly after the installation begins.

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At first, I thought it was a burning process. Try to re-burn, replace the burn tool, DD partition redo MBR, and so on; The result is stuck in the system interface, and then only go to the Internet to find information, two solutions are given on the network:

Http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5d6df58d0101sczj.html

Http://www.hpiss.com/7683.html

Because of the time is sufficient, both scenarios have been tried, which may be the burning problem instead of EFI mode failure or still, the replication rename file after the problem is resolved.

Resolve and then proceed with the installation, resulting in the inability to detect the server's hard disk when disk is selected:

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And then continue to search for information on the Internet, about three reasons:

The A.dell server needs to configure RAID and partition initialization when installing the ESXI system (it is important to note that the pre-set system disk is smaller than the 2T,MBR only supports 2T HDD, ESXi is based on the Linux kernel)

Mode of SATA in B.bios

C. Drive issues

After finishing the online solution, first configure the server RAID, the general new purchase of the server will have a configuration manual. The link is found on the Internet, and the contents of the manual are as follows:

Http://www.doc88.com/p-468115422991.html

When the boot screen displays ctrl+r, press Ctrl+r to enter the RAID configuration interface to configure.

After you configure the partition to complete and fast initialize, reinstall the system or read the server hard disk, then change the SATA mode in the BIOS. (Independent full Hafelekar BIOS setup HDD mode for AHCI, onboard integrated RAID card HDD mode needs to be changed to raid.) ）

After changing the hard drive mode still can't read to the server hard disk, then go to the official website to find the driver. However, the official website related drivers have several or no use instructions, only to contact Dell original engineer. Dell Engineer Feedback may be a driver issue, and the general ESXi system is an ESXI system that requires a Dell-defined version without Dell hard drive. Successfully read out the server hard disk after re-burning using the Dell-provided ESXI system ...

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And then in the process of finding a solution, I accidentally dug 2 small pits for myself:

1. When attempting to install an operating system (Lifecycle Controller) using IDRAC with a lifecycle controller, the boot is displayed due to an abnormal shutdown: Lifecycle Controller not Available

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Workaround: F2,idrac settings,lifecycle controller,enabled.

2. The status of four hard drives found in the configuration raid process is foreign

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Workaround: Select foreign Config in the root directory of the VD configuration interface of the raid, Clear.

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To install VMware Esxi5.1.0 on a Dell R730 server with a USB flash drive.