
ESXi 4.1 Update 1 on ASUS P8H67-M EVO with Core i5-2500
I am successfully running ESXi 4.1 with update 1 (installed on a USB memory stick) on a ASUS P8H67-M EVO board with a Core i5-2500 CPU. I was not able to use the onboard Realtek 8111E ethernet controller, using a Intel Pro/1000CT PCIe instead.
When idle the machine consumes only 45 Watts (one SATA disk installed).
Motherboard specifications:
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=CkMiq3rrqw3yqO5HCPU specifications:
http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=52207,52209,52210(note the 2500K does not support the VT-d and TXT technologies).