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Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 is working with ESXi 5.0U1!
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Heimatplan
Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:35 pm
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 Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 is working with ESXi 5.0U1! Mainboard: Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 Socket 1155
Prozessor: Intel Xeon E3-1235
RAID: Intel RAID Controller SRCSASLS4
Memory: G.Skill PC3-12800 16GB DDR3-Kit
Harddisc: 4x2TB WD2003FYYS
- Onboard is working but slow compared to dedicated raid-controller
- VT is supported
- VT-D is working
- FT is working
- Onboard NIC is fully supported and recognized as Realtek 8168 Gigabit Ethernet
Notes: 1.20 Bios is necessary on Mainboard to enable VT-D and pass PCI-Cards to a virtual machine.
Notes: USB 2.0 Stick Boot WITHOUT EFI-Boot only, otherwise configuration is lost between powercycle
Installation: I used Fusion to install ESXi 5.0 to Stick. I updated to 5.0 U1 without any problem via vCenter+VUM
Idle-Power (DC + Debian-Timecapsule-Emulation running) -> 95 Watt (45 Watt -> Harddisks spinning alone)
Power (Windows 7 + Handbrake + 8 Cores at 90%) -> 165 Watt
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| Sun Apr 22, 2012 12:24 am |
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jaime10
Joined: Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:54 am
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Re: Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 is working with ESXi 5.0U1! Hi,
What is the real advantage of a XEON vs I7?
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| Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:23 pm |
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Dave.Mishchenko
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Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:13 pm
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Re: Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 is working with ESXi 5.0U1! Some of the differences will include: - ECC support - larger cache - support for VT-x / VT-d If you have the models you're looking at, you can compare them on Intel's site - for example - http://ark.intel.com/compare/42932,48499. _________________Dave Mishchenko VMware vExpert 2009-2012  Now available - VMware ESXi: Planning, Implementation, and SecurityAlso available - vSphere Quick Start Guide
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| Tue Apr 24, 2012 6:44 pm |
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jaime10
Joined: Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:54 am
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Re: Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 is working with ESXi 5.0U1! Thank you dave,
I think that I read some configuration with no Xeon supporting VM-d, can I be wrong?
The cache is the same. So if you don't need ECC and you have VM-d are almos the same.
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| Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:59 am |
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Zombie71
Joined: Wed May 23, 2012 10:58 am
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Re: Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 is working with ESXi 5.0U1! I have a similar setup (same mobo, I5 2400 CPU).
I did not get VT-d to work until I updated bios to version 2.1.
Using bios 1.1 and 1.2 resulted in directPath: "not supported".
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| Wed May 23, 2012 11:04 am |
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