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New ESXi install fails (PSOD)

I have just installed ESXi 4.0 with the imaged HP extensions (208167) onto a HP DL160 G6 (new Xeon quad core HT).
I ran memtest86 for days with no issues. Today I installed the disks and it installed fine.
The error is: PF exception (14) in world 9121

Can anyone supply some guidance? (se attached screenshot)
BTW - PSOD = Purple Screen of Death.
DSC01137.JPG

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Further specs: Xeon X3450, 8GB DDR3 RAM,
2x 1TB Seagate ES.2 HDD's in RAID 1.0
1x NC112T NIC
SAS/SATA RAID Controller with 512MB BBWC.

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vmwarun - Arun

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ESX ok - ESXi seems to be not listed..
Oh crap.

vmwarun - Arun

That being the case, try installing ESX and check whether the PSoD goes away.

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http://communities.vmware.com/message/1342212
According to this it should work using a Hardware RAID controller. I think it's the P410 that was packaged in this server. (HotSwap drives & PCI-E card)

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.. Correction: P212. http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/nz/en/sm/WF06b/15351-15351-3328412-3328421-3328421-3984621-4064416.html

IanTh

the p212 is on the vmware compatibility page

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=io&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=Smart+Array+P212&datePosted=-1&partnerId%5B%5D=-1&manufacturer%5B%5D=-1&vid=&did=&svid=&ssid=&rorre=0

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Sweet - some of the loading modules in the logs did point to the HP services (initially).
Even though the server "isn't" supported by HP - the internal hardware seems to be up to scratch.
I've got ESX & ESXi 4.1 U1 WITHOUT the HP modules to try tomorrow.
The U2 update doesn't seem to be allocated to be freely downloadable yet.. Strange.

Paul Solovyovsky

Try Update 2 just came out a few days ago

IanTh

yes I noticed the u2 is not available for download yet from vmware so you need to use host update to get it

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Thanks IanTh. You were correct (partially) with the article. The server does run ESXi fine however despises the HP CMI package. It runs fine without it. (Installed it last & it toasted so not going to use it in this case any more).