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Hardware inventory through vSphere

Hi,
I need to know hardware information of a remote Dell PowerEdge R510.
I can access to this host through vSphere (VMware version: 4.1)
For example, I see 4 GB RAM (total), but I don't know if it's a single memory module or two.
Similarly, I see "Dell Serial Attached SCSI Disk" - capacity 227.25 GB, but I don't know if it is a single disk or a raid volume (and in case, what kind of RAID).
I need this to evaluate how can I upgrade hardware resources (maximum RAM and storage space), and which ESXi version could I install.
Thank you!

p.s. obviously, I have no iDRAC access.

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  Physical Memory Array: #4096
    Use: 0x03 (System memory)
    Location: 0x03 (Motherboard)
    Slots: 8
    Max. Size: 128 GB
    ECC: 0x06 (Multi-bit)
  Memory Device: #4352
    Location: "DIMM_A1"
    Manufacturer: "00CE000080CE"
    Serial: "8726213D"
    Asset Tag: "02103100"
    Part Number: "M391B5673FH0-CH9"
    Memory Array: #4096
    Form Factor: 0x09 (DIMM)
    Type: 0x18 (Other)
    Type Detail: 0x4080 (Synchronous)
    Data Width: 64 bits (+8 ECC bits)
    Size: 2 GB
    Speed: 1333 MHz
  Memory Device: #4353
    Location: "DIMM_A2"
    Manufacturer: "00CE000080CE"
    Serial: "833D98FD"
    Asset Tag: "02103100"
    Part Number: "M391B5673FH0-CH9"
    Memory Array: #4096
    Form Factor: 0x09 (DIMM)
    Type: 0x18 (Other)
    Type Detail: 0x4080 (Synchronous)
    Data Width: 64 bits (+8 ECC bits)
    Size: 2 GB
    Speed: 1333 MHz

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Andrew, according to this:

https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=server&productid=13819

it seems I can't go beyond ESXi 5.5, right?

Thank you

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

Supported and Certified - yes!, you may find 6.0 and 6.5 work, but not supported.