This table contains a list of systems, motherboards, storage controllers and network cards that have been tested and found to work with ESX 4.x or ESXi 4.x Installable.
Please check out the Server/PC column for a system you are considering using, as some systems will include special steps to enable ESX / ESXi to run on that system or have other issues to overcome.
None of these systems are supported by VMWare for running ESX. In some cases for ESXi, the system may be booting from a USB flash drive and be using no local storage.
NOTE: this list includes a number of SATA controllers that provide RAID functionality via a software component in the drivers supplied with the controller. Examples would be the Intel ICH series and the nVidia MCP series.
ESX 4.x and ESXi 4.x do not support that software RAID functionality thus you will only be able to access the individual drives connected to controllers such as these.
| Servers / PCs | Storage Controller |
|---|---|
| Acer Aspire M3100 | |
| Dell Dimension 5150 | |
| Dell Dimension 8400 | |
| Dell Dimension 9100 | |
| Dell Dimension E521 | |
| Dell Inspiron 530 | |
| Dell Inspiron 545 | Intel ICH9R |
| Dell Inspiron 546 | |
| Dell Inspiron 580 i3 530 | |
| Dell Inspiron 580 i5 650 | |
| Dell Latitude D630 | Intel ICH8M |
| Dell Latitude E6400 | Intel ICH9 |
| Dell Latitude E6500 | Intel ICH9M |
| Dell OptiPlex GX 280 | |
| Dell OptiPlex 330 | |
| Dell OptiPlex 580 | |
| Dell OptiPlex GX 620 | |
| Dell OptiPlex 740 | |
| Dell Optiplex 745 | |
| Dell OptiPlex GX 755 | |
| Dell OptiPlex GX 760 | |
| Dell OptiPlex GX 780 | |
| Dell OptiPlex 980 | |
| Dell PowerEdge 840 | |
| Dell PowerEdge 1800 | Dell CERC 1.5/6CH SATA RAID Card |
| Dell PowerEdge 1950 | |
| Dell PowerEdge 2800 | |
| Dell PowerEdge 2850 | |
| Dell PowerEdge R200 | Intel ICH9 |
| Dell PowerEdge R410 | |
| Dell PowerEdge R510 | |
| Dell PowerEdge SC440 | |
| Dell PowerEdge SC1420 | |
| Dell PowerEdge SC1425 | |
| Dell PowerEdge SC1430 | |
| Dell PowerEdge SC1435 | |
| Dell PowerEdge T105 | |
| Dell PowerEdge T110 | |
| Dell PowerEdge T310 | |
| Dell PowerEdge T410 | |
| Dell Precision 390 | |
| Dell Precision 490 | Added Adaptec 2610SA |
| Dell Precision 490 | Intel 631xESB/632xESB |
| Dell Precision M6500 | |
| Dell Precision T3400 | |
| Dell Precision T5500 | |
| Dell Precision T7400 | |
| Dell Studio XPS 435 | Intel ICH10R |
| Dell Vostro 400 | |
| Dell Vostro 410 | |
| Dell XPS 400 / DXP051 | |
| Dell XPS 410 | |
| Dell XPS 420 | |
| Dell XPS M1330 | |
| Dell Zino HD | |
| Fujitsu Siemens (ASUS) A8NE-FM | CK804 Serial ATA Controller |
| Fujitsu Siemens E7935 | |
| Fujitsu Siemens Econel 100S2 | |
| Fujitsu Siemens TX150 S6 | LSI MegaRAID SAS 1078 |
| HP 6005 SFF | |
| HP 6550b | |
| HP 6910P | |
| HP 8440p | |
| HP BL460C G1 | |
| HP dc5800 | |
| HP dc7600 SFF | |
| HP dc7700 | |
| HP dc7700p | |
| HP dc7800 | |
| HP dc7900 | |
| HP dc7900 SFF | |
| HP DL145 G2 | |
| HP DL145 G1 | |
| HP DL165 G7 | |
| HP DL360 G4 | |
| HP DL360 G4p | |
| HP DL360 G6 | |
| HP DL380 G4 | |
| HP Elite 7000 | |
| HP Elite 7200 | |
| HP Micro Server | |
| HP ML110 G4 | |
| HP ML110 G5 | |
| HP ML110 G6 | |
| HP ML115 | |
| HP ML115 G5 | |
| HP ML150 | |
| HP ML150 G6 | |
| HP ML 350 G4 | |
| HP ML 360 G5 | |
| HP N36L Microserver | |
| HP Pavillon a6000 (Asus M2N68-LA) | |
| HP Pavilion p6320y | |
| HP Pavilion p6710f | |
| HP RP5700 SFF | |
| HP xw4400 | |
| HP xw4600 | |
| HP xw8400 | |
| HP xv6200 | |
| HP Z200 SFF | |
| HP Z400 | |
| HP Z600 | |
| IBM Intellistation M Pro (6225-27G) | |
| IBM xSeries 346 | |
| IBM xSeries x306m | |
| IBM xSeries x326m | |
| IBM xSeries x3650 (7979C1A) | |
| Intel SR2600 | Intel ICH10 |
| Lenovo ThinkCentre M57e (6305b6u) | Intel ICH7 |
| Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 | Intel ICH10 |
| Lenovo ThinkCentre M90p | |
| Lenovo ThinkCentre 8000t | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T400 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T61 | |
| NEC PM-ML7 (Intel D915 MB) | Intel ICH6 |
| PowerSpec B318 | |
| Shuttle SD37P2 | Intel ICH7R |
| Shuttle SG33G5 | Intel ICH9 |
| Shuttle SG45H7 | Intel ICH10 |
| Shuttle SH55-J2-BK-V1 | |
| Shuttle SH67H3 | |
| Shuttle SN95G5 v3 | |
| Shuttle SP35P2 Pro | |
| Shuttle SX38P2 | Intel ICH9R |
| Shuttle SX58J3 | |
| Supermicro PDSMi+ | |
| Supermicro X7DVL | |
| Supermicro X7DVL-3 | |
| Supermicro X8DTi | |
| Sun V40Z | |
| ZT Systems (MSI X58 Pro) | |
| Motherboards | Storage Controller |
| Abit IP35P | Intel ICH9 |
| Abit KN9 | |
| AOpen MP57-d | |
| ASRock 4Core1333 | |
| ASRock 890GX Extreme3 | |
| ASRock ALiveNF6G-DVI | |
| ASRock ALiveNF6G-GLAN | nVidia MCP 61 |
| ASRock ALIVENF6G-VSTA AM2 | |
| ASRock E350M1/USB3 | |
| ASRock K10N78FullHD-hSLI R3.0 | |
| ASRock N68C-S | |
| Asus A8N-E | |
| Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe | |
| Asus A8N-SLI Premium | |
| Asus A8N-VM CSM | |
| Asus Crosshair Formula IV / AMD X6 1090T | |
| Asus E35M1-I Deluxe Mini-ITX | |
| Asus K8N | |
| Asus K8NS Pro | |
| Asus KFSN4-DRE/SAS | |
| Asus L1N64-SLI WS/B | |
| Asus M2A-VM | ATI SB600 |
| Asus M2N SLI Deluxe | |
| Asus M2N-E SLI | |
| Asus M2N32 SLI Deluxe | |
| Asus M2N32 SLI Premium | |
| Asus M2NPV-VM | nVidia MCP 51 |
| Asus M2N-E | |
| Asus M2N-E SLI | |
| Asus M2N68 | nVidia MCP 67 |
| Asus M2N68 Plus | |
| Asus M2N68-AM Plus | |
| Asus M2N-LR | |
| Asus M2N-MX SE | |
| Asus M2N-MX SE Plus | nVidia MCP 61 |
| Asus M3A78 Pro | |
| Asus M3A79-T Deluxe | |
| Asus M3N78 | |
| Asus M3N78-EM | nVidia MCP 78 |
| Asus M3N78-EMH HDMI | |
| Asus M4N72-E | |
| Asus M4A78 Pro | |
| Asus M4A78-E | |
| Asus M4A78-EM | |
| Asus M4A78LT-M | |
| Asus M4A78T-E | |
| Asus M4A785TD-V EVO | |
| Asus M4A785-M | |
| Asus M4A785D-M | |
| Asus M4A785T-M | |
| Asus M4A785TD-M EVO | |
| Asus M4A79 Deluxe | |
| Asus M4A79XTD EVO | |
| Asus M4A87/TD-USB3 | |
| Asus M4A88T-M | |
| Asus M4A88TD-M | |
| Asus M4A88TD-M/USB3 | |
| Asus M4A88TD-M EVO/USB3 | |
| Asus M4A88TD-V EVO | |
| Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 | |
| Asus M4A89GTD Pro | |
| Asus M4A89TD Pro/USB3 | |
| Asus M4N68T-M-LE | |
| Asus M4N72-E | |
| Asus Maximus IV Extreme B3 | |
| Asus NCCH-DL | |
| Asus P2-M2A690G | |
| Asus P5B | |
| Asus P5BV-C/4L | |
| Asus P5BV-M 3200 | |
| Asus P5E-VM DO | Intel ICH9 |
| Asus P5E-VM HDMI | |
| Asus P5E WS Pro | |
| Asus P5G41M | |
| Asus P5G41T-M LX | |
| Asus P5K | Intel ICH9 |
| Asus P5K-E | Intel ICH9R |
| Asus P5K Premium | Intel ICH9R |
| Asus P5K SE EPU | |
| Asus P5KPL-AM | Intel ICH7 |
| Asus P5KPL-CM | |
| Asus P5KPL-VM | Intel ICH7 |
| Asus P5M2 | Intel ICH7R |
| Asus P5M2/SAS | |
| Asus P5N-D | nVidia MCP51 |
| Asus P5N-E SLI | |
| Asus P5N-EM | |
| Asus P5N32-E SLI | |
| Asus P5N-T Deluxe | |
| Asus P5NT WS | |
| Asus P5Q | |
| Asus P5Q-E | |
| Asus P5Q-EM | |
| Asus P5Q-EM DO | |
| Asus P5Q-VM DO | |
| Asus P5Q Deluxe | |
| Asus P5Q SE2 | Intel ICH10 |
| Asus P5Q3 | |
| Asus P5QD | |
| Asus P5QL-Pro | |
| Asus P5QL-VM DO | |
| Asus P6T | |
| Asus P6T SE | |
| Asus P6T WS | Intel ICH10 |
| Asus P6T WS Professional | |
| Asus P6X58D-E | |
| Asus P7F-M | |
| Asus P7F-X | |
| Asus P7H55-M | |
| Asus P7H55-M Pro | |
| Asus P7P55 LX | |
| Asus P7P55D | |
| Asus P7P55D-LE | |
| Asus P7Q57-M DO | |
| Asus P8H67-M EVO | |
| Asus P8P67 | |
| Asus P8P67 Pro | |
| Asus P8P67 WS Revolution | |
| Asus P8P67-M | |
| Asus P8P67-M PRO | |
| Asus RAMPAGE II GENE X58 S-1366 MATX | |
| Asus Sabertooth | |
| Asus Sabertooth X58 | |
| Asus V2-M3N8200 | |
| Asus V2-P5G33 | |
| Asus Z8NA-D6 | |
| Asus Z8NA-D6C | |
| Asus Z8PE-D18 | |
| BFG nForce 680i | |
| Biostar A770e3 | |
| Biostar A780L | |
| Biostar A780L3G | |
| Biostar H55A+ LGA 1156 | |
| Biostar NF61S-M2A | |
| Biostar TA785G3HD | |
| Biostar TA890FXE | |
| DFI LANPARTY DK 790FX-B M2RSH | |
| DFI LANPARTY UT NF4 SLI-DR | |
| ECS A780GM-A | |
| EVGA Classified SR-2 270-WS-W555-A2 | |
| ECS GeForce6100PM-M2 | nVidia MCP 61 |
| ESC P45T-A | |
| EVGA 650i Ultra | |
| EVGA 680i | |
| EVGA Classified SR-2 270-WS-W555-A2 | |
| EVGA X58 | |
| EVGA X58 SLI LE | |
| Foxconn A7DA-S | |
| Foxconn A7GM-S | |
| Foxconn A88GMX 880G (AMD Phenom II X6 1055T) | |
| Foxconn G31MXP | |
| Foxconn M61PMV | nVidia MCP 61 |
| Foxconn Renaissance | Intel ICH10R |
| Note: Gibabyte MBs don’t seem to like the default partitioning of ESXi when booting from a USB flash device. Check the forums for a solution to that problem. | |
| Gigabyte EP45-D3SR | Intel ICH10R |
| Gigabyte EP45-UD3 | |
| Gigabyte EP45-UD3P | Intel ICH10 |
| Gigabyte EP45-UD3R | |
| Gigabyte 73PVM-S2H | |
| Gigabyte 790GP-UD4H | |
| Gigabyte 870A-UD3 | |
| Gigabyte 870A-USB3 | |
| Gigabyte 880GMA-UD2H | |
| Gigabyte 880GMA-USB3 | |
| Gigabyte 890FXA-UD5 | |
| Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H | |
| Gigabyte 965P-DS3 | |
| Gigabyte EG41MF-US2H | Intel ICH7 |
| Gigabyte EG45M-UD2H | |
| Gigabyte EP35-DS3 | |
| Gigabyte EP43T-UD3L | |
| Gigabyte EP43T-USB3 | |
| Gigabyte EP45-UD3L | |
| Gigabyte EQ45M-S2 | |
| Gigabyte EX58-UD4P | Intel ICH10R |
| Gigabyte G31M-ES2L | |
| Gigabyte G31M-S2L | |
| Gigabyte G33M-DS2R | |
| Gigabyte H55N-USB3 | |
| Gigabyte H55M-UD2H | |
| Gigabyte H55M-USB3 | |
| Gigabyte H57M-USB3 F5 | |
| Gigabyte H67N-USB3-B3 | |
| Gigabyte K8N51GMF-9 | |
| Gigabyte M52L-S3 | |
| Gigabyte M52L-S3P | |
| Gigabyte M57SLI | |
| Gigabyte M61P-S3 | |
| Gigabyte M61PME-S2 | |
| Gigabyte M68M-S2P | |
| Gigabyte M720-US3 | |
| Gigabyte MA770-S3P | |
| Gigabyte MA770-UD3 | |
| Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P | |
| Gigabyte MA78GM-DS2H | Added Dell Perc 5/i |
| Gigabyte MA78GM-US2H | |
| Gigabyte MA78GPM-DS2H | ATI SB700 |
| Gigabyte MA78LM-S2H | |
| Gigabyte MA785GM-US2H | |
| Gigabyte MA790GP-DS4H | AMD 790GX + SB750 (AHCI mode) |
| Gigabyte MA790GP-UD4H | |
| Gigabyte MA790GPT-UD3H | |
| Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P | |
| Gigabyte P35-DS3 | Intel ICH9 |
| Gigabyte P35C-DS3R | |
| Gigabyte P55-UD3L | |
| Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 | |
| Gigabyte X58A-UD3R | |
| Gigabyte X58A-UD7 | |
| Gigabyte P35-DS3L | Intel ICH9 |
| Gigabyte P67A UD3 | |
| Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H-B3 | |
| Note: Gibabyte MBs don’t seem to like the default partitioning of ESXi when booting from a USB flash device. Check the forums for a solution to that problem. | |
| Intel BOXDQ45CB | |
| Intel BOXDQ57TM | |
| Intel D510MO | |
| Intel D525MW | |
| Intel D975XBX2 | |
| Intel DG33BU | |
| Intel DG33BUC | |
| Intel DG33TL | |
| Intel DG35EC | Intel ICH10 |
| Intel DG35DO | |
| Intel DG41MJ Mini ITX | |
| Intel DG41RQ | |
| Intel DG43GT | Intel ICH10 |
| Intel DG45ID | |
| Intel DG45FC Mini ITX | Intel ICH10R |
| Intel DH55TC | |
| Intel DH57DD | |
| Intel DP35DP | |
| Intel DP43TF | |
| Intel DP45SG | |
| Intel DP55WB | |
| Intel DP67BA | |
| Intel DQ35MP | |
| Intel DQ45CB | |
| Intel DQ45EK | |
| Intel DQ57TM | |
| Intel DQ670W | |
| Intel DQ67SWB3 | |
| Intel DQ963GS | |
| Intel DX50SO | |
| Intel DX50SO2 | |
| Intel DX580G | |
| Intel S3210SH | Intel ICH9R |
| Intel S3210SHLC | |
| Intel S3420GP | |
| Intel S3420GPLC | |
| Intel S5000PAL | |
| Intel S5000PSL | Added Adaptec 3805 |
| Intel S5000VSA | |
| Intel S5520HC | |
| Intel S5520UR | Intel ICH10 |
| JetWay NC81-LF Mini-ITX | |
| Magic-Pro MP-GMHD-D3 | Intel ICH7 |
| MSI 760GM-E51 | |
| MSI 785GM-E51 | |
| MSI 785GM-P45 AM3 | |
| MSI 870-G45 | |
| MSI 880GM-E41 | |
| MSI 890GX-G65 | |
| MSI GM965 Fuzzy (Mini-ITX) | |
| MSI H55M-E33 | |
| MSI H67MA-E45 | |
| MSI IM-GM45 | Intel ICH9M |
| MSI K8N Neo4/SLI | |
| MSI K9A2 Platinum | |
| MSI K9N Neo V3 | |
| MSI K9N SLI-F | |
| MSI K9N Ultra | nVidia MCP 55 |
| MSI K9N2G | |
| MSI MS-7519 | |
| MSI P35 Platinum | Intel ICH9R |
| MSI P45-D8 | |
| MSI P55-GD80 | |
| MSI P965 Neo-F V2 | Intel ICH8 |
| MSI X58 Platinum I7 | |
| nVidia nForce 650i Ultra | |
| Sun V40Z | |
| Supermicro S2SBA+II | |
| Supermicro C2SBA++0 Q33 | Intel ICH9R |
| Supermicro C2SBC-Q | |
| Supermicro C2SBX | Intel ICH9R |
| Supermicro C7X58-0 | Intel ICH10R |
| Supermicro H8DIi+-F | |
| Supermicro H8DME-2 | |
| Supermicro H8QME-2 | |
| Supermicro H8SSL-i | |
| Supermicro SBI-7126T-S6 | |
| Supermicro X6DH8 | |
| Supermicro X7DAL-E | |
| Supermicro X7DCL-I | |
| Supermicro X7DVL-E | |
| Supermicro X7SPA-HF Mini-ITX | Intel ICH9R |
| Supermicro X8DT3 | |
| Supermicro X8DTi | |
| Supermicro X8DTI-F | |
| Supermicro X8SAX | |
| Supermicro X8SAX-O | |
| Supermicro X8Si6-F | |
| Supermicro X8ST3-F | |
| TUL TRS690-M1 | |
| Tyan Thunder K8QS S4882 | |
| Tyan Thunder T8HM S3892 | |
| Tyan S2865 | |
| Tyan S2912G2NR | nVidia MCP 55 |
| Tyan S2915-E | LSI 1068e |
| Tyan S2932-E (Thunder n3600M) | LSI 1068e |
| Tyan S2985 (Thunder K8WE) | |
| XFX 680i | nVidia MCP61 |
| XFX 750i-72P9 (SLI) | |
| ZOTAC GF8200-C-E | nVidia MCP 78 |
| ZOTAC H67-ITX-i5-2400S | |
| Storage Controller | PCI id |
| NOTE: this list includes a number of SATA controllers that provide RAID functionily via a software component in the drivers supplied with the controller. Examples would be the Intel ICH series and the nVidia MCP series. ESX 4.x and ESXi 4.x do not support that software RAID functionality thus you will only be able to access the individual drives connected to controllers such as these. | |
| 3Ware 9550SX(U)-8LP | |
| 3Ware 9690 / 9650 | |
| NOTE: it appears that there is an issue with some Adaptec cards and EFI MBs. You can find more details here and here. | |
| Adaptec 1210SA | |
| Adaptec 2405 | 9005:0285 (subsystem 9005:02b6) |
| Adaptec 2405 | |
| Adaptec 2410SA | |
| Adaptec 2610SA | |
| Adaptec 2940 (aic7xxxx) | |
| Adaptec 3405 | |
| Adaptec 3805 | |
| Adaptec 5405 | |
| Adaptec 5805 | |
| Areca 1110 | |
| Areca 1210 | |
| ATI SB600 | 1002:4380 |
| Dell PERC 5/E | Has 2 external x4 SAS ports |
| Dell PERC 5/i | |
| Dell PERC 6/iR | |
| HP Smart Array B110i | |
| HP Smart Array E200 | |
| HP Smart Array E200i | |
| HP Smart Array E212 | |
| HP Smart Array P400 | |
| HP Smart Array P410 | |
| Intel SRCS28X | |
| LSI 3041E-R | |
| LSI 3081 E-R | |
| LSI 9620 | |
| LSI MegaRAID 150-4 | |
| LSI MegaRAID 300-8X LP | |
| LSI MegaRAID SAS3028E-R | |
| LSI MegaRAID SAS3041E-HP | |
| LSI MegaRAID SAS8308ELP | |
| LSI MegaRAID SAS8344ELP | |
| LSI MegaRAID SAS8433ELP | |
| LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i | |
| Promise FastTrak TX-4310 | |
| Promise SATA300 TX4 | |
| Silicon Image Sil3512 | |
| Silicon Image SteelVine | |
| Sun STK INT Raid | SUN re-badged Adaptec 5805 8 port 2x mini-sas PCI-E |
| Network Cards | PCI id |
| 3Com 3C905B Etherlink XL 10/100 | |
| 3Com 3C996-T (PCI-X) | |
| Asus PIKE 1078 8-port SAS HW RAID | |
| Broadcom DCM5741 | |
| Broadcom BCM5761 | |
| Broadcom BCM5784 | 14e4:1698 |
| D-Link DGE-528T | |
| HP NC7170 (Intel 82576EB) | |
| Intel 82576EB Gigabit Ethernet | |
| Intel 8492MT Pro/1000 Dual Port | |
| Intel EXPI9301CTBLK CT | PCI-E |
| Intel Pro/1000 * | |
| Intel Pro/1000 GT | |
| Intel Pro/1000 MT | |
| Intel Pro/1000 MT Desktop Adapter | |
| Intel Pro/1000 PT | |
| Intel Pro/1000 XT | |
| Marvell Yukon 88E8056 | |
| Realtek 8139 | |
| Realtek 8168 / 8111 | |
| Supermicro AOC-SG-i2 2xGigabit PCI-E | (2 x Intel 82575) |
| Supermicro AOC-SG-i4 4xGigabit PCI-E | (4 x Intel 82576) |
| VIA (VT6130) GbE Adapter | |
| Storage | |
| FreeNAS | |
| Openfiler 2.5 | |
| Opensolaris | |
| Ubuntu Server 9.04 (iSCSI) |