Motherboards and unsupported servers that work with ESX 4.x and/or ESXi 4.x Installable

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 source column for a system you are considering using as some systems will include special steps to enable ESX / ESXi to run …

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VMDirectPath – Passthru Config

When you configure devices for passthru on ESXi the changes you make are stored in /etc/vmware/esx.conf. This makes it possible to edit your passthru configuration with vifs.pl (supported option) or at the console (unsupported). In the below 2 examples I have a screenshot of the VMDirectPath configuration screen, as well as the output of esx.conf and lspci. …

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