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hypervisor card for Vmware esx on M1000e
Does Dell M1000e blade can have a hypervisor card for vmware ESX server?Also can we upgrade the version of ESX running on Hypervisor card on Dell Blade .Please advise and let me know if there is any documentation on this.
Kong Yang
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October 4th, 2009 22:00
The M1000e blade chassis supports the M610/M710 blade servers that can run both VMware vSphere 4.0 and 4.0i (embedded).
http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Blades
http://www.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/blade?c=us&l=en&s=biz
I'm not sure what you mean by "hypervisor card." Please clarify. Are you referring to the IO modules/fabrics on the M1000e chassis? Or are you referring to the embedded USB/SD card for embedded ESX?
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KongY@Dell
kirangupta2009
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October 5th, 2009 14:00
Kong Yang
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October 5th, 2009 15:00
Yes, the M610/M710 blade servers do support ESXi v4.0 via the SD card.
For reference, the compatibility matrix:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/eslvmwre/VS/AdditionalDocs/CompMat/compmat.pdf
As for upgrading the ESX version, here's a few guide:
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_upgrade_guide.pdf
http://www.vm-help.com/esx40i/ESXi40_upgrade_without_virtualcenter.php
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=ESXi&osl=EN&catid=-1&impid=-1&servicetag=&SystemID=PWE_M610&hidos=WNET&hidlang=en&TabIndex=
And choose "Enterprise Solutions" and the installable edition iso file.