ESXi installation....................................................................................................................................................................22
ESXi does not boot or displays a no OS found message at start up ..................................................................... 22
Purple or pink screen while booting or running your ESXi........................................................................................22
Frequently Asked Questions.............................................................................................................................................. 22
What is the minimum RAM required to install VMware ESXi on Dell PowerEdge servers?................................ 22
Why are network adapters not detected during ESXi installation on PowerEdge servers?................................23
Why are target devices not available in the Disk Selection wizard of ESXi installer?.......................................... 23
Why does ESXi display the number of processors incorrectly with the Intel Xeon processors in the Dell
13th generation BIOS settings?...............................................................................................................................24
Why are keyboard inputs not received by ESXi installer?........................................................................................ 24
7 Supported PowerEdge configurations for vSphere 5.x...................................................................25
PowerEdge FC830 configuration......................................................................................................................................26
PowerEdge FC630 configuration......................................................................................................................................26
PowerEdge FC430 configuration......................................................................................................................................26
PowerEdge M915 configuration........................................................................................................................................ 27
PowerEdge M910 configuration........................................................................................................................................ 27
PowerEdge M830 configuration........................................................................................................................................27
PowerEdge M820 configuration....................................................................................................................................... 28
PowerEdge M630 configuration....................................................................................................................................... 28
PowerEdge M620 configuration....................................................................................................................................... 28
PowerEdge M520 configuration....................................................................................................................................... 29
PowerEdge M420 configuration....................................................................................................................................... 29
PowerEdge R920 configuration........................................................................................................................................ 30
PowerEdge R910 configuration.........................................................................................................................................30
PowerEdge R820 configuration........................................................................................................................................ 30
PowerEdge R815 configuration..........................................................................................................................................31
PowerEdge R730 configuration......................................................................................................................................... 31
PowerEdge R730xd configuration..................................................................................................................................... 31
PowerEdge R720 configuration.........................................................................................................................................32
PowerEdge R720xd configuration.................................................................................................................................... 32
PowerEdge R715 configuration......................................................................................................................................... 33
PowerEdge R630 configuration........................................................................................................................................ 33
PowerEdge R620 configuration........................................................................................................................................ 33
PowerEdge R530 configuration........................................................................................................................................ 34
PowerEdge R520 configuration........................................................................................................................................ 34
PowerEdge R515 configuration......................................................................................................................................... 34
PowerEdge R430 configuration........................................................................................................................................ 35
PowerEdge R420 configuration........................................................................................................................................ 35
PowerEdge R415 configuration......................................................................................................................................... 35
PowerEdge R320 configuration........................................................................................................................................ 36
PowerEdge R220 configuration........................................................................................................................................ 36
PowerEdge R210 II configuration...................................................................................................................................... 36
PowerEdge T630 configuration.........................................................................................................................................37
PowerEdge T620 Configuration........................................................................................................................................ 37
PowerEdge T430 configuration.........................................................................................................................................37
PowerEdge T420 configuration.........................................................................................................................................38
PowerEdge T320 configuration.........................................................................................................................................38
PowerEdge T110 II configuration....................................................................................................................................... 39
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