[THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

The 2950 is listed as compatible with ESXi Installable, which is the new
free product.  With that being said, I think that ESXi will work on ANY
server that ESX 3.5 works on.  The hypevisor is the same, so I don't see
why it wouldn't work.  The core difference is no service console in ESXi
vs ESX.

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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:10 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)


 
I was checking the hardware list and I could not quite understand if the
Dell PowerEdge 2950 is supported by ESXi 3.5
The list has an X, does that mean it supports it no matter what CPU,
memory, etc you have?
 
We have a 2950, not a 2950 III.
 
Thanks,
 

_______________________________ 
Hector Minero 
NSWCDD K55 

        -----Original Message-----
        From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Mishchenko
        Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:10 PM
        To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)
        
        

        That's pretty much right  ESXi will install on bare metal.  At
the console you'll then set an IP address for the host.  Then open a
browser from a Windows PC (required) and download the VI client from
http://<ip_of_ESXi>/.  You can then use the VI client to configure the
host.  

         

        ESXi will support VLANs.   With the free licensing, it is per
host.  To install guest OSes - see the quick start guide - 
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3i_i/r35/vi3_35_25_3i_i_get_start.p
df.

         

        The challenge will be with hardware compatibility as ESXi
supports a limited hardware set.  Here's the official list - 
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi35_systems_guide.pdf  and a whitebox list - 
http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3.5/Whiteboxes_SATA_Controllers_for_ESX_3.
5_3i.htm

         

         

         

        
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        From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Harry Singh
        Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:10 PM
        To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

         

        I'm pretty new to VMware ESX, i've really only used the free
server versions. I could use a little quick primer ??
        
        To my understanding, i take a clean box, no OS installed, and
boot this clean server with ESXi and setup networking paramters and
such. Then from my management stations, or VI client, i installthe
VMware client management package and manage this server from my
workstation ? How would i go about installing new OS's to this server?
As far as licensing, would it be per user or per server ? Does ESX
support vlanning inside the VM host ?
        
        Thanks everyone

        On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Steve Greenberg <
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

        What is particularly interesting is that they are not limiting
the scalability of the free version, from their web site:

         

        4-Way Virtual SMP.  Enable a single virtual machine to use up to
four physical processors simultaneously. VMware ESXi extends this unique
feature from two to four processors. With 4-way Virtual SMP even the
most processor intensive software applications like databases and
messaging servers can be virtualized. 
        
         64GB RAM for virtual machines.  Run the most memory-intensive
workloads in virtual machines with a memory limit extended to 64GB. 
        
        Support for powerful physical server systems.  Take advantage of
very large server systems with up to 32 logical CPUs and 256GB RAM for
large scale server consolidation and DR projects. 
        
        Support for up to 128 powered-on virtual machines.  Take
advantage of very large server systems for enterprise-class server
consolidation and containment with support for up to 128 powered powered
on virtual machines on a single server. 

         

         

         

        I wonder if Citrix will respond by opening up the RAM limits on
XEN Express???

         

         

        Steve Greenberg

         Thin Client Computing

        34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453

        Scottsdale, AZ 85266

        (602) 432-8649

        www.thinclient.net <http://www.thinclient.net> 

        steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

         

        
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        From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
        Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:58 AM
        To: THIN; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; vista@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [THIN] VMware ESXi now available (Free)

         

        You can now download the new free VMWare ESXi Hypervisor.
        See
        https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/login.php?eval=esxi&t=1
        
        VMWare's press release on this is here:
        http://vmware.com/company/news/releases/esxi_pricing.html
        
        
        Jim Kenzig 
        Blog: http://www.techblink.com

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