Compitibility with Xeon processors

[Samson81]

I am new to VMware ESXi 5 and tried install on an Intel SL7PG processor and got the error "VMware ESXi cannot run on this CPU.  Vmware ESXi requires a 64 bit CPU with support for LAHF/SAHF in long mode."

If I upgrade to the SL7ZC processor is it compatible?

Thanks in advance for the help

[firestartah]

Hi

You can check compatibility on the VMware HCL here: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?rct=j&q=vmware%20hcl&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CFQQFjAA&url=http://www.vmware.com/go/hcl/&ei=KZj1T-K1DpTA8QPz0di9Bw&usg=AFQjCNEFF21anzH7ZKOahz2fqtWZZLQOAw

Gregg

[Troy_Clavell]

Hello and Welcome to the forums!

If the CPU is below, it doesn't support VT-x so therefore you will not be able to run 64bit guests.

http://ark.intel.com/products/27089/64-bit-Intel-Xeon-Processor-3_60E-GHz-2M-Cache-800-MHz-FSB

You may want to look a the VMware HCL to find a supported CPU

http://vmware.com/go/hcl

[Samson81]

Thanks for the help from what I can see VMware doesn't support any PPGA604 socket processors.  Looks like its time for an upgrade.  Thanks