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  • 1.  ESXi 8 U3 Install HCL Throwback

    Posted Jun 03, 2025 09:28 AM

    Oh great and mighty Broadcom what SSDs may I use?

    Trying to build a homelab, and I gotta say I haven't had this much fun BareMetal installing an OS since the 90's (Windows NT, Windows 95, OS2 Warp ver3 come to mind).

    First Issue: Network

    I thought I learned my lesson when installing the ESXi 8u3 ISO threw an error on my MSI z87-GD65 onboard NIC "No Network found"

    I order a few NICs not 100% on the compatibility list https://compatibilityguide.broadcom.com/ till I found this one NetXtreme BCM5720-2p https://a.co/d/f0ECm7T

    Next issue: Hard Drive compatibility?!?!

    I wanted to install to a known good SSD 60GB OCZ Agility 2 …NNNOPE! The ESXi 8u3 ISO  install doesn't see it (the motherboard does and I can install windows 11 to it).

    The thing about the compatibility guide is you can't search for SSDs

    P.S. thank you for the NVMes in the compatibility list.



  • 2.  RE: ESXi 8 U3 Install HCL Throwback

    Posted Jun 05, 2025 05:10 PM

    Day 12:

    Happy Thursday All!!!

    No it won't install to a Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SATA 2.5" SSD MZ7LN250 either

    I have an order in on a couple of Western Digital Green SSDs

    The wild thing is it recognizes some of the older 1TB HDDs