Be aware that the BIOS has to support VT as well as the CPU. I did the same as you and bought a Dell 2850 off of ebay with the 2.8 dual core Xeons that support VT. But because the 2850 Bios doesn't have any way to enable VT, I still can't run a 64 bit guest. The price was right and it screams with ESXi 4 but I can only use 32 bit guests. I really wanted to play with 2008 R2 on this machine but it doesn't seem to be possible under ESXi on this server.
Mike Wiebke Rapid Fire Solutions ________________________________ From: Philip Brothwell <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, December 30, 2009 1:08:42 PM Subject: Re: Hardware for 64 bit guest OS in Vmware Sean, That looks like it will do. I guess I'll be pestering sellers for CPU details until I find what I'm looking for. Thanks everyone! Phil On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote: If you're looking at a box with an Intel Proc, review this: http://ark.intel.com/VTList.aspx > >If you're looking at AMD, review this: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Athlon_64_microprocessors > - Sean > > >On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Damien Solodow <[email protected]> >wrote: > >I’d check the VMware guide to see if the server/cpu is supported for ESX 4. >ESX4 is itself 64-bit so if the hardware supports it, odds are really good it >will support 64-bit guests. >>What are your current servers? >> >>From:Philip Brothwell [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:41 PM >> >> >>To: NT System Admin Issues >>Subject: Re: Hardware for 64 bit guest OS in Vmware >> >>Correct. CPU and BIOS have to support it. I was hoping someone had some >>tips on figuring this out BEFORE buying that shiny server off of eBay. >> >> >> >>On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Richard Stovall >><[email protected]> wrote: >>IIRC you have to enable hardware virtualization in the BIOS. If your CPU >>doesn’t do that I think you’re out of luck. >> >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#Hardware_support >> >>From:Damien Solodow [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:30 PM >> >>To: NT System Admin Issues >>Subject:Re: Hardware for 64 bit guest OS in Vmware >> >>VMware has a cpu check util on their site. However, there are certain BIOS >>setting requirements as well which might be your current problem. >>They have a support doc on running 64 bit guests that says what is required. >>>> >>-------------------------- >>Sent using BlackBerry >> >> ________________________________ >>From: Philip Brothwell <[email protected]> >>To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> >>Sent: Wed Dec 30 13:26:14 2009 >>Subject: Hardware for 64 bit guest OS in Vmware >>Hi, >> >>Anyone know of a easy way to tell if a computer will be able to run a 64 bit >>guest in Vmware? I have two 64 bit machines in my home lab, one running ESXi >>and one running Vmware Server. Neither will run a 64 guest so I'm looking to >>upgrade to do some testing with 2008 R2. Any ideas? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
