VMware ESXi on Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S6

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I want to buy a new Server:

Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S6

I want to install ESXi on it and I'm not sure I need to note something when installing it. Can I just install it like I would install Ubuntu on my old Server (Just an old PC), or are there some things to pay attention? Sry if that is a dumb question but I think there are sometimes custom Images for this kind of Servers.

I hope someone can help me there. Thanks in advance and sorry for my bad English....

Sane

Posted 2017-07-27T17:05:55.843

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Buying recommendations are not allowed here – TomEus – 2017-07-27T17:22:57.230

I don't really wanted to get a buying recommendation, but I changed it. – Sane – 2017-07-27T17:26:21.097

Answers

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Years ago i had to setup an "Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S6" with ESXi. So the Server is not exactly new. Back then (4-5 years ago). It run perfectly well and without any issues at all.

However i highly recommend to upgrade the servers BIOS and IO-Cards to the latest available firmware before installing ESXi.

Also it's possible that vSphere 6 support was dropped for the RX300 S6.

Double check your vendor support when updating ESXi hosts from VMware vSphere 5.5 to 6.0. There are a lot of systems that are no longer supported. The following servers were supported in 5.5 U2 but are according to the VMware HCL no longer supported in vSphere 6.0.

Primergy RX300 S6 - Intel Xeon 55xx Series Primergy RX300 S6 - Intel Xeon 56xx Series

Celox Ocis

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