Hi!
I'm struggling a bit to install esxi on a new Dell server. I have not ordered the preinstalled version which usually is shipped using the SD card module.
I am trying to install esxi on the disks using the provided Dell images containing additional drivers. I have tried at least three versions of the Dell image using different installation mediums with the same results.
The box is set up with the preinstalled RAID 5 setup on a PERC H730 controller. I have noticed that when I try to set up the RAID myself, I cannot choose other blocksizes than 4k, which seems to cause some troubles for the vmware software (KB: 2091600). According to Dell support, this should not be a problem.
All of the hardware drivers should be up to date, at least BIOS and RAID.
As a sidenote the esxi installer for version 6.0 could see the disks under the remote section, but crashed immediately after selecting disks for installation.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Let me know if I can provide more information.