ESXi 4.1 may fully support the T110, but this doesn't mean all possible hardware that will work in a T110 supports ESXi 4.1.
As you probably read in the S-series raid controller documentation (platform requirements and then operating system), this controller is only supported with Windows (minimum is 2003 SP2/2003 R2 SP2). This is because it's a software raid controller and therefor the drivers need to run the raid config.
You'll want to look into getting an "H-series" raid controller (or maybe the onboard SATA will work too).
Neither JOHNADCO or I represent Dell (this is a user-to-user forum).
A hardware manufacturer will test their hardware in certain setups. They'll then validate a certain setup. This doesn't mean that they validated every possible setup to be compatible with everything.
If you want a manufacturer to only consider a piece of hardware ESX 4.1 compatible if all possible options on the server, then a manufacturer would never be able to offer any low cost options on servers.
Also, when you go to the Dell website and pick to customize a T110, and you go to "Hard Drive Configuration" and select the "Help me choose", you get to this page.<ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed / replaced from this post by Dell>
Under the S300 and S100 it clearly says "Windows OS only".
I understand your frustration, but if you had done a bit of research you would have found this out before you purchased the server and you could have picked either the SAS6iR (only supports raid 0 or raid 1 and has no cache) or looked for a server that's offered with a PERC6i or PERC H700 (these support raid 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and have battery backed write cache).
Hum ... again, this is partially true, I bought my server on Dell France web site, please tell me where is the info "Help to choose" ... Ooops you said
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October 7th, 2010 07:00
ESXi 4.1 may fully support the T110, but this doesn't mean all possible hardware that will work in a T110 supports ESXi 4.1.
As you probably read in the S-series raid controller documentation (platform requirements and then operating system), this controller is only supported with Windows (minimum is 2003 SP2/2003 R2 SP2). This is because it's a software raid controller and therefor the drivers need to run the raid config.
You'll want to look into getting an "H-series" raid controller (or maybe the onboard SATA will work too).
JOHNADCO
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October 7th, 2010 08:00
Moral of the story here? make sure you check the HCL for the raid controller you intend to use.
Beware of the SAS 6/iR controller, while supported, it stinks on performance.
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October 8th, 2010 09:00
Please modify your compatibility matrix according this problem, right now I am in trouble, I can't even get this server running.
When I buy a server compatible with ESX4.1, I expect it runs without restriction with all the material inside this server.
Really I am not happy!
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October 8th, 2010 11:00
Neither JOHNADCO or I represent Dell (this is a user-to-user forum).
A hardware manufacturer will test their hardware in certain setups. They'll then validate a certain setup. This doesn't mean that they validated every possible setup to be compatible with everything.
If you want a manufacturer to only consider a piece of hardware ESX 4.1 compatible if all possible options on the server, then a manufacturer would never be able to offer any low cost options on servers.
Also, when you go to the Dell website and pick to customize a T110, and you go to "Hard Drive Configuration" and select the "Help me choose", you get to this page.<ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed / replaced from this post by Dell>
Under the S300 and S100 it clearly says "Windows OS only".
I understand your frustration, but if you had done a bit of research you would have found this out before you purchased the server and you could have picked either the SAS6iR (only supports raid 0 or raid 1 and has no cache) or looked for a server that's offered with a PERC6i or PERC H700 (these support raid 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and have battery backed write cache).
Ganuche
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October 8th, 2010 13:00
Hum ... again, this is partially true, I bought my server on Dell France web site, please tell me where is the info "Help to choose" ... Ooops you said
http://configure2.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=fr&cs=frbsdt1&l=fr&oc=PE3T110_SOL&s=bsd
OK, end for me. Thanks