I’m in the process of converting my once gaming desktop to an ESX server(build found below). I just bought an Intel PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter since even though RealTek 8111e’s are supported in ESX 5 they simply do not pass traffic. It is a shame since there are 2 on-board gigabit nics in the motherboard. I have seen where people were able to get them working however after about 2 days of trying I’ve come to the realization that I should just buy and $18 dollar dual nic and move on. I did try to insert the drivers into the 4.1 release and go figure nothing.
I copied a lot of my build from http://tinkertry.com/vzilla/.
ASRock Z68 PROFESSIONAL GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost)
Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F120GBGT-BK 2.5″ 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory
If anyone has any ideas on storage please post below. I was thinking about an hp proliant microserver… who knows as of now…
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