Hello, Is this NIC compatible with VMWare ESX 5.1?
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I built a custom system which included this NIC, and it works fine with ESXi 5.0 and 5.1.
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Yes it was. It worked beautifully in a VMWare system I built some months back.
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Yes it is, actually we bought it for that purpose. It is installed on an HP Proliant ML 150 with VMWARE ESX 5.1, works very well.
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This is an excellent choice for use with VMWare. I have these and the dual port versions in all of my ESXi hosts. I have no idea whether it's the least expensive in terms of purchase cost, but once you've spent hours searching to save a few dollars you'll have spent the savings in your time, and then some. This is a really cost effective and reliable solution.
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Shouldn't be a problem. I use mine with XP Pro x64 via VMWare Fusion and have had no issues.
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Hi Ezzat I usted tus card in a Asus board With vmware esxi, but I guess it Will work on any x86 board depending on the OS
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It's best if you check compatibility at the VMware website. I've no experience with VSphere ESXi, but my basic understanding is that it's designed for a server environment. However, the Highpoint RocketRAID 640L card is designed as a simple add-on for a Windows or Linux-based PC. If you do a Google search for ESXi the first two results take you to the VSphere website with links to compatibility charts and more.
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I am currently using 9 of these across 3 HP DL380 G7/G8 servers running vSphere 5.1. These should work fine for an ESXi lab.
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I haven't tried any server virtualization OS on the G2020T. There is not Hyper-Threading and I didn't see anything about ESXi support in the technical materials except VT-x.
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Yes it is compatible. If you would like to know more about the differences, here's a link - http://www.trentonsystems.com/applications/pci-express-interface
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I have a similar board running pfsense 2.1. Some features are not supported by freebsd but you won't likely need USB3 or fully featured video drivers. You'd probably want a second NIC though.
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The Certified Servers team appreciates you question. The Dell Poweredge 2950 Gen II (This listing) cannot run ESXi 5.5 but Dell Poweredge 2950 Gen III can run.
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I don't know... word of warning. I have two of these and one stopped working altogether. I got the Edimax USB 2.0 to Fast Ethernet Adapter (EU-4208) and am running win 8.1 and it is plug and play and works great! I have two of the Edimax and it it well worth the extra $7.00 or so for a quality product.
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Sure, I don't see why not. For all intents and purposes it's just two more network ports. I'm using mine in an ESXI box.
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I have it working with my HyperV-V Core 2012 server. Takes some research and some massaging of the Intel drivers after every MS update but this is also a lab environment for me. If I were to do it again though, I'd buy a more current adapter to avoid the hassle though.
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Two NICS, two power supplies. I have seen them up to 16GB, don't know what is max config.
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Using internal graphics as this board is in an ESXi server for some home VM testing. Honestly there are better boards out there I only got this as it is a reference board and should have universal compatibility with VMware
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I can confirm that this model has 2 NICs. I have bonded them to the same IP, but they can have separate addresses.
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Yes it should be able run this quad NIC in windows 7, I have it in my win 7 ultimate 64 bit I use my desktop as a VM server when running my labs. It should do just fine for media streaming since you can link all ports in LAGP but you won't have the desired performance if your switch that your system is connected to does not support link aggregation. This NIC is intended for VM server use and SAN use for VM data storage so media streaming will not be a problem.