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For hardware iSCSI, a disk attached to an iSCSI controller, such as the QLogic qla405x. Software iSCSI is

not supported for booting or installing ESX.

Serial attached SCSI (SAS).

For Serial ATA (SATA), a disk connected through supported SAS controllers or supported on-board SATA

controllers. SATA disk drives connected behind supported SAS controllers or supported on-board SATA

controllers.

Supported SAS controllers include:

LSI1068E (LSISAS3442E)

LSI1068 (SAS 5)

IBM ServeRAID 8K SAS controller

Smart Array P400/256 controller

Dell PERC 5.0.1 controller

Supported on-board SATA controllers include:

Intel ICH9

Nvidia MCP55

ServerWorks HT1000

When installing ESX on SATA drives, consider the following:

Ensure that your SATA drives are connected through supported SAS controllers or supported onboard

SATA controllers.

NOTE ESXi does not support using local, internal SATA drives on the host server to create VMFS

datastores that are shared across multiple ESXi hosts.

ATA and IDE disk drives – ESX supports installing and booting on either an ATA drive or ATA RAID is

supported, but ensure that your specific drive controller is included in the supported hardware. IDE drives

are supported for ESX installation and VMFS creation.

Install ESX Using the Graphical Mode

The graphical mode is the recommended installation method if you are installing ESX for the first time. The

graphical mode runs by default if you do not select an alternate installation method.

Prerequisites

See “Prerequisites for Installing ESX,” on page 8.

Procedure

1 Use the BIOS to set the server to boot from the DVD.

a Reboot the machine.

b Press the key required to enter your machine’s BIOS setup or boot menu.

This key is often a function key or Delete.

c Set the CD-ROM drive as the first boot device.

2 Select Install ESX in graphical mode.

A series of installation messages scroll past until the Welcome page appears.

3 Click Next to continue.

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