ESXi Pink Screen

[mrwizardno2]

So, I got a fancy DL380P Gen8 that I've loaded ESXi 5.5u2 on.

I've put my p420i into HBA mode and passed it through to a Windows Server 2012 R2 VM.

When I try to boot that VM I get a PSOD.

(grrr, image doesn't show up - http://i.imgur.com/zI6egAU.png )

Now, if I boot it before any of the other VMs, it's fine! If I reboot it, PSOD. I'm not really following the output. What's the bit in the trace about the USB storage adapters? Anyone have any idea?

 

[peanuthead]

I'm not seeing the image.

 

[Shockey]

I'm not seeing the image.

Image is corrupt. OP needs to re-upload.

 

[nullvector]

Have you tried getting the HP-specific release of ESXi that bundles in drivers, etc? Or are you just using the default download from VMware's site.

If you're just using VMware's image, try the HP install for ESXi and see if that helps. I noticed a few issues when running the standard VMware install on a few DL580G7, and a few DL380pG8.

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?productId=353&downloadGroup=HP-ESXI-5.5.0U2-GA

 

[mrwizardno2]

I'm running the HP version - the only change I made to it was to apply the Fusion IO VIB.

Yeah, the image won't show up on the forum, but it shows up directly on imgur. Weird.

Anyway, I started the VM before the others in the autostart group and this seems to have at least gotten me in a running state. Very strange behavior.