new esxi 5.0 setup.. black/no console?

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bjamm

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Hello,

Im new to esxi and VM's in general. I recently built a ZFS server for file storage.. and as it grows I've decided to virtualize windows and openindiana onto the server for running background services..

I have installed esxi 5.0 onto my server. The install went fine in that respect.

I created a VM for openindiana, to install from the bootable iso, however in the console mode it shows only a black screen. No boot or any display is available?

My issue now is just getting OI to install.. is there something I might be missing? The ESXI vsphere client i've installed connects fine and shows all options. Im not sure if the video card isnt showing up or if theres something I'm missing.

I tried to create another for windows and got the same black console that doesnt appear to boot anything.

Hardware listed:
Supermicro X9SCM
Xeon 1230 CPU
100gb SSD for boot drive
16gb Kingston ECC memory
12 2tb samsung f4 in raidz2
3x Ibm 1015 flashed to LSI 9210 in IT mode

Any ideas how to get it to boot?
 
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I gave it anywhere from 1-4 cpu, 6gb ram and 16gb of space,
and set the three m1015 as passthrough devices to import my zfs once i get it OI installed.
 
But what kind of virtual HW? e.g. disk controller type, etc... Anyway, if windows is failing too, I don't think it's an OI issue. So the SSD contains the local datastore?
 
If you're not even seeing the VM post (no BIOS display or anything), that is very weird. You should see that at a minimum. Can you telnet to your ESX host touching port 903?

I would also look at esxtop on the host to see if anything looks weird there.
 
Yes I was not seeing any type of bios or anything. I havn't used the software for a LONG time but I know something should have booted up in the console window. Its not an OI error, its a bootup issue with esxi somewhere.

Yes, the 100gb SSD is the local bootdisk/datastore. Will separate out 15-20gb for each VM I am going to install. It is a fresh install too, I couldnt get it to boot any VM or show a bios. Maybe i did some setting wrong?

I could telnet to port 902 of the ESX, however it did say after a few button presses that the SSL could not connect. I'll look more this weekend as I spent a few hours trying to figure it out, but needed my zfs back online to finish organizing..
 
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