Unsupported CPU in 6.0?

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danswartz

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So I have a crappy old system I dredge out when I need to try a quick experiment. Pentium-D on an intel server MB with 8GB ram. I hauled it out last night to throw 6.0 on it to test something, and it PSOD'ed with a message about unsupported CPU type. Looking at the 6.0 release notes, all I saw was something about 3 amd opterons not being supported. Not that this is a big deal, just curious...
 
Except when it's not. I looked there. For 5.5 as well as 6.0. Pentium-D is not there for either release. The only 'pentium' that shows up anywhere on that list is 'Pentium B925C' (whatever that is.)
 
I don't think so. This works just fine on 5.5, which also lists vt-x as a requirement. The 6.0 docs say 'ESXi 6.0 supports 64-bit x86 processors released after September 2006'. The latest pentium-d was January 2006. Not sure how they decide what to exclude, but clearly this box is out of luck for 6.0. Oh well...
 
danswartz said:
Except when it's not. I looked there. For 5.5 as well as 6.0. Pentium-D is not there for either release. The only 'pentium' that shows up anywhere on that list is 'Pentium B925C' (whatever that is.)
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If it's unsupported, it's unlikely that it'll work. You could try installing 5.5 and then upgrading, however that is also a gamble.
 
Yeah, I get it. I don't need 6.0 on that box - I was just throwing the latest and greatest on this old testbed and was surprised it didn't work when 5.5 did. It's not a big deal. I was just curious about what they changed that now detects that particular processor and refuses to install.
 
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