Sorry if this is duplicate of another question out there, but didn't find one with searching the discussions (only references were to v3.5 and v4, not v5 of ESXi).
Has anyone been successful loading/running ESXi v5 on an IBM x3550 (quad core) server, IBM model 7978-B4U? Its not listed in the VMware hardware compatibility list, but wasn't sure if that just meant that it wasn't supported/validated by VMware (since it's an older model), or if ESXi v5 simply won't run on it at all.
I'm needing to re-purpose an older server for a client, so just wanted to make sure someone out there's been successful in getting v5 to run on it before moving forward to spend the time trying it.
Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Philip Greer