Dell Poweredge SC440 and esxi 4.1

This isn’t really a post more of a info bulletin that esxi 4.1 works perfectly on a dell sc440 server. The sc440 isn’t currently on vmwares hcl and I found little info on compatibility when trying to find out myself. For information I used the vihostupdate pearl script which comes with vsphere command line interface and the upgrade zip file to perform my update (see previous blog entry).Read More…

updating ESXI 4 to 4.1 without update manager

Hi all, So you have one or more esxi boxes at home doing various tasks and they are currently running esxi 4, your tempted to update to 4.1 but do not have update manager installed and do not want the hassle of configuring esxi again. No Problem good old command line to the rescue again. To upgrade 4 to 4.1 you need the esxi 4.1 upgrade installation as a zip file and the vcli (vsphere command liRead More…