Nicely outlined. I also just got an R620 recently and I went ahead with ESXI 7.0. Caveats: ESXI 7 is not compatible with the H310p card. If you are running a 12th gen Poweredge, you must have the H710 or H710p in your machine. Fortunately, my server came with the H710p and it works perfectly. I am up and running for about a week now with no issues at all. Performance is excellent. So for those wondering, if you have a 12th gen Poweredge, yes, ESXI 7.0 will work as long as you have the H710/p controller!
Great content man, great content. I just purchased a the same power sever with 128gb of ram.... your videos has been of immense help......KEEP DOING DOING A GREAT JOB 👍👏👌🙌......WE THANK YOU.........
You don't need two flash drives to install ESXi. Just write the ESXi image to flashdrive and install it over itself. It sounds like it won't work but it does! ESXi loads the installer into memory.
Yes, I know. It's my bad habit and me being stubborn. Happens automatic I grab the two USBs and I just go with it without thinking twice. I've done the approach with one USB drive at the job and it worked great. It has not registered in my head when I'm doing these videos for you guys to do it that way 😂. One day it will!!!🤓
First off I want to say thanks for the videos!!!!...they've been very helpful. That said, I'm having an issue I hope you can help with. I'm trying to install ESXi, however, I don't have the OS Deployment option. I check my versions and everything is up to date. Please help :(
Hey Bernard, why you didn’t use the internal usb that the server has?, it is not advisable to put a usb on the back of the server since it can pop out when you pull the server forward on the rack due to the cables. The other way is to use the dell dual raid sd cards setup so you have redundancy on the OS. Peace out ✌️
I'm so use to doing the USB approach. Haven't had any issues with pulling out the rack server and the USB inserted at the back of the server. I guess you experience that before?
Hi, I followed the VMware compatibility guide on PowerEdge R620 and it only supports ESXi 6.5 U3 at the moment. I typically follow the guide and stick with it. Thanks for watching. 🤓
I have the same server but I have problems uploading the drivers and can install VMware 6.5, I follow your whole tutorials and still can't make it work. I spend 16hrs without success. If you can guide me on what I'm doing wrong, I will appreciate you
One that has the source installation files and one to do the main installation onto that's going to be his boot drive from now on. He explains it at 0:20 to about 0:35 but not very well. Personally I think I'd have sacrificed the DVD drive to 'ghetto mod' a small & cheap SATA SSD in there as my boot drive.
What made you go with ESXi 6.5? Even if 7.0 is a bit new for you (though I wouldn't consider newness a problem in a homelab environment), 6.7 is very well established by this point. ESXi 6.0 is pretty much dead in the water by this point (only a single patch this february) and 6.5 is next up on the chopping block. Unless you deliberately chose that version to do upgrade testing or you have hardware compatability issues, I'd reinstall with 7.0
True ESXi 7.0 is the latest and who doesn't want to run the latest OS on there systems but I'm just following VMware compatibility guide and the R620 supports ESXi 6.5 U3 at the moment. When I planned on getting this machine I was focus on the budget not the OS installation. Next time, I will check the VMware compatibility guide first and then purchase the server 😃. Hopefully, it fits the budget.
@@Steamrick very true, but I like to stick with best practice and following VMware compatibility guide. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Be safe my friend 🤓
@@bjtechnewshd I'm planning to switch my home server over from hyper-v to ESXi due to Hyper-V's compatibility issues with many pre-made VMs (such as Sophos Home Firewall). I needn't bother checking the compatibility list, my home server is running on my old gaming rig's hardware... i5-6600 and consumer mainboard. Not built for reliability and it lacks management options, but I can run it completely passively and silently off of SSD storage. That's kinda important in my apartment.
@UCxHgKW%F0%9F%A4%94%F0%9F%98%B14hJox7WIjv3LoGLeA I hear you silent is key in the apartment when your running your home lab. I could only imagine your wattage per day and electricity bill.
Hey guys, thanks for watching. I installed ESXi 6.5 on the R620 because I'm following the VMware compatibility guide.
Nicely outlined. I also just got an R620 recently and I went ahead with ESXI 7.0. Caveats: ESXI 7 is not compatible with the H310p card. If you are running a 12th gen Poweredge, you must have the H710 or H710p in your machine. Fortunately, my server came with the H710p and it works perfectly. I am up and running for about a week now with no issues at all. Performance is excellent.
So for those wondering, if you have a 12th gen Poweredge, yes, ESXI 7.0 will work as long as you have the H710/p controller!
Great content man, great content. I just purchased a the same power sever with 128gb of ram.... your videos has been of immense help......KEEP DOING DOING A GREAT JOB 👍👏👌🙌......WE THANK YOU.........
New subscribers, just have my Dell R710 up and running. Now for VM
Get rid of it. You can buy a R620 for 200 on eBay easy.
You don't need two flash drives to install ESXi. Just write the ESXi image to flashdrive and install it over itself. It sounds like it won't work but it does! ESXi loads the installer into memory.
Yes, I know. It's my bad habit and me being stubborn. Happens automatic I grab the two USBs and I just go with it without thinking twice. I've done the approach with one USB drive at the job and it worked great. It has not registered in my head when I'm doing these videos for you guys to do it that way 😂. One day it will!!!🤓
nice job
Still using this over a year later :)
Thanks for this! Question, what kind of microphone are using? Sounds good!
First off I want to say thanks for the videos!!!!...they've been very helpful. That said, I'm having an issue I hope you can help with. I'm trying to install ESXi, however, I don't have the OS Deployment option. I check my versions and everything is up to date. Please help :(
Why not use the SD card adapter for the pcie slot?
How loud is the R620? I am looking for a home lab.
Hey Bernard, why you didn’t use the internal usb that the server has?, it is not advisable to put a usb on the back of the server since it can pop out when you pull the server forward on the rack due to the cables. The other way is to use the dell dual raid sd cards setup so you have redundancy on the OS. Peace out ✌️
I'm so use to doing the USB approach. Haven't had any issues with pulling out the rack server and the USB inserted at the back of the server. I guess you experience that before?
Hi Bernardo, why ESXi 6.5 ?Is the SAS controler not recognized by ESXi 6.7/7.0
Have a nice day !!!
Hi, I followed the VMware compatibility guide on PowerEdge R620 and it only supports ESXi 6.5 U3 at the moment. I typically follow the guide and stick with it. Thanks for watching. 🤓
thank you so much,
Hey, I've been trying to get a iDrac7 iDRAC license for my R620 how do I do that.
I have the same server but I have problems uploading the drivers and can install VMware 6.5, I follow your whole tutorials and still can't make it work. I spend 16hrs without success. If you can guide me on what I'm doing wrong, I will appreciate you
Where can I download the ESX operating system
Hi why do you use two USB drive ?
I don't understand it
One that has the source installation files and one to do the main installation onto that's going to be his boot drive from now on. He explains it at 0:20 to about 0:35 but not very well.
Personally I think I'd have sacrificed the DVD drive to 'ghetto mod' a small & cheap SATA SSD in there as my boot drive.
What made you go with ESXi 6.5?
Even if 7.0 is a bit new for you (though I wouldn't consider newness a problem in a homelab environment), 6.7 is very well established by this point.
ESXi 6.0 is pretty much dead in the water by this point (only a single patch this february) and 6.5 is next up on the chopping block. Unless you deliberately chose that version to do upgrade testing or you have hardware compatability issues, I'd reinstall with 7.0
True ESXi 7.0 is the latest and who doesn't want to run the latest OS on there systems but I'm just following VMware compatibility guide and the R620 supports ESXi 6.5 U3 at the moment. When I planned on getting this machine I was focus on the budget not the OS installation. Next time, I will check the VMware compatibility guide first and then purchase the server 😃. Hopefully, it fits the budget.
@@bjtechnewshd Given that all it takes is a USB and some of your time, you could give 7.0 a test spin fairly easily...
@@Steamrick very true, but I like to stick with best practice and following VMware compatibility guide. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Be safe my friend 🤓
@@bjtechnewshd I'm planning to switch my home server over from hyper-v to ESXi due to Hyper-V's compatibility issues with many pre-made VMs (such as Sophos Home Firewall).
I needn't bother checking the compatibility list, my home server is running on my old gaming rig's hardware... i5-6600 and consumer mainboard.
Not built for reliability and it lacks management options, but I can run it completely passively and silently off of SSD storage. That's kinda important in my apartment.
@UCxHgKW%F0%9F%A4%94%F0%9F%98%B14hJox7WIjv3LoGLeA I hear you silent is key in the apartment when your running your home lab. I could only imagine your wattage per day and electricity bill.
Using flash drives for this kind of thing always gives me anxiety.
No way, it shouldn't lol 😅. As long as you have a solid backup solution. You should be good to go.