Installation

Problem to install ESX 4 on IBM HS22 7870B3G

I had a problem when I tried to install ESX 4 U1 on HS22 7870B3G via AMM (Advanced Management Module).
The boot process was ok but stops after 22% in installation process when loading the network drivers.
The built-in NIC drivers from ESX cd breaks connection to AMM.

Solution : Download the latest driver cd for Broadcom NetXtreme II from VMware.com and add this driver before the installation process.

How do you partition your ESX host?

This is how i partition my ESX hosts.

Primary:
/  15000MB
Swap  : 1600MB

Extended Partition:
/var : 6142MB
/var/core : 10248MB
/home : 2048MB
/opt  : 2048MB
/tmp  : 2048MB