My "white-box"" ESX host
Out of need for the ability to work on PowerShell scripts while at home. I was trying to figure out a white-box ESX setup to stick in the basement so that I could simulate prospective environments that I'd like to test. I've managed to get ESX 4.0u1 and a vCenter server running under fusion but it KILLS my MPB :( soo....
In the basement I had my old gaming system... its has:
2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140
1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118223
1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106073
1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145176
1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188024
1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119142
1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814122046
So since I've not played COD4 in like a year... I ripped the ESX 4.0u1 iso to DVD and ran down and popped it in. Figured the RAID-0 array that I had built would not work so well due to my "fake-raid" experiences with Linux; I broke the array and presented the drives as standard SATA disks...
low and behold, ESX recognized the disks, NIC's and installed perfectly without a hitch!
my lab is up and cooking as we speak!
-later
Eric Sarakaitis
