Setting up Jumbo Frames in ESXi 5.0

esxi mtu summary

VMware ESXi 5.0 has the ability to setup jumbo frames without using the command line. The first time I tried it, I charged the maximum MTU settings on the storage array, in the network equipment, and on the VMware vSwitch. It didn’t work and I was frustrated. After a little research, I figured out that […]

Installing a VMware ESXi 5.0 Host

VMware ESXi install

I needed to install ESXi 5.0 on a new HP blade server. I downloaded the ESXi ISO image from VMware, but it did not work! Turns out that HP has a OEM version of the ESXi image, with the necessary ethernet Flex-NIC drivers already bundled. So, I downloaded the HP OEM ESXi 5.0 image, installed […]