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Recommended Config for Essentials on ESXi 5

Buxus
Hi,

I want to run the Essentials Firewall on a VMware ESXi 5 Host and was wondering what Configuration Options I should use.

Depending on the Guest Operating System VMware ESXi lets you choose different NICs and so on.

Right now I choose "other 2.6x Linux Operating System (64-bit), used E1000 as NIC and installed the ASG Software as 64-bit Version. This combination runs fine so far.

So my question is if my setup is working why does Astaro use 32-bit ASG and flexible NICs for their VMware Appliance and is there a reason to change to 32-bit and flexible NICs?

Kind regards

Buxus


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    in short there's no reason to revert to 32 bit and flexible nics if it is working for you otherwise.  Astaro does this for compatibility reasons to ensure it will work...most likely

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  • 0 in reply to William Warren
    To my understanding, the 32bit virtual image w/ flexible NIC's is compatible with ESX (and equivalent desktop product) as far back as ESX 3.

    Since v8, Astaro's software CD automatically detects if it's in a virtual environment and loads the correct VMware drivers (including vmware tools) to work as a virtual machine.
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