Not able to boot up vmWare ESXi 5.5 on UCS C240 M4S2

[tchoang]

Hi,

   I installed vmWare ESXi 5.5 on UCS C240 M4S2 .  The installation went successfully, but after the warm reboot, ESXi is not booting up.

   I have tried to install with JBOD enabled.  With JBOD disabled and virtual drive with Raid 0 is configured.  Same result.

   Any help is much appreciated.

vmWare ESXi 5.5

UCS info:

     Product Name:   UCS C240 M4S2

     BIOS Version:     C240M4.2.0.10e.0.0620162114

     Firmware Version: 2.0(10e)

[Kirk J · Accepted solution]

Greetings.

How large is the VD0 you have created for the OS install?

If it's 2TB or larger, you'll need to have UEFI enabled.

If it's 2TB or larger and you didn't have UEFI enabled in CIMC boot menu try following :https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCuh13333/?reffering_site=dumpcr 

Specifially the workaround section that helps you create the UEFI boot menu entry for ESXi.

Make sure you have CIMC boot order entry for localHDD, that references slot "HBA", if you have the 12Gb raid controller.....

If you aren't using UEFI and less then 2Tb VD, make sure the VD0 is marked as bootable, in the CIMC, storage tab, Virtual Drives, VD0 properties.

In non-uefi scenarios, your raid controller should say VD0 handled by BIOS during POST time.

Thanks,

Kirk...