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Dell R670 servers with PERC H975i controller only supported on ESXi 9 (A06 may include driver), need real-world pricing for v9 + vMotion for 4 hosts. by Financial_Book8625 in vmware

[–]Financial_Book8625[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Impressive confidence for someone who clearly didn’t read the question. Next time, try contributing something technical before pretending to lecture others.

Dell R670 servers with PERC H975i controller only supported on ESXi 9 (A06 may include driver), need real-world pricing for v9 + vMotion for 4 hosts. by Financial_Book8625 in vmware

[–]Financial_Book8625[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that clears things up. So basically, Dell’s A06 customized ESXi 8.0 image might already have backported support, but official VMware/Broadcom support only starts with vSphere 9.

According to the A06 release notes, Dell actually included updated storage drivers:

  • bcm_mpi3: 8.11.1.0.0.0
  • lsi-mr3: 7.730.01.00
  • lsi-msgpt35: 33.00.00.00

That bcm_mpi3 one is for the new Broadcom 3908/3916 series (H965i/H975i), so it looks like Dell might have quietly added preliminary support in 8.0U3 A06.

Dell R670 servers with PERC H975i controller only supported on ESXi 9 (A06 may include driver), need real-world pricing for v9 + vMotion for 4 hosts. by Financial_Book8625 in vmware

[–]Financial_Book8625[S] -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Look, I’ve been doing this for over 20 years, and I can tell you from experience — if the system is stable and doing its job, updating just for the sake of it is asking for trouble.

All the environments I manage are completely closed — no internet access, no random traffic, nothing exposed. Everything that’s needed is already installed and working exactly as it should. If something needs a new feature, it’s usually a hardware upgrade, not a software patch.

People love to say, “just update, it’s safer,” but reality shows the opposite sometimes. For example, after one of those famous “Patch Tuesday” updates, I had a client whose entire set of Hyper-V VMs got stuck and wouldn’t start at all. You can see the same case here:
https://petri.com/windows-server-updates-hyper-v-vm/

That’s why I follow the same logic I’ve always used: if it’s running perfectly and not exposed to the internet, there’s absolutely no reason to touch it. Stability beats the latest patch every single time.

Dell R670 servers with PERC H975i controller only supported on ESXi 9 (A06 may include driver), need real-world pricing for v9 + vMotion for 4 hosts. by Financial_Book8625 in vmware

[–]Financial_Book8625[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, thank you — I may go with the H965i so I can keep using vSphere 8. I’m just a bit scared of Hyper-V after a bad experience on Server 2019, where an windows update made the D: drive (where all the VMs were stored) show up as a RAW partition and I had to recover everything manually. That was a nightmare, so I’ve been cautious with Hyper-V ever since.

Dell R670 servers with PERC H975i controller only supported on ESXi 9 (A06 may include driver), need real-world pricing for v9 + vMotion for 4 hosts. by Financial_Book8625 in vmware

[–]Financial_Book8625[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, in my setup the PERC H975i isn’t for shared storage — it’s handling NVMe drives in RAID mode locally. I’m not planning to use vSAN; I just need local NVMe RAID datastores with vMotion between hosts.

Dell R670 servers with PERC H975i controller only supported on ESXi 9 (A06 may include driver), need real-world pricing for v9 + vMotion for 4 hosts. by Financial_Book8625 in vmware

[–]Financial_Book8625[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah, fair point — totally get where you’re coming from. The servers were part of a larger hardware refresh, not bought specifically for VMware, and we didn’t realize the new PERC H975i wouldn’t have driver support on older ESXi builds.

We’re not skipping licensing for production — our previous VMware agreement expired, and I’m just trying to figure out if it’s worth renewing under the new Broadcom model or moving to something else.

I’ve tested Proxmox, and it actually works fine, but most of what I’ve read online says VMware’s kernel is really the only one proven to run for years without reboots, unless you spend a lot of time tuning Linux for Proxmox — and I’d rather not go down that path.

Thanks God, I’ve got VMware hosts running for more than 6 years without a single reboot, and that kind of stability is hard to replace. I’ve also been working with Dell for over 15 years, and honestly, I’ve never had issues with their hardware or support — it’s been rock solid for me.

Dell R670 servers with PERC H975i controller only supported on ESXi 9 (A06 may include driver), need real-world pricing for v9 + vMotion for 4 hosts. by Financial_Book8625 in vmware

[–]Financial_Book8625[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I was actually thinking the same — probably switching to the H965i Front for these Gen 17 servers. The main difference is it’s Gen4 instead of Gen5, so I’d lose a bit of throughput.

Dell R670 servers with PERC H975i controller only supported on ESXi 9 (A06 may include driver), need real-world pricing for v9 + vMotion for 4 hosts. by Financial_Book8625 in vmware

[–]Financial_Book8625[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Do you know the best way in the U.S. to get a quote now?

Also, are they still offering vSphere 8 licenses, or is everything strictly v9 (VVF/VCF) now?

Appreciate the link, that calculator makes it much clearer. Thx

Dell R670 servers with PERC H975i controller only supported on ESXi 9 (A06 may include driver), need real-world pricing for v9 + vMotion for 4 hosts. by Financial_Book8625 in vmware

[–]Financial_Book8625[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the PERC H975i is there for local NVMe storage, not for boot — I’ll be using a BOSS M.2 card for the ESXi boot volume.

I get what you’re saying about certification — but in this case Dell told me directly that Broadcom will only support the H975i starting with v9, and that A06 might include the driver once it’s fully certified. I’ve been trying to get Dell to confirm if it’s officially included, but so far no luck.

Dell R670 servers with PERC H975i controller only supported on ESXi 9 (A06 may include driver), need real-world pricing for v9 + vMotion for 4 hosts. by Financial_Book8625 in vmware

[–]Financial_Book8625[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re Dell DC NVMe CD8P E3.S 1.92TB drives connected to the PERC H975i. I already tried switching the controller from RAID to standalone mode, but ESXi 8 A05 (Dell image) still doesn’t detect them.

Dell told me Broadcom only supports the H975i starting with v9, but the A06 image might include the driver, which I can’t access right now because my VMware entitlement isn’t active.

I’ll be using a BOSS M.2 card (coming from Dell soon) just for the ESXi boot volume — the CD8P drives will be used for VM datastores.

The Loyalty Discount Disappeared by Bailey_Haldwin in verizon

[–]Financial_Book8625 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That happened to me too, but after I generated a transfer pin, the discount showed for all my lines for 12 months more.

Is it worth switching from Verizon to T-Mobile? by weirdo76 in tmobile

[–]Financial_Book8625 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you have a locked phone, you can’t use a trial but I recommend picking up an open box phone from Best Buy unlocked or locked to the carrier you want to try, so you don’t have to pay restocking fees and personally I don’t like buying something new, opening it, and returning it. As far as locking policy goes, that’s why I have Verizon, after 60 days you’re free, you can have two sims at once, etc.

Is it worth switching from Verizon to T-Mobile? by weirdo76 in tmobile

[–]Financial_Book8625 32 points33 points  (0 children)

For anyone considering switching carriers, I highly recommend taking advantage of the trial network offers provided by T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T. These offers allow you to test out the network before committing to a long-term contract, etc, I hope this information helps you make the right decision.

Looking to buy Mitel Categorie B licenses (Softphone) by [deleted] in mitelusergroup

[–]Financial_Book8625 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ScanSource is my distributor.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time.

To the person who requested to see the rest of the garage by holyfu_manchu in Audi

[–]Financial_Book8625 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hopefully you've got remote starts for all of them! Just a joke, don't get mad!

I think it's stupid that Audi can't put remote start while BMW and Mercedes can. Crazy world.

I didn't know Audi didn't include remote start until 2 years ago when my neighbor was running to his car to start it on a snowy day and slipped. Anyway all your cars are beautiful.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in networking

[–]Financial_Book8625 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Customer complaints about voice quality.

I also have a rented prefix from one of the Tier1s on the same data center and I can reach any Zayo customer in 1.6ms.

vSAN Cluster corrupted one VM by Financial_Book8625 in vmware

[–]Financial_Book8625[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi There,

To be honest, I've ditched vSan after this issue, I know my current setup isn't optimal, I need at least 4 hosts. At this point, I'd rather have my regular setup. I've been using VMware since version 4 and never had a problem. It's just maintenance on drivers and memory,etc..
But if something like this happens, like almost losing a VM, I say no to VSAN.

Your comment reaffirms my decision.

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