Hi all,
I stumped - I recently returned from a week's vacation to a crashed VM host (max ambient temp of 83ºf). I'm currently unable to boot ESXi.
Where should start with troubleshooting?
Failed to boot:
Hardware specs:
I stumped - I recently returned from a week's vacation to a crashed VM host (max ambient temp of 83ºf). I'm currently unable to boot ESXi.
Where should start with troubleshooting?
Failed to boot:
- ESXi 7 u2 installed boot drive USB - Stable for weeks prior to trip.
- ESXi 7.0.0 u3c
- ESXi 7.0.0 u3 Dell OEM ISO
- ESXi 7.0.0 Dell OEM ISO
- ESXi 6
- ubuntu-20.04.4-desktop-amd64
Hardware specs:
- Supermicro Motherboard X10SLL-F
- CPU: E3-1230 v3
- 4x SuperTalent 8GB DDR3-1333 W1333EB8GM UDIMM (only 1 installed for troubleshooting)
- HBA: SAS9300-8e (removed for troubleshooting)
- NVMe (via PCIe to NGFF adapter): Sabrent 1TB ROCKET Q NVMe PCIe SB-RKTQ-1TB (removed for troubleshooting)
- SAMSUNG FIT Plus USB 3.1 Flash Drive 128GB - (MUF-128AB/AM) - ESXi 7 u2 installed boot drive USB - Stable for weeks prior to trip.
- Various Samsung and other brand USB drives were used to test ISOs
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