Supermicro SuperServer SYS-5028D-TN4T X10SDV-TLN4F Xeon D-1540 motherboard is compatible with VMware ESXi 5.5 and ESXi 6.0
Supermicro is a bit behind on some refinement of their web site listings for OS compatibility, but with their recent compatibility table update, I can now assure you that indeed, the Supermicro SuperServer SYS-5028D-TN4T is very much compatible with:
- VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 Update 2
(and later 5.5 releases) - VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0
(and later 6.0 releases)
I've also been advised that Supermicro is working on getting this little mini-tower system listed on the VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide.
Finally, worth noting that I've tested all the important new features this Xeon D-1540 chipset offers, including:
- excellent speeds for the Samsung 950 PRO M.2 NVMe SSD, leveraging PCI 3.0 x4 lanes, and ESXi 6.0's built-in NVMe driver
- Full 10GbE support for VMware, simply install the VIB
- hardware health monitoring, using ESXi 6.0 as is, with no additional CIM install needed! (pictured below)
Update Jan 08 2016
See also this fun tweet, with some more pictures of the excellent hardware monitoring that's apparently even better with ESXi 6.0 Update 1b:
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