vSphere (ESX\ESXi 4.0 and up) requires a 64-bit processor however ESXi 
3.5 and earlier do support 32-bit processors.

On 1/21/2011 9:09 AM, Chris Niesen wrote:
> ESXi requires a 64 bit processor.  Don't waste your time.
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Dan Smith <dan.smith225 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:dan.smith225 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Tclug,
>
>     I know this isn't the vmware communities (VMUG) but, I thought I'd
>     start here before having to make another user account in another
>     system somewhere...
>
>     I have a HP Proliant DL360 (G1) it's about 10 years old and I'm
>     looking to find out if I can install VMware Hypervisor (ESXi) 3.5i
>     on it.
>
>     System Specs are as follows:
>     Dual P3 (1ghz) Processors
>     Dual 72.8gb Ultra320 SCSI drives.
>     4gb's of ram
>     Looks like it's using the integrated Smart Array Controller.
>
>     This is the faster of my two servers.  I also have a HP Netserver
>     LP2000R running VMware ESXi 3.5i, but would like a little faster
>     server until I'm able to afford a few Dell PowerEdge 1850's or
>     2850's to run Hypervisor 4 or have a enviroment to work with hyper-v.
>
>     If anyone has experience with this server model installing a
>     VMware ESX or ESXi product, please let me know.
>
>     Thanks!
>
>     -
>     Dan
>     Email: dan.smith225 at gmail.com <mailto:dan.smith225 at gmail.com>
>
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