Hi Dan,

Can you please provide a reference or evidence for this as this is a very serious issue?

Many thanks.

At least in UK this would be mis-representation of the product as without the NIC card, ie the standard product Intel is selling , the server can't be considered to be VMWare certified.

On this bases all of Intel's claim for VMWare certifications come under microscope. Specially those of in Q4 of 2009.

Many companies look for VMWare certifications before they make their purchasing decision. This is a clear violation of people's trust.

At least we wont be trusting Intel's claim for VMWare certification and think twice before purchasing from them again.

Had i seen your posting before i would haven't purchased another Intel server.

i have just came back from our supplier after spending 5 hours testing all aspects of another Intel server(SR1630BC)  for VMWare ESxi.

Thats how much we trust them that on new years eve we have spent so much time testing the motherboard.

For those who are interested SR1630BC finally worked with both NIC ports but needed an Adptec RAID card as the onboard RAID controller didn't work, which is yet another example of a claim for an incomplete feature.

Also installing Adaptec RAID card meant we had to remove the second CPU as there was no room which must hurt Intel.

I have been a loyal customer of Intel since the early 80's. i have never known Intel to lower its standard to this level.

Looking forward to seeing the evidence Dan.

Hi Dan,

Can you please provide an evideence to show that Intel has done this?

Thanks.

Thanks for the update Dan,

Happy new year to you and family too. Lets hope it is a good one for everyone.

Thanks for sorting this at least others might benefit from this extra info.

Perhaps Intel should also mention "needs a RAID card". This is because the onboard RAID doesn't work with VMWare.

So that is two cards!  and the board has a single slot.