Hi guys
I want to run ESXi 5.1 off my HP Compaq DC7900 computer which has got 3 x 500GB SATA HDDs. Installation went great but after installation I couln't boot off the ESXi installation.
I also tried installing the ESXi on my 8GB flash drive but same problem. After googling I found out that ESXi doesn't support software RAID which my computer has.
Can I install a PCI Express RAID Controller card in my PC to get rid of this problem? I was looking at this Astrotek AT-CPES6 (http://www.ddcomputer.com.au/prod-AT-CPES6-proddes_Astrotek_AT-CPES6_2-ch_SATA_3.0_RAID_0_1_Adapter.html). Will this solve my problem? If not what can I do to run ESXi on my DC7900 PC?