Rock5A ESXi Smoke Test

I’ve had success with the most current version of ESXi for ARM on the Rock5A.

I have not spun up any VM’s yet.

The Rock5A is being managed on my vCenter.

  1. I could not SPI flash the UEFI from EDK2.
    –Zeroed the SPI
    –Put the EDK2 image on the micro SD

  2. used a USB3 Ethernet/HUB with compatible Realtek Chipset
    –plugged in USB with ESXi Installer
    –plugged in USB for ESXi install target
    –plugged in Cat5
    –plugged in USB Keyboard into hub ( Required for install ----> 2 USB thumb drives & the KBD all into the hub )

  3. Install ESXi
    –select USB NIC deselect the onboard NIC
    –regular ESXi install otherwise

  4. Remove install USB and re-boot

Also, there is a much simpler install of Proxmox on the Rock5A & Rock5B Checck my prior posts

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