It is also possible to find this information by booting a system with the ESXi install CD. In this case, simple.map has an entry for this device and ESXi will load ata_piix driver for the controller. In the below example, the Vender ID is 8086 (Intel) and the Device ID is 27c4 (ICH7 SATA Controller). Do the following for Windows.ġ) Right click on My Computer and select Manage.Ģ) In Computer Management, select Device Manager and bring up the properties for the device.ģ) Select the Details tabs and the Hardware Ids property.
Should you have an OS installed, you can uses system tools like lspci for Linux or device manager for Windows to find the PCI IDs. It is of course best to use a system that is fully supported and that list can be found here. If the storage and network controller are listed, then it is possible that you will be able to successfully install ESXi on the host you plan to use. You can then compare that with this list. If you have no operating system installed on the host that you want to use for ESXi but you know the device vender and model, you can use a resource like or to find out what the PCI vender and device ID will be.
