<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>>> The reason I don't do that is because ESXi5 has a limit of 32GB of RAM and 1 physical CPU<br><br>I thought this as well, until recently I installed it on a HP Xeon E5420 Dual Quad and both CPUs show as licensed with a total of 8 cores. I'm only up to 16GB on the memory though.<br><br>Product: VMware vSphere 5 Hypervisor Licensed for 2 physical CPUs (unlimited cores per CPU)<br>License Key: xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx<br>Expires: Never<br><br>Product Features: <br> Up to 32 GB of memory<br> Up to 8-way virtual SMP<br><br>Doug<br><br><br>-- <br><div><span name="x"></span>Ben Franklin quote:<br><br>"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."<span name="x"></span><br></div></div></body></html>