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SamiEMC
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Vmotion fails cause of AES-NI and PCLMULQDQ , Some Questions

Hello

I have some Questions about Below

I have HP Proliant DL 580 G7 , one Intel Xeon X7560 and one Intel Xeon E7-4860 on Both ESXi5.1 Servers

got the message of

"Host CPU is incompatible with the virtual machine's requirements at CPUID level 0x1 register 'ecx'.

Host bits: 0000:0010:1001:1000:0010:0010:0000:0011

Required: x000:0x0x:10x1:1xx0:xxx0:xx1x:xxxx:xx01

Mismatch detected for these features:

* AES-NI

* PCLMULQDQ"

So went to KB http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=103492...

as suggested by Error

Had a quick look on the Intel Xeon X7560  to check for Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Carry-less Multiplication (PCLMULQDQ) but didnt find that

Could you please advise ?

How to choose the Suitable EVC mode for that hosts ?

is creating a new Cluster with one of the EVC modes is an option would solve that issue ? as I remember Hostsboth hosts didnt meet on any EVC Intel options in List

Thanks in advance

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SamiEMC
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This solution also works

http://admin-reminder.blogspot.com/2011/11/vmware-cpuid-masks-for-aes-ni-and.html

is there any danger having that ?

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