Issue is... when issuing a shut-down to the ESXi 5.5 host, it will not power off completely.
The order of events is:
- manually shut down all VMs and verify down
- issue shutdown (vsphere client or direct keyboard / monitor)
- a minute or two goes by, then it stops responding to pings
- 10 seconds later, the keyboard lights go out, and the hard drives park their heads
At the moment it should power down physically, instead, the CPU temp (when read from BMC) goes up 25C+. Screen stays up...
Can't shut down ESXi 5.5 host fully![]()
The order of events is:
- manually shut down all VMs and verify down
- issue shutdown (vsphere client or direct keyboard / monitor)
- a minute or two goes by, then it stops responding to pings
- 10 seconds later, the keyboard lights go out, and the hard drives park their heads
At the moment it should power down physically, instead, the CPU temp (when read from BMC) goes up 25C+. Screen stays up...
Can't shut down ESXi 5.5 host fully