# Install Rocky linux 10.1 on HP DL380 Gen8, ESXi 6.5

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**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Tags:** rocky-linux-9, rocky-linux-10\
**Created:** [January 31, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/install-rocky-linux-10-1-on-hp-dl380-gen8-esxi-6-5/20179 "2026-01-31T14:50:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![mostafa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@mostafa](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/mostafa)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/install-rocky-linux-10-1-on-hp-dl380-gen8-esxi-6-5/20179/1 "2026-01-31T14:50:35Z")

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I have HP DL380 Gen8, on top of this server ESXI 6.5 is installed and I download ISO image of Rocky Linux 10.1 and want make rocky linux VM, but after make VM and boot, I see grub and choose install, nothing happen and I see grub again  
This is specification of server  
````ProLiant DL380p Gen820 CPUs x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 v2 @ 2.50GHz127.97 GB````  
on this server I have rocky linux 9.7 VMs and ubuntu VMs.

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**Author:** ![tjdoyle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/tjdoyle/32/500_2.png) [@tjdoyle](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/tjdoyle)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/install-rocky-linux-10-1-on-hp-dl380-gen8-esxi-6-5/20179/2 "2026-01-31T15:44:30Z")

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Hi,

I think you cpu is x86-64-v2, which rhel/rocky linux 10 doesn’t support. Needs to be at least x86-64-v3.

Rocky 8 & 9 should run with no problems.

Regards Tom.

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**Author:** ![sspencerwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@sspencerwire](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/sspencerwire)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/install-rocky-linux-10-1-on-hp-dl380-gen8-esxi-6-5/20179/3 "2026-01-31T15:48:16Z")

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I believe that @tjdoyle is correct. You can verify that with [this procedure](https://docs.rockylinux.org/10/gemstones/test_cpu_compat/)

Steve