Intel NUC6I7KYK BIOS Configuration

Installing VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 2 on the Intel Skull Canyon NUC6I7KYK requires some specific BIOS settings. Here are the settings used with BIOS 0034.

BIOS\Devices\USB	Default	ESXi 6.0 Update 2 install
USB Legacy	On	Disabled
Portable Device Charging Mode	Charging Only	Disabled
USB Ports (Port -01-08)	Enabled	Enabled

BIOS\Devices\SATA	Default	ESXi 6.0 Update 2 install
Chipset SATA	AHCI	Disabled
Chipset SATA	S.M.A.R.T.	Disabled
HDD Activity LED	On	Disabled
M.2 PCIe SSD LEG	On	Disabled

BIOS\Devices\Onboard Devices	Default	ESXi 6.0 Update 2 install
Audio	On	Disabled
LAN	On	On
Thunderbolt Controller	On	On (I did disable it for the install as part of my Stop error troubleshooting}
WLAN	On	Disabled
BlueTooth	On	Disabled
Near Field Communicattion	Disabled	Disabled
SD Card	Read	Read/Write

Legacy Device Configuration	Default	ESXi 6.0 Update 2 install
Enhanced Consumer IR	On	Disabled
High Precision Event Timers	On	Disabled
Num Lock	On	Disabled

Performance\Processor	Default	ESXi 6.0 Update 2 install
Real-Time Performance Tuning	On	Disabled

Power	Default	ESXi 6.0 Update 2 install
Performance Selection	Balanced Enabled	Max Performance

Secondary Power Setting	Header text	Header text
Intel Ready Mode Technology	On	Disable
Power Sense	On	Disable
After Power Failure	Stay Off	Power On