During installation of the vSNE on ESXi, you may in some circumstances encounter an error like the one below:
VALUE_ILLEGAL: Illegal value for cores per socket 8 - it must divide number of cpus 4
If this error is displayed, please try unzipping the .ova file, then opening the virtual-sne.ovf file in a text editor like Notepad or Notepad++.
Then change the following line:
<vmw:CoresPerSocket ovf:required="false">8</vmw:CoresPerSocket>
to
<vmw:CoresPerSocket ovf:required="false">4</vmw:CoresPerSocket>
Note that the SHA-1 checksum for the .ovf file will need to be updated after this change is made.
If the steps described above do not resolve the issue, please see Virtual SNE: Which CPU architectures are supported?
If the problem still persists after following the advice in both these articles, please contact support.sne@calnexsol.com