Revision as of 09:39, 2 November 2009

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Minimum Hardware Requirements

64bit CPU (AMD Opteron, Intel Xenon [inc Nahalem])
- CPU Virtualisation features required to support 64bit VM's
2GB RAM
1+ NIC
SCSI, Fibre Channel or Internal RAID controller
LUN, SAS or SATA (SATA must be connected through a SAS controller)

Notes

Minimum Requirements

Scale	VC	CPU	Memory
50 ESXs, 250 VMs	32 bit	2	4 GB
200 ESXs, 2000 VMs	64 bit	4	4 GB
300 ESXs, 3000 VMs	64 bit	4	8 GB

Database must be 32bit only, regardless of VC's OS (default database on 64bit SQL is 64bit)

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 = Notes =
 == Section 1 – Plan, Install and Upgrade VMware ESX/ESXi ==
+=== 1.1 - Install VMware ESX/ESXi on local storage ===
 '''Minimum Hardware Requirements'''
 * 64bit CPU (AMD Opteron, Intel Xenon [inc Nahalem])
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 * ESX's hardware clock should be set to UTC
 * IPv6 not supported during installation
+=== 1.2 – Upgrade VMware ESX/ESXi ===
+=== 1.3 – Secure VMware ESX/ESXi ===
+=== 1.4 – Install VMware ESX/ESXi on SAN Storage ===
+=== 1.5 – Identify vSphere Architecture and Solutions ===
 == Section 4 – Install and Configure vCenter Server ==