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Plan, Install and Upgrade VMware ESX/ESXi
Install VMware ESX/ESXi on local storage
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
- ESX's hardware clock should be set to UTC
- IPv6 not supported during installation
ESXi Specifics
- All blank internal disks are formatted with VMFS (except 4GB VFAT scratch/swap partition, used for vm-support dumps)
- Direct Console is used to
- Configure host defaults
- Set-up administrator access
- Troubleshoot
- If no DHCP found during install, default 169.254.0.0 / 16 address assigned
vSphere Editions
| Edition | Features |
|---|---|
| Standard | 6 cores/CPU, 4way vSMP, 256GB/ESX, Update Manager, HA |
| Advanced | 12 cores/CPU, Hot Add, FT, vShield, VMotion |
| Enterprise | 6 cores/CPU, Storage vMotion, DRS |
| Enterprise Plus | 12 cores/CPU, 8way vSMP, maxGB/ESX, vNetwork Distributed Switch, Host Profiles, 3rd Party Multipathing |
Upgrade VMware ESX/ESXi
Secure VMware ESX/ESXi
Install VMware ESX/ESXi on SAN Storage
Identify vSphere Architecture and Solutions
Configure ESX/ESXi Networking
Configure Virtual Switches
Configure vNetwork Distributed Switches
Configure VMware ESX/ESXi Management Network
Configure ESX/ESXi Storage
Configure FC SAN Storage
Configure iSCSI SAN Storage
Configure NFS Datastores
Configure and Manage VMFS Datastores
Install and Configure vCenter Server
Minimum Requirements
- 2x CPU's (2GHz)
- 3GB RAM
- 2GB disk
- Microsoft SQL2005 Express
| 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)