Vsphere-Esxi

vSphere Installation and Setup
vSphere 5.0 ESXi 5.0 vCenter Server 5.0

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ContentsAbout vSphere Installation and Setup Updated Information 9

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1 Introduction to vSphere Installation and Setup 11

How vSphere 5.0 Differs from vSphere 4.x 11 Overview of the vSphere Installation and Setup Process 13 Options for Installing ESXi 14 Media Options for Booting the ESXi Installer 15 Using Remote Management Applications 26 Required Information for ESXi Installation 26

2 SystemRequirements 29

ESXi Hardware Requirements 29 ESXi Support for 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems 32 vCenter Server and vSphere Client Hardware Requirements 33 vCenter Server Software Requirements 36 vSphere Client and vSphere Web Client Software Requirements 37 Providing Sufficient Space for System Logging 37 Required Ports for vCenter Server 38 Required Ports for the vCenter Server Appliance 39Conflict Between vCenter Server and IIS for Port 80 40 DNS Requirements for vSphere 40 Supported Remote Management Server Models and Minimum Firmware Versions 41

3 Installing ESXi Interactively 43

Install ESXi Interactively 43 Install ESXi on a Software iSCSI Disk 45

4 Installing, Upgrading, or Migrating Hosts Using a Script 47

Approaches for Scripted Installation 47 Enter Boot Options toStart an Installation or Upgrade Script 48 About Installation and Upgrade Scripts 50 Install, Upgrade, or Migrate ESXi from a CD or DVD Using a Script 59 Install, Upgrade, or Migrate ESXi from a USB Flash Drive Using a Script 60 Performing a Scripted Installation or Upgrade of ESXi by PXE Booting the Installer 61

5 Installing ESXi Using vSphere Auto Deploy 63
Understanding vSphere Auto Deploy63 Auto Deploy Roadmap and Cmdlet Overview 70 Preparing for vSphere Auto Deploy 73

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Managing Auto Deploy with PowerCLI Cmdlets 78 Provisioning ESXi Systems with vSphere Auto Deploy 82 Setting Up an Auto Deploy Reference Host 85 Advanced Management Tasks 91 Auto Deploy Best Practices and Security Consideration 97 Troubleshooting Auto Deploy100 Auto Deploy Proof of Concept Setup 106

6 Using vSphere ESXi Image Builder CLI 123
Understanding Image Builder 123 Image Builder Installation and Usage 130 Image Builder Common Tasks 131 Image Builder Workflows 135

7 Setting Up ESXi 141

ESXi Autoconfiguration 141 About the Direct Console ESXi Interface 142 Set the Password for the Administrator Account 144 Configuring the BIOS BootSettings 145 Host Fails to Boot After You Install ESXi in UEFI Mode 146 Network Access to Your ESXi Host 146 Configure the Network Settings on a Host That Is Not Attached to the Network 147 Managing ESXi Remotely 147 Configuring Network Settings 148 Storage Behavior 152 View System Logs 155 Configure Syslog on ESXi Hosts 155 Enable Lockdown Mode Using the Direct Console 156 Enable ESXi Shell and...