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10 ESXi Deployment GuidePowerEdge M520 ConfigurationProcessors Intel Xeon E5-2400 product familyMinimum Memory 4 GBInternal Storage Up to two 2.5 inch

ESXi Deployment Guide 11PowerEdge M915 ConfigurationProcessors AMD Opteron 6100/6200 series Minimum Memory 4 GBInternal Storage Two 2.5 inch SAS/SATA

12 ESXi Deployment GuidePowerEdge M710HD ConfigurationProcessors Intel Xeon 5500/5600 seriesMinimum Memory 4 GBInternal Storage Up to four 2.5 inch SA

ESXi Deployment Guide 13PowerEdge M610x ConfigurationProcessors Intel Xeon 5500/5600 seriesMinimum Memory 4 GBInternal Storage Two 2.5 inch SAS/SATA d

14 ESXi Deployment GuideTable 2 lists the currently shipping rack-based Dell PowerEdge systems that support ESXi Embedded.Table 2. Rack-Based PowerEdg

ESXi Deployment Guide 15PowerEdge R720xd ConfigurationProcessors Intel Xeon E5-2600 product familyMinimum Memory 4 GBInternal Storage Up to twenty-six

16 ESXi Deployment GuidePowerEdge R520 ConfigurationProcessors Intel Xeon E5-2400 product familyMinimum Memory 4 GBInternal Storage Up to eight 3.5 in

ESXi Deployment Guide 17PowerEdge R320 ConfigurationProcessors Intel Xeon E5-2400 product familyMinimum Memory 4 GBInternal Storage Up to eight 2.5 in

18 ESXi Deployment GuidePowerEdge R815 ConfigurationProcessors AMD Opteron 6100/6200 series Minimum Memory 8 GBInternal Storage Up to six 2.5 inch SAS

ESXi Deployment Guide 19PowerEdge R715 ConfigurationProcessors AMD Opteron 6100/6200 seriesMinimum Memory 8 GBInternal Storage Up to six 2.5 inch SAS/

Notes and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potenti

20 ESXi Deployment GuidePowerEdge R610 ConfigurationProcessors Intel Xeon 5500 /5600 seriesMinimum Memory 4 GBInternal Storage Up to six 2.5 inch SAS/

ESXi Deployment Guide 21Table 3 lists the currently shipping tower-based PowerEdge systems that support ESXi Embedded.Table 3. Tower-Based PowerEdge S

22 ESXi Deployment GuidePowerEdge T320 ConfigurationProcessors Intel Xeon E5-2400 product familyMinimum Memory 2 GBInternal Storage Up to sixteen 2.5

ESXi Deployment Guide 23PowerEdge T610 ConfigurationProcessors Intel Xeon 5500/5600 seriesMinimum Memory 4 GBInternal Storage Up to eight 2.5 inch or

24 ESXi Deployment GuideImportant Information• PowerEdge systems shipped with BCM 5709 LOMs (with iSCSI offload enabled through the hardware key) supp

ESXi Deployment Guide 25• On some systems under heavy networking and processor load, the network adapter stops functioning. This leads to communicatio

26 ESXi Deployment GuideSupported vSphere 4 Configuration SolutionsThis section discusses the vSphere 4 configurations with PowerEdge systems using Fi

ESXi Deployment Guide 27Configuring vSphere 4 Using iSCSI SANFigure 4 shows a vSphere 4 configuration using iSCSI SAN. The iSCSI SAN provides a cost-e

28 ESXi Deployment GuideESXi and vCenter DeploymentGuidelines for Deploying ESXiBefore deploying ESXi:• Determine the licensing mode that best suits t

ESXi Deployment Guide 29cOptionally, connect your iSCSI-based network connection to the third onboard network adapter (if applicable). For systems wit

Contents 3ContentsIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5VMware License Offerings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5vSphere 4 Arch

30 ESXi Deployment GuideBooting ESXi This section describes how to perform the basic setup of your system based on the following assumptions:• You hav

ESXi Deployment Guide 31If a warning is displayed, the ESXi host was unable to obtain an IP address from your DHCP system. For information on configur

32 ESXi Deployment GuideConfiguring the PasswordYou can use DCUI to set the password for the administrator account. The administrative user name for t

ESXi Deployment Guide 33Configuring, Restarting, Testing, or Disabling the Management Network ServicesThe ESXi 4 kernel supports IPv4, IPv6, and IEEE

34 ESXi Deployment GuidevSphere Client is available free of charge with ESXi (and ESX) products. You may download and use the trial version of vCenter

ESXi Deployment Guide 35Image RecoveryThe procedure described in this section restores your system to a bootable state, but does not restore the per-s

36 ESXi Deployment Guide2Remove all the USB-based storage devices on the system except the device (USB key/SD card) where ESXi is installed. NOTE: E

ESXi Deployment Guide 37• vSphere CLI package — vSphere CLI package can be installed on either Linux or on Microsoft Windows operating systems.• vSphe

38 ESXi Deployment Guide2Optionally, restore the host to the ESXi build number used when the backup file was created. The backup process does not supp

ESXi Deployment Guide 39Purple or Pink Screen While Booting or Running Your ESXiThis is a sign of a serious misconfiguration or system error, similar

4 ContentsCreating the ESXi RecoveryMedia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Image Recovery for ESXi Embedded Edition. . . . . . . . .

40 ESXi Deployment Guide• For information on ESXi, other Dell VMware products, technical publications including white papers, articles, and case studi

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ESXi Deployment Guide 5IntroductionThis document is a companion guide to the VMware ESXi 4 guides.This document helps you to deploy ESXi 4 and provide

6 ESXi Deployment GuideIf you have ordered ESXi hypervisor-based vSphere Essentials Plus, Standard, Enterprise, or Enterprise Plus, replace the Single

ESXi Deployment Guide 7for advanced management capabilities such as VMware VMotion, Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS), and High Availability (HA).

8 ESXi Deployment GuideFigure 2. ESXi 4 ArchitectureSupported ConfigurationsFor complete information about all the supported Dell PowerEdge systems wi

ESXi Deployment Guide 9Table 1 lists the currently shipping modular-based Dell PowerEdge systems that support ESXi Embedded.Table 1. Modular-Based Pow