In this video, we'll cover the process of installing and configuring VMWARE ESX I from CD or DVD to an SD card placed in the internal dual SD module on a power edge server. Before you begin, you must ensure that the minimum ram size is eight gigabytes. And the ESX I installer consists of the drivers for the storage controller and network daughter card or land on the motherboard to install VM ware ESX.
I turn on the system and insert the ESX I installer media into the optical drive and press F two to open the system set up page. It's like system bios and then select integrated devices, set the internal SD card port option to on the internal SD card redundancy option to mirror and then select SD card one or SD card two as the internal SD primary card. Then click back, select boot settings and then boot option settings.
Here, select boo sequence. You must ensure that hard drive C is the first item in the list and then click, OK. Next select hard disk drive sequence and ensure that internal ST I DS TM is the first item in the list. Then click OK. Click back until you can view the system bio settings, page, click finish and on the dialog box. Click yes, after this click, OK. On the success message to exit from the bio settings to exit from system setup, click finish and then click. Yes.
On the confirm exit message, the system restarts automatically press F 11 to go to the boot manager. Select the one shot bio spook menu option and then select embedded set of port optical drive on the boot menu screen. Select the Dell ESX I installer option and press enter the system then loads the ESX I installer. This operation might take a few minutes to complete. Press enter to continue with the installation, read through the license agreement and press F 11 to accept and continue with the installation.
Select the target device to install the ESX I and press enter to continue. Then press enter to override the existing data or you can press escape to cancel the operation. Next, select the US default language and press enter to continue type the password in the root password and confirm password fields and then press enter to continue to confirm installation press F 11. This installation process might take a few minutes once the installation is complete, press enter to reboot the system.
This operation will take a few minutes after ESX I is installed, you can view the VM Ware ESX I version and Dell powered model number on the direct console. User interface or DCU I screen to log into ESX I press F two and enter the log in and password details. Then press enter to continue to configure your ESX I press F two. This will bring up the system customization window, select troubleshooting options and then press enter to enable the ESX I shell option. By default.
This option is disabled, press all def one to go to the ESX I command line shell, enter the log in and password details and then press enter. You can now configure ESX I using its various commands. For more information about ESX I and power edge servers visit dell dot com forward slash support.
