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VMware vSphere 5 On Dell PowerEdge Systems Deployment Guide

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ESXi architecture overview

ESXi is a bare-metal enterprise class hypervisor that can be pre-installed on Dell PowerEdge systems. With the reduced footprint of the hypervisor, ESXi is integrated with PowerEdge systems by using embedded Secure Digital (SD) card. Integrated virtualization by VMware offers:
  • Ease of deployment
  • Integrated hardware monitoring
  • Enhanced security
  • Reduced patch management
  • Improved reliability
Figure 1. ESXi 5 architecture
The figure shows the ESXi 5 architecture.

Virtual SAN installation

For more information about VMware documentation for VSAN installation, see the VMware Virtual SAN Production Information Guide at dell.com/virtualizationsolutions.

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