Specifications

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Take the “default” partitioning information for the disk partitions.
For ESX Server boot specification,
Take the default (from a drive – install on the MBR of the drive).
Provide the network interface to be used and configure the network address and host name. You can use
DHCP or provide the network information manually.
Note: initially ESX Server as well as the Virtual machines (VM) created will share this network
interface. You can create additional network interfaces for the virtual machines after installing ESX
Server (using the VI client).
It is recommended to use static IP for ESX Server hosts to simplify access and management of the Virtual
Infrastructure through the VI client.
Provide all the appropriate network parameters.
Our lab installation used:
IP address10.16.27.17
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
Gateway: 10.16.15.254
Hostname: se-017
VLAN ID:
Check “create a default network for VMs”.
Enter your root password.
Click “next” on the ESX Server install summary page.
Installation will now begin.
Once installation is complete, the system will reboot and you can access the ESX Server from VI client or
web browser using the ESX Server IP address. We will be using the VI client and the VirtualCenter to
manage our ESX Server. Log file for the installation is located at /root/install.log.