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A Principled Technologies test report 14
Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server:
Uncompromised virtual desktop performance
4. Select Enable SSH, press Enter, and press Esc.
5. On the System Customization screen, select Configure Management Network.
6. On the Configure Management Network screen, select IP Configuration.
7. On the IP Configuration screen, select Set static IP; enter an IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway; and
press Enter.
8. On the Configure Management Network screen, press Esc. When asked if you want to apply the changes, press
Y.
9. Log into infra as root with the vSphere client.
10. Select the Configuration tab, and click Networking.
11. Configure vSwitch0 by clicking Add Networking…
12. Click the Network Adaptors tab.
13. Click Add…
14. Select vmnic1, and click Next.
15. Position vmnic0 as active and vmnic1 as a standby, and click OK.
16. Click the Ports tab, and edit the vSwitch.
17. Change the MTU of vSwitch0 to 9,000, and click OK.
18. In the vSwitch0 properties, Click Add…
19. Create a virtual machine network called VDI, with a VLAN ID of 100, click Next, and click Finish.
20. In the vSwitch0 properties, Click Add…
21. Create a VMkernel network called NFS with VLAN a ID of 222 select the checkbox next to Use this port group
for management traffic. Click Next twice.
22. Address the VMkernel as 192.168.22.101 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 click Next, and click
Finish.
23. In the vSwitch0 properties, select NFS, and click Edit.
24. Change the NFS MTU from 1,500 to 9,000, and click OK.
Configuring ESXi after installation (storage)
1. Select the Configuration tab, and click Storage.
2. Select Network File System, and click Next.
3. In the locate NFS properties enter Server= 192.168.22.22 folder=/NFS/infra Data store name=NFS-
Infra click Next.
Configuring ESXi after installation (DNS, and NTP)
1. Select the Configuration tab, and click Time configuration.
2. Select Properties, and click Options.
3. In the General settings, select Start automatically if any ports are open, and Stop when all ports are closed.
4. In the NTP settings, add a reliable NTP server, or use DC1.view5.com.
5. Close NTP settings.
6. Select the Configuration tab, and click DNS and routing.
7. Type infra for name, and view5.com for domain.
8. Enter 172.0.0.10 for preferred DNS.
9. Close DNS.
Installing VMware vSphere 5 (ESXi) on the Cisco UCS B230 M2 (SUT)
1. Insert the ESXi 5.0 disk, and select Boot from disk.
2. On the Welcome screen, press Enter.
3. On the End User License Agreement (EULA) screen, press F11.
4. On the Select a Disk to install or Upgrade screen, select the relevant volume to install ESXi on, and press Enter.
5. On the Please Select a Keyboard Layout screen, press Enter.