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A Principled Technologies test report 15
Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server:
Uncompromised virtual desktop performance
6. On the Enter a Root Password screen, assign a root password, and confirm it by entering it again. Press Enter to
continue.
7. On the Confirm Install screen, press F11 to install.
8. On the Installation Complete screen, press Enter to reboot.
Configuring ESXi after installation (network)
1. On the ESXi 5.0 screen, press F2, enter the root password, and press Enter.
2. On the System Customization screen, select Troubleshooting Options, and press Enter.
3. On the Troubleshooting Mode Options screen, select Enable ESXi Shell, and press Enter.
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 number of ports to 512.
18. Change the MTU of vSwitch0 to 9,000, and click OK.
19. In the vSwitch0 properties, click Add…
20. Create a virtual machine network called VDI with a VLAN ID of 100 click Next, and click Finish.
21. In the vSwitch0 properties, click Add…
22. Create a VMkernel network called NFS with a VLAN ID of 222 and select the checkbox next to Use this port
group for management traffic. Click Next twice.
23. Address the VMKernel as 192.168.22.102 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 click Next, and click
Finish.
24. In the vSwitch0 properties, select NFS and click Edit.
25. 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-
VDT and 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.