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A Principled Technologies test report 20
Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server:
Uncompromised virtual desktop performance
6. Enter composer for the name of the ODBC name with the View5\administrator User id and password, and
click Next.
7. Accept the default SOAP port, and click Next.
8. Click Install.
Setting up a VM to host the VMware View 5 connection server
1. Log into vCenter with the VMware vSphere client.
2. In the vSphere client, browse to the ESXi host named infra.
3. Click the Virtual Machines tab.
4. Right-click, and choose New Virtual Machine.
5. Choose Custom, and click Next.
6. Assign the name View5 to the virtual machine, and click Next.
7. Select the Datastore NFS-infra, and click Next.
8. Choose Virtual Machine Version 8, and click Next.
9. Choose Windows, choose Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit), and click Next.
10. Choose two virtual processors, and click Next.
11. Choose 4GB RAM, and click Next.
12. Click 1 for the number of NICs, select E1000, connect to the data network, and click Next.
13. Leave the default virtual storage controller, and click Next.
14. Choose to create a new virtual disk, and click Next.
15. Make the OS virtual disk size 40 GB, choose thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, specify the OS datastore on the
external storage, and click Next.
16. Keep the default virtual device node (0:0), and click Next.
17. Connect the VM virtual CD-ROM to the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 installation disk.
18. Click Finish.
19. Start the VM.
Installing the Microsoft Windows Server2008 R2 operating system on the VM
1. Choose the language, time and currency, and keyboard input. Click Next.
2. Click Install Now.
3. Choose Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (Full Installation), and click Next.
4. Accept the license terms, and click Next.
5. Click Custom.
6. Click the Disk, and click Drive options (advanced).
7. Click NewApplyFormat, and click Next.
8. After the installation completes, click OK to set the Administrator password.
9. Enter the administrator password twice, and click OK.
10. Connect the machine to the Internet, and install all available Windows updates. Restart as necessary.
11. Enable remote desktop access.
12. Change the hostname to view5 and reboot when prompted.
13. Set up networking for the data network:
a. Click StartControl Panel, right-click Network Connections, and choose Open.
b. Right-click the VM traffic NIC, and choose Properties.
c. Uncheck TCP/IP (v6).
d. Select TCP/IP (v4), and choose Properties.
e. Set the IP address, subnet, gateway, and DNS server.
14. Join the View5 domain.
15. Reboot.