Datasheet
A Principled Technologies test report 21
Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server:
Uncompromised virtual desktop performance
Installing the VMware View 5 server
1. Log into the server named view5.
2. Click Install Media for View Connection Server.
3. To begin the install wizard, click Next.
4. Agree to the license agreement, and click Next.
5. Keep the destination directory as C:\Program Files\VMware View\Server\, and click Next.
6. Select View Standard Server, and click Next.
7. Allow View Server to configure the firewall, and click Next.
8. Click Next.
9. Click Finish.
10. Open a command window, and type gpupdate /force
11. Reboot the View 5 server.
12. Log out of View 5.
Setting up a Windows 7 Enterprise x64 image for VMware View 5 linked clone “gold image”
and VSI Launchers
Using the vSphere client, we created a Windows 7 Enterprise x64 VM with the Login VSI launcher software, and
cloned it to create six Login VSI launchers. We also created a single optimized Windows 7 Enterprise x64 VM on the SUT
server as the gold image for View 5 linked clone deployment.
Installing the Windows 7 Enterprise (x64) Login VSI launcher
1. Log into the appropriate vCenter.
2. In the vSphere client, connect to the vCenter Server, and 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 Launcher to the virtual machine, and click Next.
7. Select NFS-infra, and click Next.
8. Choose Virtual Machine Version 8, and click Next.
9. Choose Windows, choose Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit), and click Next.
10. Choose two virtual processors, and click Next.
11. Choose 12 GB RAM, and click Next.
12. Click 1 for the number of NICs, select E1000, 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 20 GB, choose thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, and click Next.
16. Keep the default virtual device node (0:0), and click Next.
17. Click Finish.
18. Click Finish, and click OK.
19. Click the Resources tab, and click Memory.
20. Connect the VM virtual CD-ROM to the Microsoft Windows 7 x64 installation disk.
21. Start the VM.
22. When the installation prompts you, press any key to begin setup.
23. Enter your language preferences, and click Next.
24. Click Install.
25. Accept the license terms, and click Next.
26. Select Custom, and select the drive that will contain the OS.