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A Principled Technologies test report 32
Dell PowerEdge VRTX and M-series compute nodes configuration study
vi. Select the radio button for Configure with default settings, and click Next.
vii. Click Start. Setup will complete and a new database will be configured automatically.
viii. Click the Admin Tab.
1. Enter vmware in the current administrator password section.
2. Enter a new password into both password fields.
3. Click Change Password.
c. Add all hosts to the vCenter:
i. Open a new vSphere client session, and connect to the IP address assigned to the vCenter Server
Appliance during installation.
ii. Log in with root and the password you provided during setup.
iii. Create a new datacenter:
1. Right-click the item at the top of the left hand pane in the client, and select New
Datacenter.
2. Select an appropriate name for the Datacenter. For our testing, we selected Remote-01.
iv. Add each host to the Datacenter:
1. Right-click Remote-01, and select Add Host.
2. Enter the IP address of the HP-ESXi-01.
3. Enter the username root and the password you assigned the host during setup.
4. Click Next.
5. Click Yes to verify the authenticity and complete the import.
6. Click Next.
7. Select a license to assign, and click Next.
8. Do not check Enable Lockdown Mode, and click Next.
9. Click Next.
10. Click Finish.
11. Repeat steps 1 through 10 for the hosts.
16. Set up a high availability cluster:
a. Create a vSphere HA cluster:
i. Right-click on the Remote-01 Datacenter.
ii. Select New Cluster.
iii. Name the cluster. For our testing, we used Cluster-01.
iv. Check the box for Turn On vSphere HA, and click Next.
v. Accept all vSphere HA defaults, and click Next.
vi. Accept Virtual Machine Options defaults, and click Next.
vii. Accept VM Monitoring defaults, and click Next.
viii. Enable EVC for Intel®Hosts, select the most inclusive model available from the pull-down menu,
and click Next.
ix. Accept VM Swapfile Location defaults, and click Next.
x. Click Finish to create the cluster.
b. Click and drag each ESXi host into the cluster to populate it.