Administrator Guide
Quick Boot on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Table of Contents
1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 5
2.1 Quick Boot Overview .................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Quick Boot support on Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers .................................................................. 5
3 Quick Boot Support Requirements ......................................................................................................... 5
3.1 Software Components .................................................................................................................. 6
3.1.1 vSphere Requirements .......................................................................................................... 6
3.1.2 Device Driver requirements .................................................................................................. 6
3.1.3 Quick boot compatibility for Dell EMC Customized VMware ESXi ISO Images..................... 6
3.2 Hardware Components ................................................................................................................. 7
3.2.1 Host Requirements ............................................................................................................... 7
3.2.2 Device Considerations ........................................................................................................... 7
4 Quick Boot and VMware Update Manager (VUM)................................................................................. 9
4.1 Introduction to VUM ..................................................................................................................... 9
4.2 Quick Boot with VUM ................................................................................................................. 10
5 Testing and Observations ..................................................................................................................... 10
5.1 Hardware Configuration Under Test ........................................................................................... 10
5.2 Software Configuration Under Test ............................................................................................ 11
5.3 Quick Boot on standalone host ................................................................................................... 11
5.4 VUM Upgrade scenario involving Quick Boot ............................................................................. 12
5.5 Performance test results ............................................................................................................. 14
6 References ............................................................................................................................................ 15