Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5.x on Dell EMC PowerEdge Systems Installation Instructions and Important Information Guide
- Introduction
- Installing vSphere 6.5.x
- Download Dell EMC customized ESXi image
- Installing, enabling and disabling ESXi
- Overview of Dell NUMA Fault Resilient Memory
- Enabling Dell NUMA Fault Resilient Memory
- Overview of Dell Fault Resilient Memory
- Enabling Dell Fault Resilient Memory
- Installing ESXi on flash media
- Installing ESXi on the hard drive
- Installing ESXi on the BOSS-S1 device
- Enabling or disabling internal SD card
- Configuring one-time boot to ESXi
- Configuring boot sequence to ESXi
- VMware ESXi Secure boot support for Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers
- Downloading patches and updates for ESXi
- Creating vCenter Server installation media
- Installing vCenter Server
- Deploying vSphere 6.5.x
- Configuration back up and restore procedures
- Licensing information
- Troubleshooting ESXi
- Getting help
• vSphere configuration using iSCSI SAN
• Booting ESXi
• Configuring the password
• Configuring Lockdown mode
• Managing management network services
vSphere configuration using Dell EMC Fibre Channel
SAN
If you use Fibre Channel storage, you can connect a single Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) to a Fibre Channel switch
that provides paths to both the storage controllers on the Fibre Channel storage unit. To provide maximum protection against a
single failure at the HBA, Fibre Channel switch, or SP level, Dell EMC recommends that you use two Fibre Channel HBAs on the
ESXi host connected to separate Fibre Channel switches. The Fibre Channel switches provide redundant paths to the storage
controllers on the storage unit. The following figure shows the vSphere configuration using Fibre Channel SAN.
Figure 4. Configuring vSphere using Dell EMC Fibre Channel SAN
vSphere configuration using iSCSI SAN
The iSCSI SAN provides a cost-effective solution. Dell EMC recommends using two iSCSI initiators on the ESXi host connected
to two separate Ethernet switches to provide redundant paths to the storage controllers on the storage system. The following
figure shows a vSphere configuration using iSCSI SAN.
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Deploying vSphere 6.5.x