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
Table 2. Related information for virtualization solutions (continued)
If you need information about See
Known issues and resolutions VMware vSphere 6.5.x on Dell EMC
PowerEdge server Release Notes at Dell.com/
virtualizationsolutions
ESXi ISO image customization information ESXi Image Customization Information at Dell.com/
virtualizationsolutions
Technical support resources
● vmware.com/support
● Dell.com/support/home
● Dell.com/services
Discussion forums
● communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn
● Dell Virtualization
●
Wikis, Forums, Blogs, and Videos
● Dell Community
Knowledge base
● kb.vmware.com/kb
NOTE:
For more information that is related to the VMware ESXi installation on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, go to Dell
Virtualization.
Virtualization videos for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
All the supported virtualization videos for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers are available in the Supported Operating Systems for
Dell PowerEdge servers playlist.
Table 3. Virtualization videos for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Video title Links
Downloading the Dell EMC customized ESXi image from support site www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnVxtkAkYTI
OS Deployment (VMware ESXi)—Installing Using CD/DVD www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EbufUS86zA
Enabling and Configuring Fault Resilient Memory on Dell EMC
PowerEdge servers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=retSh-XlsK0
OS Deployment (VMware ESXi)—Installing on BOSS S1 device www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB1loXpFFME
OS Deployment (VMware ESXi)—Installing on IDSDM www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC-Xntg5mgw
To enable UEFI Secure Boot on VMware ESXi for Dell’s 13th
generation of PowerEdge servers
NOTE: This video is applicable for VMware ESXi 6.5.x and
VMware ESXi 6.7.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll9qlF9qV9I
To enable UEFI Secure Boot on VMware ESXi for Dell EMC’s 14th
generation of PowerEdge servers
NOTE: This video is applicable for VMware ESXi 6.5.x and
VMware ESXi 6.7.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZB_XyV0enY
28 Getting help