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

Documentation resources
This section provides information about the documentation resources for your server.
Table 4. Additional documentation resources for your server
Task Document Location
Setting up your server
For information about installing
the server into a rack, see the
Rack documentation included
with your rack solution or the
Getting Started Guide that is
shipped with your server.
www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals
For information about turning
on the server and the technical
specifications of your server,
see the Getting Started Guide
that is shipped with your server.
www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals
Configuring your server For information about the iDRAC
features, configuring and logging
in to iDRAC, and managing
your server remotely, see the
Integrated Dell Remote Access
Configuration Tool User's Guide
www.dell.com/idracmanuals
For information about
installing the operating
system, see operating system
documentation.
www.dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals
For information about
understanding Remote Access
Controller Admin (RACADM)
subcommands and supported
RACADM interfaces, see the
iDRAC RACADM CLI Guide.
www.dell.com/idracmanuals
For information about updating
drivers and firmware, see
Downloading the drivers and
firmware topic in this document.
Dell.com/support/drivers
Managing your server For information about server
management software offered
by Dell EMC, see the Dell EMC
Systems Management Overview
Guide.
www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
For information about setting
up, using, and troubleshooting
OpenManage, see the Dell
EMC OpenManage Server
Administrator User's Guide.
www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
For information about installing,
using, and troubleshooting
Dell EMC OpenManage
Essentials, see the Dell EMC
Dell.com/openmanagemanuals >
OpenManage Essentials User’s
Guide.
www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
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