Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- VMware vSphere ESXi 6.x on Dell EMC PowerEdge Systems Installation Instructions and Important Information Guide
- Introduction
- Installing vSphere 6.0
- Download Dell EMC customized ESXi image
- Installing, Enabling and Disabling ESXi
- Overview - Dell NUMA Fault Resilient Memory
- Enable Dell NUMA Fault Resilient Memory
- Overview - 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
- Downloading patches and updates for ESXi
- Creating vCenter Server installation media
- Installing vCenter Server
- Deploying vSphere 6.0
- Configuration back up and restore procedures
- Licensing information
- Troubleshooting ESXi
- Getting help
Installing ESXi on flash media
After installing the SD card in your system, locate the ESXi installer media that you had created in Download Dell EMC customized ESXi
image on page 8.
To install ESXi on the flash media, complete the following steps:
NOTE: For more information about supported configurations of the PowerEdge servers with the SD memory card, see
the
VMware vSphere 6 on Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Compatibility Matrix
at www.dell.com/virtualizationsolutions.
NOTE: For instructions to install the SD memory card on the system board for supported PowerEdge servers, see the
system-specific Owner's Manual or Information Update at https://www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
1. Turn on the system.
NOTE: Before installing ESXi, enable the flash storage device. For more information, see Enabling or Disabling
Internal SD card on page 12.
2. Insert the ESXi installer media into the optical drive.
3. Restart the system.
4. When the Dell EMC logo is displayed, press F11 immediately.
5. At the Boot Menu, use the up- and down-arrow keys to select the optical drive and press Enter.
The installer environment starts. When the installer image loads, the system is ready to begin the flash storage imaging process.
CAUTION: Step 6 deletes all data on SD storage device.
6. On the Select a Disk page, select the SD storage device on which you want to install ESXi and press Enter.
7. Enter the root password and press F11 to start the installation.
8. When the installation process is complete, press Enter to restart the system.
9. When the Dell EMC logo is displayed, press F11 immediately.
10. At the Boot Menu, use the up- and down-arrow keys to select the SD storage device, and then press Enter.
The system boots and starts ESXi.
11. To enable recurring boot, see Configuring boot sequence to ESXi.
12. Set the correct licensing mode.
For more information, see Licensing information.
Installing ESXi on the hard drive
To install ESXi on the hard drive, complete the following procedure:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Insert the ESXi installer media that you created earlier into the optical drive.
For more information, see the Download the Dell EMC customized ESXi image section..
3. When the Dell EMC logo is displayed, press F11 immediately.
4. At the Boot Menu, use the up- and down-arrow keys to select the optical drive and press Enter.
When the installer image loads, the system is ready to begin the installation process.
CAUTION: Step 5 deletes all data on the selected hard disk drive.
5. On the Select a Disk page, select the hard drive on which you want to install ESXi and press Enter.
6. Enter the root password and press Enter to reboot the system.
7. When the installation process is complete, press Enter to reboot the system.
The system restarts and starts ESXi.
8. Set the correct licensing mode.
For more information, see the Licensing information section.
Installing ESXi on the BOSS-S1 device
To install ESXi on the BOSS-S1 device, complete the following procedure:
1. Turn on the system.
Installing vSphere 6.0
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