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
• 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 3. Configuring vSphere using Dell EMC Fibre Channel SAN
vSphere configuration using iSCSI SAN
The iSCSI SAN provides a cost-effective solution. Dell EMC recommends to use 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 6.0