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
Table 4. Additional documentation resources for your server (continued)
Task Document Location
the PERC cards, see the Storage
controller documentation.
Understanding event and error
messages
For information about checking the
event and error messages
generated by the system firmware
and agents that monitor server
components, see the Dell EMC
Event and Error Messages
Reference Guide.
www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
Troubleshooting your system For information about identifying
and troubleshooting the
PowerEdge server issues, see the
PowerEdge Servers
Troubleshooting Guide.
https://www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals
Configuring Dell PowerEdge
VRTX shared storage for
VMware vSphere environment
For information on configuring Dell
PowerEdge VRTX shared storage
for VMware vSphere environment,
see Dell EMC White papers.
Configuring Dell PowerEdge VRTX shared storage for VMware
vSphere Environment
Downloading the drivers and firmware
Dell EMC recommends that you download and install the latest BIOS, drivers, and systems management firmware on your system.
Ensure that you clear the web browser cache before downloading the drivers and firmware.
1. Go to Dell.com/support/drivers.
2. Under the Drivers & Downloads section, type the Service Tag of your system in the Enter a Service Tag box, and then click
Submit.
NOTE:
If you do not have the Service Tag, select Detect PC to allow the system to automatically detect your Service
Tag, or under General support, navigate to your product.
3. Click Drivers & Downloads.
The drivers that are applicable to your selection are displayed.
4. Download the drivers to a USB drive, CD, or DVD.
Documentation feedback
You can rate the documentation or write your feedback on any of our Dell EMC documentation pages and click Send Feedback to send
your feedback.
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Getting help