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Chapter 5 System Configuration
 ManagingStorage–Explainshowtomanageexistingdatastoresandthefile
systemsthatcomprisedatastores.
 RawDeviceMapping–Discussesrawdevicemapping,howtoconfigurethistype
ofstorage,andhowtomanagerawdevicemappingsbysettingupmultipathing,
failover,andsoforth.
Viewing Security Configuration Information
TheESXServersecuritychaptersoftheESXServer3ConfigurationGuideandESXServer
3iConfigurationGuidediscusssafeguardsVMwarehasbuiltintoESXServerand
measuresyoucantaketoprotectyourESXServerhostfromsecuritythreats.These
measuresincludeusingfirewalls,leveragingthesecurityfeaturesofvirtual
switches,
andsettingupuserauthenticationandpermissions.Thesecuritysectioncontainsthe
followingchapters:
 SecurityforESXServerSystems–IntroducesyoutotheESXServ erfeaturesthat
helpyouensureasecureenvironmentforyourdataandgivesyouanoverviewof
systemdesignasitrelatestosecurity.
 SecuringanESXServerConfiguration–Explainshowtoconfigurefirewallports
forESXServerhostsandVMwareVirtualCenter,howtousevirtualswitchesand
VLANstoensurenetworkisolationforvirtualmachines,andhowtosecureiSCSI
storage.
 AuthenticationandUserManagement–Discusseshowtosetupusers,groups,
permissions,androlestocontrolaccesstoESXServerhostsandVirtualCenter.It
alsodiscussesencryptionanddelegateusers.
 ServiceConsoleSecurity–(IntheESXServer3ConfigurationGuideonly)Discusses
thesecurityfeaturesbuiltintotheserviceconsoleandshowsyouhowtoconfigure
thesefeatures.
 SecurityDeploymentsandRecommendations–Providessomesample
deploymentstogiv eyouanideaoftheissuesyoumustconsiderwhensettingup
yourownESXServerdeployment.Thischapteralsotellsyouaboutactionsyou
cantaketofurthersecurevirtualmachines.