HP LeftHand SAN Solutions Support Document - Installation Manual - VSA Quick Start Guide for SAN/iQ® 8.0

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2 Chapter: Getting Started with the VSA
for ESX Server
Introduction
This Quick Start Guide describes the procedures and best practices that guide
you to successfully install and configure your Virtual SAN Appliance for
VMware
®
ESX (VSA™). You will also install and configure data storage with
the SAN/iQ
®
software Centralized Management Console (CMC).
Using the Evaluation Version
Use these procedures and best practices to use the full evaluation version of
the Virtual SAN Appliance for VMware
®
ESX. The free 30-day, fully
functional evaluation edition is pre-formatted for the VMware ESX Server.
To continue using the full version of the software after your 30- day trial
period has ended, you must purchase a license key. After you apply the license
key, your configuration can be used as is in a production environment, or
reconfigured if necessary.
Prerequisites
• Have available drive space of up to 2 TB for ESX Server. LeftHand
Networks recommends installing ESX Server on top of a redundant RAID
configuration. Do not use RAID 0.
• 1 GB of memory reserved.
• A single virtual CPU with at least 2000 MHz reserved.
• Have a Gigabit Ethernet or internal network environment
— Designate a host name for the VSA™