Specifications

Index
A
administrative password 16
ATA disks 8
D
datacenters
adding hosts 34
creating 33
DHCP, direct console 17, 18
direct console
DHCP 17, 18
DNS 18
IP addressing 17
password configuration 16
static addressing 17, 18
DNS 18
documentation, for vSphere 37
E
end user license agreement 10
ESX, installation prerequisites 8
esxconsole.vmdk 10
ESXi
installing 14
setting up 15
EULA 10
G
getting started tasks 7
H
hardware requirements
for ESXi 13
for the vSphere Clienti 18
for vCenter Server 25
hardware requirements for the vSphere
Client 25
hosts
adding to datacenter 34
logging in to 20
managing 18
managing multiple 23, 25
I
IDE disks 8, 13
installation logs 10
installing
ESX 10
ESXi 14
vCenter Server 28
vSphere Client 19
inventory, setting up basic 32
IP 16
IP addressing, direct console 17, 18
L
logging in to hosts 20
logging in to vCenter Server 33
logs, installation 10
M
managing hosts 18, 25
memory, ESXi requirements 13
memory, server requirements 8
Microsoft .NET Framework 18
P
password, administrative 16
prerequisites, ESX 8
prerequisites for installing vCenter Server 27
R
requirements for vSphere Client 18
root password 16
S
SAS disks 13
SATA disks 8, 13
SCSI 8, 13
SCSI disks 8
setting up ESXi 15
specifications
ESXi hardware requirements 13
performance recommendations 13
static addressing 17
static DNS, direct console 18
static IP 16
subnet mask 16
T
tutorial 37
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