Specifications

Administration Guide
196 VMware, Inc.
SNMP Configuration
From!the!Options!tab!of!the!VMware!Management!Interface,!use!the!SNMP!
Configuration!option!to!configure!the!ESX!Server!SNMP!agent!and!sub‐agent.!These!
agents!allow!you!to!monitor!the!health!of!the!server!and!of!virtual!machines!running!
on!the!server.!
To!configure!the!SNMP!agents,!see!“Configuring!the
!ESX!Server!Agent!Through!the!
VMware!Management!Interface”!on!page 227.!For!information!about!SNMP,!see!“Using!
SNMP!with!ESX!Server”!on!page 223.
Licensing and Serial Numbers
From!the!Options!tab!of!the!VMware!Management!Interface,!use!the!Licensing!and!
Serial!Numbers!option!to!view!the!current!license!information!for!this!product.!If!you!
have!a!new!serial!number!for!either!ESX!Server!or!VMware!Virtual!SMP!for!ESX!Server, !
enter!them!here.
Storage Management
From!the!Options!tab!of!the!VMware!Management!Interface,!use!the!Storage!
Management!option!to!manage!your!storage!area!network!and!attached!storage!
devices!for!your!ESX!Server!system!and!its!virtual!machines.!
Because!the!disks!on!the!SANs!can!potentially!be!accessed!by!multiple!ESX!Server!
computers,!there!are!some
!configuration!issues!that!are!unique!to!SANs.
For!information!about!SANs,!see!“Using!Storage!Area!Networks!with!ESX!Server”!on!
page 266.
Configuring Storage: Disk Partitions and File Systems
The!Disks!and!LUNS!window!allows!you!to!view!and!modify!the!partitions!and!file!
systems!on!your!disks.!Create!disk!partitions!that!use!the!VMFS!file!system,!suitable!for!
NOTE If!you!enter!a!new!serial!number!for!a!license!that!changes!the!maximum!number!of!
processors!allowed!on!the!server,!you!are!prompted!to!reboot!the!server!for!the!new!
license!to!take!effect.
NOTE Make!sure!that!only!one!ESX!Server!system!has!access!to!the!SAN!while!you!are!using!
the!VMware!Management!Interface!to!configure!it!by!formatting!the!VMFS‐2!volumes.!
After!you!finish!the!configuration,!make!sure!that!all!partitions!on!the!shared!disk!are!
set!for!public!or!shared!access
!for!access!by!multiple!ESX!Servers!(see!“VMFS!
Accessibility”!on!page 248).