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VSPEX Configuration Guidelines
VMware Horizon View 5.3 and VMware vSphere for up to 2,000 Virtual
Desktops Enabled by Brocade Network Fabrics, EMC VNX, and EMC Next-
Generation Backup
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Install and configure vSphere hosts
This section provides information about the installation and configuration
of vSphere hosts and infrastructure servers required to support the
architecture. Table 31 describes the tasks to be completed.
Table 31. Tasks for server installation
Task
Description
Reference
Install vSphere
Install the vSphere hypervisor
on the physical servers
deployed for the solution.
vSphere Installation and
Setup Guide
Configure
vSphere
networking
Configure vSphere
networking including NIC
trunking, VMkernel ports,
and virtual machine port
groups and Jumbo Frames.
vSphere Networking
Add vSphere
hosts to VNX
storage
groups (FC
variant)
Use the Unisphere console to
add the vSphere hosts to the
storage groups created in
Prepare and configure the
storage .
Connect
VMware
datastores
Connect the VMware
datastores to the vSphere
hosts deployed for the
solution.
vSphere Storage Guide
Upon initial power up of the servers being used for vSphere, confirm or
enable the hardware-assisted CPU virtualization and the hardware-assisted
MMU virtualization setting in the server’s BIOS. If the servers are equipped
with a RAID controller, we recommend that you configure mirroring on the
local disks.
Start up the vSphere installation media and install the hypervisor on each
of the servers. vSphere hostnames, IP addresses, and a root password are
required for installation. Appendix B provides appropriate values.
Overview
Install vSphere