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  • Page 1 VMware ESX 4 on Dell PowerEdge Systems Deployment Guide...
  • Page 2 Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this publication to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ....Supported vSphere 4 Configuration Solutions ..Configuring ESX 4 Using Dell Fibre Channel SAN ....
  • Page 4 Contents...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    This document helps you to deploy ESX 4 on PowerEdge systems and provides specific information on recommended configurations, best practices, and additional resources. NOTE: For information on deploying ESXi 4, see VMware ESXi 4 on Dell PowerEdge Systems Deployment Guide at support.dell.com/manuals. VMware License Offerings Dell offers the following VMware editions: •...

  • Page 6: Esx Architecture Overview

    ESX Architecture Overview ESX allows multiple operating systems to run simultaneously in virtual environments on a single physical system. These virtual environments, referred to as virtual machines (VMs), can be created and managed faster than conventional systems. The VMs do not interact directly with the physical hardware.

  • Page 7: Vsphere 4 Architecture Overview

    vSphere 4 Architecture Overview Figure 2. vSphere Components vSphere Client/vSphere License Server PowerEdge System as ESX Host Storage Interconnect Fabric vCenter Server Database Ethernet Fabric External Storage for VMs vSphere infrastructure consists of the following components: • ESX — Allows multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on a single system.
  • Page 8 • vCenter Server Database — Stores all the configuration data about vSphere. It is recommended that you use a production database such as Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle for the vCenter Server database. License Server — Authorizes ESX hosts and vCenter Server as per the •...

  • Page 9: Supported Configurations

    Supported Configurations This section provides information about currently shipping systems only. NOTE: For a complete list of Dell-supported systems, see VMware ESX/ESXi 4 on Dell PowerEdge Systems and Storage Compatibility Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals. NOTE: SAS/SATA drives mentioned under Table 1, Table 2, and Table 3 also include SSDs.
  • Page 10 (continued) Table 1. Modular-Based PowerEdge Systems External Disk Storage Adapter Not applicable Fibre Channel HBA All supported HBAs (SAN connectivity) Networking Four integrated network ports and all supported peripheral NICs Remote Access iDRAC6 PowerEdge M710HD Processors Intel Xeon 5500/5600 series Minimum Memory 4 GB Internal Storage...
  • Page 11 (continued) Table 1. Modular-Based PowerEdge Systems PowerEdge M610x Processors Intel Xeon 5500/5600 series Minimum Memory 4 GB Internal Storage Two 2.5" SAS/SATA disks Internal Storage Adapter PERC H200 Modular and PERC H700 Modular External Disks Storage Adapter PERC H800 Adapter Fibre Channel HBA All supported daughter cards (SAN connectivity)
  • Page 12 Table 2 lists the currently shipping rack-based PowerEdge systems that support ESX. Table 2. Rack-Based PowerEdge Systems PowerEdge R910 Processor Intel Xeon 7500 series or Intel Xeon E7-4800/8800 product family Minimum Memory 4 GB Internal Storage Up to sixteen 2.5" SAS/SATA disks Internal Flash Memory Supported SD memory card Internal Storage Adapter...
  • Page 13 (continued) Table 2. Rack-Based PowerEdge Systems PowerEdge R810 Processors Intel Xeon 6500 series or Intel Xeon 7500 series or Intel Xeon E7-2800/4800/8800 product family Minimum Memory 4 GB Internal Storage Up to six 2.5" SAS/SATA disks Internal Flash Memory Supported SD memory card Internal Storage Adapter PERC H200 Integrated and PERC H700 Integrated...
  • Page 14 (continued) Table 2. Rack-Based PowerEdge Systems PowerEdge R710 Processors Intel Xeon 5500/5600 series Minimum Memory 4 GB Internal Storage Eight 2.5" or six 3.5" SAS/SATA disks Internal Storage Adapter PERC 6/i Integrated, SAS 6/iR Integrated, PERC H200 Integrated, and PERC H700 Integrated External Disks Storage Adapter SAS 5/E, PERC 6/E, 6 Gbps SAS HBA, and PERC H800...
  • Page 15 (continued) Table 2. Rack-Based PowerEdge Systems PowerEdge R515 Processors AMD Opteron 4100/4200 series Minimum Memory 2 GB Internal Storage Upto twelve 3.5" SAS/SATA disks Internal Storage Adapter PERC H200 Integrated, and PERC H700 Integrated External Disks Storage Adapter PERC H800, 6 Gbps SAS HBA Fibre Channel HBA All supported HBAs (SAN connectivity)
  • Page 16 (continued) Table 2. Rack-Based PowerEdge Systems PowerEdge R415 Processors AMD Opteron 4100/4200 series Minimum Memory 2 GB Internal Storage Four 3.5" SAS/SATA disks Internal Storage Adapter PERC H200 Integrated, and PERC H700 Integrated External Disks Storage Adapter PERC H800 and 6 Gbps SAS HBA Fibre Channel HBA All supported HBAs (SAN connectivity)
  • Page 17 (continued) Table 2. Rack-Based PowerEdge Systems PowerEdge R310 Processor Intel Xeon 3400 series or Core i3 series Minimum Memory 2 GB Internal Storage Upto four 3.5" or 2.5" SAS/SATA disks Internal Storage Adapter SAS 6/iR Integrated, PERC H200, and PERC H700 External Disks Storage Adapter SAS 5/E, PERC 6/E, 6 Gbps SAS, and PERC H800...
  • Page 18 (continued) Table 2. Rack-Based PowerEdge Systems PowerEdge R210 II Processor Intel Xeon E3-1200 product family or Core i3 series Minimum Memory 2 GB Internal Storage Two 3.5" SAS/SATA disks Internal Storage Adapter PERC H200 External Disks Storage Adapter PERC H800 Fibre Channel HBA Not applicable (SAN connectivity)
  • Page 19 Table 3 lists the currently shipping tower-based PowerEdge systems that support ESX. Table 3. Tower-Based PowerEdge Systems PowerEdge T710 Processors Intel Xeon 5500/5600 series Minimum Memory 2 GB Internal Storage Upto sixteen 2.5" or upto eight 3.5" SAS/SATA disks Internal Storage Adapter PERC 6/i Integrated, SAS 6/iR Integrated, PERC H200 Integrated, and PERC H700 Integrated External Disks Storage Adapter SAS 5/E, PERC 6/E, 6 Gbps SAS HBA, and...
  • Page 20 (continued) Table 3. Tower-Based PowerEdge Systems PowerEdge T410 Processor Intel Xeon 5500/5600 series Minimum Memory 2 GB Internal Storage Six 3.5" SAS/SATA disks Internal Storage Adapter SAS 6/iR, PERC 6/i, PERC H200, and PERC H700 External Disks Storage Adapter SAS 5/E, PERC 6/E, 6 Gbps SAS HBA, and PERC H800 Fibre Channel HBA Not applicable...
  • Page 21 (continued) Table 3. Tower-Based PowerEdge Systems PowerEdge T110 II Processor Intel Xeon E3-1200 product family or Intel Core i3 series Minimum Memory 2 GB Internal Storage Four 3.5" SAS/SATA disks Internal Storage Adapter PERC H200 External Disks Storage Adapter Not applicable Fibre Channel HBA Not applicable (SAN connectivity)

  • Page 22: Important Information

    You cannot automatically pre-activate the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system installed on VMs by using the product activation code in the Dell OEM installation media. You must use the virtual product key to activate the guest operating system. For more information, see the whitepaper Dell OEM Windows Server 2008 Installation on Virtual Machines Using Dell OEM Media at dell.com.
  • Page 23 Storage Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) (on local system) are supported only with PERC-based RAID configurations. • Dell PowerVault NX1950 is supported only as an iSCSI storage device. It is not supported as a network attached storage (NAS) device. • PowerVault MD1000 and PowerVault MD1120 storage arrays provide external storage to a single ESX host or to a maximum of two hosts in a split configuration.

  • Page 24: Supported Vsphere 4 Configuration Solutions

    This section discusses the vSphere 4 configurations with PowerEdge systems using Fibre Channel SAN and iSCSI SAN. Configuring ESX 4 Using Dell Fibre Channel SAN Figure 3 shows a vSphere 4 configuration using Fibre Channel SAN. If you use Fibre Channel storage, you can have a single Fibre Channel HBA connected to a Fibre Channel switch that provides paths to both storage processors (SPs) on the Fibre Channel storage system.

  • Page 25: Fibre Channel Environment Setup With Esx

    Dell Storage Fibre Channel Environment Setup With ESX To setup a Dell storage: 1 Install and set up the Dell Fibre Channel storage system. 2 Configure zoning at the Fibre Channel switch level. 3 Create RAID groups. 4 Create and bind LUNs to RAID groups.

  • Page 26: Configuring Vsphere 4 Using Iscsi San

    ESX Hosts ESX Hosts Ethernet Redundant Switch Ethernet Switch Dell Storage Dell Storage NOTE: For more information on Dell-supported storage arrays on VMware, see VMware ESX/ESXi 4 on Dell PowerEdge Systems and Storage Compatibility Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals. ESX Deployment Guide...

  • Page 27: Setting Up Iscsi Environment With Esx

    Basic steps involved in an iSCSI setup are: 1 Configure your software iSCSI initiator on the ESX host. 2 Install and configure your Dell-supported iSCSI storage device. 3 Create a virtual machine file system (VMFS) datastore on the iSCSI target LUN.

  • Page 28: Installing Esx

    • Determine the most appropriate local disk partitioning scheme for ESX. For more information, see "Disk Partitioning for ESX" on page 28. • If you are using the DRS or HA feature, determine the hosts that will be a part of such a cluster and allocate shared storage accordingly. •...

  • Page 29: Post Installation

    Table 4. Recommended Disk Partitioning Mount Point Type Recommended Size Notes swap swap 1 GB This is for the Service Console only and not for ESX /boot ext3 1.1 GB Holds the boot kernel image ext3 10 GB Holds the Service Console and ESX kernel /var ext3...

  • Page 30: Tips For Configuring Vmotion

    VMware, see support.dell.com/manuals. Navigate to Software, select Virtualization Solutions and then VMware Software. • For information on downloading ESX and licensing options, see VMware vSphere 4 on Dell PowerEdge Systems Getting Started Guide at support.dell.com/manuals. • For more information about different vSphere editions, see VMware vSphere Editions Comparison at vmware.com.
  • Page 31 • For the Hardware Compatibility Guides, see vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php. • For licensing information, see VMware vSphere on Dell PowerEdge Systems Getting Started Guide at support.dell.com/manuals. • For information on ESX, other Dell VMware products, technical publications including white papers, articles, and case studies, see dell.com/vmware.
  • Page 32 ESX Deployment Guide...

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