About Esx Evaluation Mode; Esx Installation Options - VMware ESX 4.0 - INSTALLATION GUIDE UPDATE 1 Installation Manual

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USB flash drive
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Booting the installer:
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DVD (default)
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PXE
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Running the installer:
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Interactive graphical (default)
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Scripted
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For scripted installation, storing and accessing the installation script:
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Default installation script
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FTP
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About ESX Evaluation Mode

Evaluation mode gives you access to all features of ESX.
The evaluation period is 60 days and begins as soon as you power on the ESX machine, even if you start in
license mode initially. To make full use of the evaluation period, make an early decision on whether to use
evaluation mode.
If you do not enter a vSphere license key during installation, ESX is installed in evaluation mode.

ESX Installation Options

This topic describes the methods for installing ESX and the information required for installation.
The following methods are available for installing VMware ESX software:
Graphical mode – This is the recommended method for interactive installations.
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Text mode – Use this method if your video controller does not function properly using graphical mode.
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Scripted – An efficient way to deploy multiple hosts. See
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page 47.
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scripted installations.
Table 3-1 lists the information that you are prompted for during the installation. For future use, note the values
entered. Notes are useful if you ever need to reinstall ESX and reenter the values that you originally chose.
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Chapter 3 Introduction to Installing ESX
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