VMware ESX 4.0 - INSTALLATION GUIDE UPDATE 1 Installation Manual page 24

ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide
Table 3-1. Data for ESX Installation
Data
Keyboard layout
Custom drivers
vSphere license key
Network adapter for
the service console
VLAN ID
IP address
Subnet mask
Gateway
Primary DNS
Secondary DNS
Host name
Install location
Datastore
Time zone
Root password
Additional user
accounts
Virtual disk
partitions
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Required or
Optional Default
Required U.S. English
Optional No
Optional None
Required A network adapter that is
available and connected
Optional None
Optional DHCP
Optional Calculated based on the IP
address
Optional Based on the configured IP
address and subnet mask
Optional Based on the configured IP
address and subnet mask
Optional None
Required for None
static IP
settings
Required None
Required in In the basic setup, the installer
advanced creates the /vmfs partition for
setup the datastore.
Required Pacific time
Required None
Optional None
Required in The installer creates three
advanced basic partitions: /boot,
setup vmkcore, and VMFS.
The service console VMDK file
resides on the VMFS partition.
The service console VMDK file
contains /swap, and /var/
log, by default, and any other
partitions that you specify.
Comments
If you have network or storage devices that
integrate with ESX software and you need to
install custom drivers, you can do so during the
ESX installation. Post-install, you can use
vCenter Update Manager or the vSphere CLI to
install custom drivers.
If you PXE boot the installer, you cannot install
custom drivers during the installation.
If you do not enter a vSphere license key, ESX is
installed in evaluation mode.
Virtual machine network traffic shares this
network adapter until you configure a virtual
switch for another network adapter.
Range: 0 through 4095
You can allow DHCP to configure the network
during installation. After installation, you can
change the network settings.
vSphere Clients can use either the host name or
the IP address to access the ESX host.
Must be at least 10GB if you install the
components on a single disk.
A datastore is a partition that ESX uses to store
virtual machines. This datastore is used for the
service console (esxconsole.vmdk). The service
console must be installed on a VMFS datastore
that is resident on a host's local disk or on a SAN
disk that is masked and zoned to that particular
host only. The datastore cannot be shared
between hosts.
The root password must be between 6 and 64
characters.
In the advanced setup, you can edit the location
of the boot loader, edit the / (root), swap, and /
var/log default partition sizes, and create
additional partitions.
The disk that you install the /boot partition onto
must be the disk that the BIOS chooses to boot
from.
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