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Intel S5000PAL Installation Manual

Intel S5000PAL Installation Manual

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VMware* Infrastructure* 3
Installation Guide for
VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable
Intel
Server Board S5000PAL
®
Recipe ID: 15EMCV 550000000000-01

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  • Page 1 VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® Recipe ID: 15EMCV 550000000000-01...
  • Page 3 No license, express, implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intellectu al property rights of Intel or any other party is granted herein. It is your responsibility to seek licenses for such intellectual property rights from Intel and others where appropriate.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Contents Hardware Components ..............................................4 Welcome............................5 About VMware* Infrastructure*..................6 VMware* Infrastructure* Components....................................6 Managing Hosts..................................................7 VMware* VirtualCenter* and ESXi* Licensing Overview ..........9 Licensing Terminology..............................................9 VMware* ESX* Editions.............................................10 VMware* VirtualCenter* Server Editions..................................11...

  • Page 5: Hardware Components

    Intel Please refer to the Supported Processor List at processors http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/CS -022346.htm Currently, the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series are not supported by VMware. 1 (min) SAS 3.5” hard Any supported Please refer to the Server Hard Drive Validation Test...

  • Page 6: Welcome

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Welcome This guide contains detailed information on how to install VMware* ESXi* 3.5 on pre-certified platforms listed in the Supported Hardware section. This guide is intended for experienced Windows* or Linux* system Administrators installing VMware ESXi 3.5 and configuring virtualization for the first time by using VMware*...

  • Page 7: About Vmware* Infrastructure

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® About VMware* Infrastructure* VMware* Infrastructure* (VI) is a suite of applications that uses virtualization to: Run multiple operating systems on a single physical machine simultaneously.

  • Page 8: Managing Hosts

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL The relationships among the basic components of VMware* Infrastructure* is depicted in the following figure: Figure 1 – VMware Infrastructure Components Managing Hosts There are two primary methods for managing hosts: Single-host management –...

  • Page 10: Vmware* Virtualcenter* And Esxi* Licensing Overview

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Feature VirtualCenter Server ESXi Server Scale of deployment Multiple hosts Single host Capacity planning Built-in Available separately Server Consolidation Built-in Available separately wizard Instant server provisioning...

  • Page 11: Vmware* Esx* Editions

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® VMware* ESX* Editions Depending on the edition of VMware* Infrastructure* software purchased, different VMware* ESX* license types may apply. Some editions include limited access to the feature set of VMware ESX 3.5. Certain standard functionality is available only with an optional add-on license, at additional cost.

  • Page 12: Vmware* Virtualcenter* Server Editions

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL VMware* VirtualCenter* Server Editions At least one instance of a VMware* VirtualCenter* license is required for VI Foundation*, VI Standard*, and VI Enterprise* editions. The following VMware VirtualCenter editions are available: VMware* VirtualCenter Foundation* –...

  • Page 13: Centralized Vmware* Licensing

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® Figure 2 illustrates the three types of license environments.: Figure 2 – License File Locations in Single-Host, Mixed, and Centralized Licensing Environments Centralized VMware* Licensing Centralized licensing simplifies license management in large, dynamic environments by allowing a VMware* license server to administer licenses.

  • Page 14: Single-Host Vmware* Licensing

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL During periods of license server unavailability, although new licenses cannot be issued, existing VMware* VirtualCenter Server* licensed functionality continues to operate indefinitely and existing VMware* ESXi licensed functionality continues to operate within a 14-day grace period. See License Server Availability in the VMware ESXi 3.5 Installable Setup Guide available from the VMware website.

  • Page 15: About Vmware* Esxi* 3.5

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® About VMware* ESXi* 3.5 A VMware* ESXi* 3.5 host is a physical server that contains an ESXi image installed on a local hard drive.

  • Page 16: Installing Vmware* Esxi* 3.5

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL The host name for the server, including the full domain name for the server, if applicable. The netmask for the server's subnet. The IP address of the gateway.
  • Page 17 VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® 3) Select “ThinESX Installer” and press “Enter” to continue. Figure 4 – TheThinESX Installer* Progress S creen The ThinESX* installer begins reading from the CDROM. The bottom of the display shows a status bar marking the installer’s progress.
  • Page 18 VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Figure 6 – The ThinESX Installer* Initializing Screen. If this screen does not display, perform the following: a) Reboot the machine. b) Press the key required to enter your machine’s BIOS Setup page. This key is often F1, F2, or F10.
  • Page 19 VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® Figure 8 – The VMware* ESXi Server * Installer Disk Selection Screen. 6) Select from the list of disk drives on which ESXi will be installed. If there is existing data on the disk partition, the screen above is displayed.
  • Page 20 VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL If a disk for installation is not selected, and “Cancel” is clicked, the selection must be confirmed as depicted in the figure above. Otherwise, the installer prompts to confirm the drive selection to proceed with installation.
  • Page 21 VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® When the installer completes the operation, the Installation Complete screen displays. Figure 12 – The VMware* ESXi Server* Installation Complete Screen. 9) Remove the CD and Press “Enter” to reboot the host. The sceen depicted below appears.
  • Page 22 VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Figure 14 – The Starting VMware* ESXi Server* Screen. The ESXi* server will reload and re-initialize. Figure 15 – The VMware* ESXi Server* Direct Console Screen.

  • Page 23: Setting Up Vmware* Esxi* 3.5

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® Setting Up VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Setting up VMware* ESXi* 3.5 involves configuring the Administrative (root) password for the ESXi host and configuring the default networking behavior. Before beginning, the following is needed: A VMware* ESXi* 3.5 system that is connected to a monitor and keyboard and powered on.

  • Page 24: Configuring The Administrative Password

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Figure 17 – The VMware* ESXi Server* Configure Root Password Screen As the system Administrator, changes to the default configuration can be made, such as creating the Administrator password or setting the static IP address.

  • Page 25: Configuring The Management Network

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® Figure 18 – The VMware* ESXi Server* Setting Root Password Screen 4) Enter a new password and press Enter. 5) Confirm the password and press Enter.
  • Page 26 VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Figure 19 – The VMware* ESXi Server* Direct Console IP Configuration Screen 3) Press the down-arrow key to highlight “Set static IP address and network configuration”.

  • Page 27: Managing The Initial Vmware* Esxi* 3.5 Host

    VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installation Requirements Hardware requirements: Before beginning, be sure the system hardware meets these VI Client requirements: Processor – 266MHz or higher Intel processor (500MHz recommended). Memory – 256MB RAM minimum; 512MB recommended. Disk Storage – 150MB free disk space required for basic installation. 55MB must be available on the destination drive for installation of the program and 100MB free on the drive containing the “%temp%”...

  • Page 28: Installing The Vmware* Infrastructure* (Vi) Client

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Software requirements: The VMware* Infrastructure* Client is designed for 32-bit versions of the Windows* operating systems. The VI Client requires the Microsoft* .NET 2.0 Framework*. If the system does not have it installed, the VI Client installer automatically installs it.

  • Page 29: Starting The Vi Client And Logging On To Vmware* Esxi* 3.5

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® Figure 22 – The VMware* Infrastructure Management* Installation Type Window 6) Click “Next”. The Installation Summary window appears. 7) Click “Install” to begin the installation. Installation might take several minutes. Multiple progress bars appear during installation of the selected components.

  • Page 30: Adding Virtual Machines To The Host

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL Figure 23 – The VMware* Infrastructure* Client Log On Window 2) Log on to your ESXi host as the Administrator. 3) Enter the IP address or host name you noted earlier.

  • Page 31: Importing A Virtual Appliance

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® Figure 24 – The VMware* Infrastructure* Client “Getting Started” Tab Window Importing a Virtual Appliance A virtual appliance is a pre-built virtual machine with an operating system and applications already installed.

  • Page 32: Managing Multiple Esxi* Hosts In A Datacenter

    Hardware requirments: The VirtualCenter Server hardware must meet the following requirements: Processor – 2.0GHz or higher Intel x86 processor. Processor requirements can be larger if the database is run on the same hardware. Memory – 2GB RAM minimum. RAM requirements can be larger if the database is run on the same hardware.

  • Page 33: Installing The Virtualcenter Server

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® Microsoft* SQL Server 2005 Express* disk requirements – The demonstration database requires up to 2GB available disk space to decompress the installation archive. However, approximately 1.5GB of these files are deleted after the installation is co mplete.
  • Page 34 VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL 4) Type your user name and company name, and click “Next”. The Installation Type window appears. 5) On the Installation Type window, select the “VMware VirtualCenter Server” radio button.
  • Page 35 VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® 8) Click “Next”. The License Server window appears. 9) On the License Server page, check the “I want to evaluate VirtualCenter Server” box to use the VirtualCenter Server* in evaluation mode.

  • Page 36: Starting The Vi Client And The Virtualcenter Server

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL 11) Enter the Administrator name and password used when logging in to the system on which the VirtualCenter Server* was installed. Enter the user name and password to log in to the VirtualCenter Server after it is installed.

  • Page 37: Creating A Datacenter

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® 3) Log in to the VirtualCenter Server* as the Administrator. a) Enter the IP address or VirtualCenter Server* name. b) Enter the Windows* Administrator user name.
  • Page 38 VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL 2) Follow the on-screen instructions in the Getting Started tab, and click “Add a host”. Figure 33 – The VMware* Infrastructure* Client Add a Host Option Window 3) The Add Host wizard appears.

  • Page 39: Creating A Virtual Machine

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® 6) (Optional) Select “Enable Lockdown Mode” to disable remote access for the Administrator account after VirtualCenter* takes control of this host. Selecting this check box ensures the host is managed only through VirtualCenter with root privileges.
  • Page 40 VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL 2) Click “Create a new virtual machine”. The Create New Virtual Machine wizard appears. Figure 36 – VMware* New Virtual Machine Wizard 3) Select the “Typical” radio button, and click “Next”.

  • Page 41: Where To Go Next

    VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel Server Board S5000PAL ® 11) Click “Next”. 12) Specify the size of the virtual disk. Enter the disk size in megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB). The default is 4GB. The virtual disk must be large enough to hold the guest operating system and all the software intending to be installed with room for data and growth.
  • Page 42 VMware* Infrastructure* 3 Installation Guide for VMware* ESXi* 3.5 Installable – Intel® Server Board S5000PAL VMware Infrastructure enviro nment. This manual also provides information for managing, creating, and configuring virtual machines in a datacenter. Resource Management Guide – Describes what are, how to set up, and work with resource pools,...

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