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Installing VMware ESX |
This chapter provides the procedures for installing VMware ESX on a Sun Blade X6450 server module.
This chapter contains the following sections:
The Sun Blade X6450 server module currently supports the following versions of VMware ESX:
| Note - ESX 3.0.2 supports up to 64 GB of memory. For configurations with more than 64 GB of memory, use ESX 3.5. |
This chapter describes how to install VMware ESX using an image downloaded from the VMware web site. You can complete the installation using an ISO file, or you can burn it to a CD.
| Note - To install VMware ESX using PXE, see the corresponding user’s guide on the VMware web site:
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pubs.html. |
VMware ESX currently supports only SAS HDD configurations.
Consult the following table to determine which sections in this document are relevant to the installation tasks that you want to perform.
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Collect information about your system and the installation process. |
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Begin installing the VMware ESX software using a local or network-attached CD or virtual CD drive. |
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Before you begin installing VMware ESX software on your server module, consult the following required documents for VMware ESX installation, at: http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pubs.html.
To prepare for a PXE installation, see the VMware Installation and Upgrade Guide for Virtual Infrastructure 3.
Installing VMware ESX on your server module requires the following:
To install the VMware ESX ISO image, you must first download an ISO image of the software installation CD.
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1. Download the ISO image using a network-connected system with CD-burning capabilities from:
http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/eval.html
2. If required, burn the image to a CD.
If you are going to use Java Remote Console to directly mount the ISO image, you do not need to burn a CD.
The following procedure applies to installing VMware ESX from a local CD-ROM, or a virtual CD-ROM redirected from Java Console. Before you continue with this procedure, review the Task Map for VMware ESX 3 Installation.
Installation from distribution media requires the following items:
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1. Connect your CD/DVD device.
a. Connect the USB CD/DVD drive into the USB port of the dongle.
b. Insert the CD into the DVD/CD drive connected to the server module.
2. Power on the server module.
a. Press F8 during POST to enter the BBS Pop-up.
b. Select the CD/DVD device from the boot list.
The server boots from the selected media and displays a boot: menu.
3. Choose which mode to work in:
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4. Refer to the Installation and Upgrade Guide for VMware Infrastructure to guide you through the installation process.
From your network-connected system go to:
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pubs.html.
When VMware ESX images are available for updates, you can download them from:
After installing ESX on server modules with Intel Xeon 7200-series (dual core) CPUs, the following patch must be installed:
For more information on how to download and install the patch see VMware's website:
http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/#wlp_s3portal_pages_downloadPatch_page
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To Download the VMware ESX ISO Image