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Updated: October 2015

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About Oracle Solaris OS Installation

Preparing to Install the OS

Installing the Oracle Solaris OS

About Oracle VM Software Installation

Preparing for Oracle VM Server Installation

Installing Oracle VM Server

Completing the Oracle VM Installation

About Linux OS Installation

Preparing to Install the OS

Installing the Operating System

About Windows OS Installation

Preparing to Install the OS

Installing the Windows OS

About VMware ESXi 5.5 Installation

Installation Task Map

VMware ESXi 5.5 and Server Documentation

Supported Software Versions and Server Updates

Software Installation Options

Single-Server Interactive Installation Methods

Preparing for ESXi 5.5 Installation

Set Up the Local Console

Set Up the Remote Console

Gather Required Information

Load BIOS Optimal Default Settings

Set the BIOS Boot Mode

Creating a Virtual Disk and Setting the Boot Disk

Installing VMware ESXi 5.5

Install VMware ESXi 5.5 (Local or Remote Interactive Installation)

Update VMware ESXi 5.5

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Creating a Virtual Disk and Setting the Boot Disk

Note - If you have a Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Internal HBA (SGX-SAS6-INT-Z), you do not need to do this.

If you have a Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID Internal HBA (SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z), you must create a virtual disk before installing the ESXi 5 software. Refer to Configure Server Drives for OS Installation in Sun Server X4-4 Installation Guide .

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