ESXi 6.0 Installation and Configuration Steps:
Pre-requisites /Pre-installation steps:
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Prepared a project plan and mention all actionable items like CPU, Memory, Disk and Network details.
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Contact network team to get the IP address, Subnetmask , Gateway and Preferred DNS details.
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Contact Storage team to get the LUN details.
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Mount the ESXi 6.0 ISO image to the host.
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Connect to the DCUI console of the host.
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Below are different ways of installing and booting VMware ESXi :
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USB Stick for ESXi Installation to the USB stick which will be then used by the server to boot from
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Installation to the local SATA/SAS or FC drives which can be configured on RAID1 for redundancy
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Installation to SD Flash card
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Boot from LUN via hardware iSCSI card, FC, or FCoE (Fiber channel over Ethernet).
Installation Steps:
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Power-On the host hardware and allow the host to boot from the ISO image.
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The boot process will begin with the Boot Menu and progress to the Loading ESXi screen.
3. Wait for the “Welcome to VMware ESXi 6.0.0 Installation” message to appear. Press “Enter” to continue.
4. Press “F11” to accept the EULA.
5. Select your boot “Storage Device” and press “Enter” to continue.
6. Select the Keyboard Input layout and press “Enter” to continue.
7. Enter the “root” password and press “Enter” to continue.
8. Press “F11” to Confirm the Install.
9. Wait for the “Installation Complete” message and then press “Enter” to reboot the ESXi host.
10. After the ESXi host has booted, verify that the message “VMware ESXi 6.0.0 (VMKernel Release Build 2159203)” appears on the DCUI Console.
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