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ESX Installation

Install ESX to get started with running virtual machines. The machine running ESX virtualization software

acts as a host in your virtual infrastructure. Hosts provide CPU and memory resources, access to storage, and

network connectivity for the virtual machines that reside on them.

Prerequisites for Installing ESX

Before you begin the installation procedure, ensure that the host meets the prerequisites.

The prerequisites are as follows:

If ESX will not use an NTP server, make sure that the server hardware clock is set to UTC. This setting is

in the system BIOS.

Make sure the host has a supported network adapter.

ESX Hardware Requirements

Using ESX requires specific hardware and system resources.

64-Bit Processor

VMware ESX 4.0 will only install and run on servers with 64-bit x86 CPUs.

Known 64-bit processors:

All AMD Opterons support 64 bit.

All Intel Xeon 3000/3200, 3100/3300, 5100/5300, 5200/5400, 7100/7300, and 7200/7400 support 64 bit.

All Intel Nehalem (no Xeon brand number assigned yet) support 64 bit.

RAM

2GB RAM minimum

Network Adapters

One or more network adapters. Supported network adapters include:

Broadcom NetXtreme 570x gigabit controllers

Intel PRO 1000 adapters

SCSI Adapter, Fibre Channel Adapter, or Internal RAID Controller

One or more of the following controllers (any combination can be used):

Basic SCSI controllers are Adaptec Ultra-160 and Ultra-320, LSI Logic Fusion-MPT, and most

NCR/Symbios SCSI controllers.

Fibre Channel, see the Hardware Compatibility Guide at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility.

RAID adapters supported are HP Smart Array, Dell Perc (Adaptec RAID and LSI MegaRAID), and IBM

(Adaptec) ServeRAID controllers.

Installation and Storage

SCSI disk, Fibre Channel LUN, or RAID LUN with unpartitioned space. In a minimum configuration, this

disk or RAID is shared between the service console and the virtual machines.

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