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ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter Installation Guide

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9 Selectapartitioningoption.

 Recommended–Configuresdefaultpartitions,basedonthecapacityofthe

harddrive.Continuewith“RecommendedPartitioning”onpage 88.

 Advanced–Youspecifyallpartitionsettings.Continuewith“Advanced

Partitioning”onpage 89.

10 SelecthowtheESX Serverwillboot:

 Fromadrive(installontheMBRofthedrive)–Usethisoptionformost

installations.

ThisdrivemustmatchthefirstbootdevicesetinthehostBIOS.Ifthese

settingsdonotmatch,thehostcannotbootintotheESX Serversoftware.

TobootanESX Serverhostfroma

SAN,chooseaSAN‐basedLUNfromthe

drop‐downmenu.Ifyouareusingthetextinstaller,clickOK.

 Fromapartition–UsethisoptionforlegacyhardwarethatstoresBIOS

informationintheMBR.

Ifyouareusingthetextinstaller,clickOK.

11 Toadddefaultoptionstothebootcommand,enterthemintotheGeneralkernel

parametersfield.

AnyoptionsyouenterarepassedtotheESX Server

kerneleverytimeitboots.

12 ClickNext(graphicalinstaller)orOK(textinstaller)tocontinuetheinstallation.

13 SelectthenetworkinterfaceforusebytheESX Serverconsole.Ifyouareusingthe

textinstaller,clickOK.

Virtualmachinenetworktrafficsharesthisnetworkadapteruntilyouconfigurea

virtualswitch

foranothernetworkadapter.Youcanconfigureothernetwork

adaptersatalatertimefromtheVI Client.

14 ConfiguretheESX ServerhostnetworkIPaddress.Ifyouareusingthetext

installer,clickOK.

VMwarerecommendsthatyouuseastaticIPaddresstosimplifyclientaccess.

Ifyoudonothave

therequirednetworkconfigurationinformation,seeyour

networkadministratorforassistance.