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Figure 25
To view your time zone, keep pressing till you can see it, as shown in Figure 26.

Figure 26
• Type the number corresponding to your time zone and then type 1 to keep the specified setting, as
shown in Figure 27.
• Enter 1 to keep the default date and time and enter 2 to configure it.
• Enter 1 to configure the date and time using NTP server and 2 to configure it manually.
• Type your data and time and then type 1 to keep your settings.

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Figure 27
• Enter a root password for the administrator between 6 and 64 characters and then retype the password to
confirm it, as shown in Figure 28.

Figure 28
• Type 1 to begin the installation, as shown in Figure 29.

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Figure 29
Type 1 to reboot and start ESX server, as shown in Figure 30.

Figure 30
When ESX server starts and you will be allowed to select to go to ESX server to go into troubleshooting mode,

as shown in Figure 31:
• Press Enter.

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Figure 31
After a few screen the following screen appears. You can now press Alt+F1 to log into the ESX server. To log
in enter “root” as a user name and password that you set as administrative password.
The ESX server is installed and booted successfully.
References:
ESX and vCenter Server InstallationGuide

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www.vmware.com/pdf/…/vsp_40_esx_vc_installation_guide.pdf -

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• Type 1 to keep your choice, as shown in Figure 14.

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Figure 14
Next, you are prompted to configure the network settings of your computer, as shown in Figure 15. It is better
to specify static IP network settings to simplify client’s connections to the console. However, if you do not have
the required information, you can choose to keep automatic DHCP settings for the installation and configure
static settings at a later stage.
• Type 2 to specify the static IP network settings.

Figure 15
You are now prompted to Enter the IP Address, as shown in Figure 16.
• Type a static IP address and then type 1 to keep the specified setting.
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Figure 16
• Type the subnet mask for the static IP address and then type 1 to keep the specified setting, as shown in
Figure 17.

Figure 17
A gateway address is suggested by the installation, as shown in Figure 18.
• Type 1 to keep the suggested gateway or type 2 to specify the gateway.

Figure 18
• Type the gateway if you have selected 2 in the previous step and then type 1 to keep the specified
setting, as shown in Figure 19.
Figure 19
You need to now specify the Primary DNS address, as shown in Figure 20.
• Type the Primary DNS address.
Figure 20
• Type 1 to keep the specified setting, as shown in Figure 21:
Figure 21
You need to now specify the secondary DNS address, as shown in Figure 22. If you want to specify the DNS
Address type 2 and then Type the Secondary DNS address
• Type 1 to keep the specified setting
• Enter the fully qualified domain name such as Inscription.com when prompted for host name and then
type 1 to keep the default setting.
Figure 22
All the network settings that you have configured will be displayed to you.
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• Type 1 to keep the specified setting
You will have to now provide the disk setup settings, as shown in Figure 23. You will be prompted to select
Basic Setup or the Advanced Setup. The basic setup does not require you to manage your disk. It will perform
the basic disk setup and you can manage your disk partitions later. The advanced setup requires you to edit and
delete disk partitions as desired and create a new datastore if required.
The required partitions are /boot, vmkcore, and /vmfs besides you can also define /home, /temp, /user, /var/log
partitions. Whenever you delete a required partition you must create a new partition of the same type.
• Type 1 to proceed with the basic setup.
Figure 23
• Enter 1 to specify kernel arguments for the GRUB bootloader and 2 to skip this option, as shown in
Figure 24.
The software writes the arguments to the grub.conf file and passes them to the ESX kernel every time ESX
boots
Figure 24
You need to now configure your time zone, as shown in Figure 25.
• Enter 1 to keep the default timezone and enter 2 to configure the timezone

Figure 6
Next, you would be shown the License agreement, as shown in Figure 7. You cannot proceed with the
installation without accepting the license agreement.

• Type ‘accept’
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Figure 7
Next, you would be asked to specify if you want to install any custom drivers, as shown in Figure 8. If you
decide to install custom drivers, then you will be allowed to insert the CD that contains drivers. If you do not
want to install custom drivers you can proceed with the installation.
• Type 2 at the prompt

Figure 8
The installation prompts you to specify if you want to load the required system drivers now, as shown in Figure
9. Remember if you decide to load the system drivers, you cannot go back and load custom drivers after the
system drivers are loaded.
• Type 1 at the prompt to load system drivers.

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Figure 9
The system drivers start loading, as shown in Figure 10.

Figure 10
Next, you would be prompted to provide the serial number of the ESX server, if you have purchased it, as
shown in Figure 11. You can also proceed with the installation without providing the serial number if you want
to provide the serial number after evaluating the product.
• Type 2 at the prompt to enter the serial number later and to evaluate the product.

Figure 11
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Next, you will be prompted to select the Network Adapter that you want the ESX server to use for the system
tasks, as shown in Figure 12. A list of network adapters would be shown to you.
• Type 1 if you want to use the first adapter shown in the list of adapters, else type the number that
corresponds to your network adapter that you want to use.

Figure 12
Next, you need to specify, if your network adapter requires a Virtual LAN ID (VLAN ID), as shown in Figure
13. VLAN is required for the management of Network Port Group.
If you are not sure that your network adapter requires a VLAN ID or not, you should proceed without
specifying a VLAN ID by selecting the second choice. You can select 1 and then type a number between 0 and
4095 if you want to specify a VLAN ID.
• Type 2 to proceed without specifying a VLAN ID

Lab Solution

Perform a custom installation of ESX 4.0 in Text Mode
To install ESX, you need to first download the ISO file of the software from the VMWare website and prepare
the installation media for it by writing the ISO file to a DVD.
The ESX uses Linux OS. If you know Linux, you will be able to utilize ESX server completely. The installation
of VMWare ESX 4.0 can be done in a number of ways. You can choose to perform installation in graphic, text,
or in script mode. Sometimes when you are using old monitor, your installation would switch to Text mode
even if you select graphical mode for installation. To perform the ESX 4 installation in text mode, you need to:
• Boot your computer from ESX Server 4.0 DVD.
The ESX 4.0 Virtual Infrastructure for the Enterprise window appears, as shown in Figure 1. The page displays
the install options for ESX server.
• Select Install ESX in text mode option.

Figure 1
The ESX installation files start loading, as shown in Figure 2:

Figure 2
The Initialization ACPI screen appears, as shown in Figure 3:

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Figure 3
Next, the status screen appears displaying the status of your computer with regard to the ESX installation, as
shown in Figure 4:

Figure 4
As soon as the installation files are completely loaded into the memory of the computer, the Welcome to the
ESX Text Installer message appears and the prompt to continue with the installation appears, as shown in

Figure 5:

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Figure 5
• Enter 1 to the prompt to continue with installation.
Next, you will be asked to select the keyboard model, as shown in Figure 6. If you want to use the US English
keyboard model then enter 1 else enter 2 to the prompt to select the desired keyboard model from the list.
• Enter 1 to the prompt to keep the US English keyboard model.

Exam Objective: Install VMware ESX/ESXi on Local Storage.

Contents
• Introduction
• Technology Background
• Lab Scenario
• Lab Objectives
• Lab Solution

Introduction
VNWare ESX allows you to create multiple virtual machines by providing a virtualization layer on your host
computer. It multiplexes the networking and hardware resources such as the processor, memory, storage of the
host computer to manage them efficiently. ESX uses a Linux based service console and requires the vSphere
client for its management. Its management can also be done though web browser. You can have one or more
ESX servers in your organization. If you need to manage more than one ESX server, you can use vCenter server
to efficiently manage all your ESX servers.

Technology Background
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ESX Server is an enterprise level virtualization tool that can run several virtual machines simultaneously on
single physical server. Each OS installed on the ESX server believes it to be running on its own dedicated
hardware. ESX makes the deployment, maintenance, and remote management of virtual machines very easy.
It is typically used by big or medium sized companies that need to streamline their server hardware. It is an
enterprise-level product, which is costlier for the small companies. ESX server allows you to perform instant
deployment of new servers. ESX server does not require any underlying operating system. It directly
communicates with VMkernel, which is a Linux based kernel.

Minimum hardware requirements to install ESX
To install ESX server on your computer, you need to ensure that your computer meets following hardware
requirements:
• Processor: The ESX server can only be installed on servers that support 64-bit x86 processing. For
example, you can use following processors:
o All AMD Opterons.
o All Intel Xeon 3000/3200, 3100/3300, 5100/5300, 5200/5400, 7100/7300, and 7200/7400.
o All Intel Nehalem.
• RAM: The ESX server requires at least 2GB RAM. You need more RAM if you are running third-party
management applications or backup agents on your ESX server.
• Network Adapters: The ESX server requires one or more network adapters of either Broadcom
NetXtreme 570x gigabit controllers or Intel PRO 1000 adapters
• Controllers: The ESX server requires a combination of one or more following types of controllers:
• Basic SCSI controllers such as: Adaptec Ultra-160 and Ultra-320, LSI Logic Fusion-MPT, and most
NCR/Symbios SCSI controllers.
• Fibre Channel: The list of supported controllers can be viewed at URL:
• http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility.
• RAID adapters such as: HP Smart Array, Dell Perc (Adaptec RAID and LSI MegaRAID), and IBM
(Adaptec) ServeRAID controllers.
• Storage: The ESX server shares the disk or RAID between the service console and the virtual machines.
It therefore requires SCSI disk, Fibre Channel LUN, or RAID LUN with unpartitioned space. If you are
installing ESX on SATA drives then you need to ensure that your SATA drives are connected either
through supported SAS controllers or supported onboard SATA controllers. You cannot use SATA disks
to create VMFS datastores shared across multiple ESX hosts.
The supported SAS Controllers are: LSI1068E (LSISAS3442E), LSI1068 (SAS 5), IBM ServeRAID 8K
SAS controller, Smart Array P400/256 controller, and Dell PERC 5.0.1 controller.
The supported SATA Controllers are: Intel ICH9, Nvidia MCP55, ServerWorks HT1000,

Lab Scenario
In this lab we will perform custom installation of ESX 4.0 server in text mode.
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Lab Objectives
Using your personal lab, perform a custom installation of ESX 4.0 in Text Mode