Книга: Mastering VMware® Infrastructure3

The Bottom Line 

The Bottom Line 

Understand ESX Server compatibility requirements. ESX Server has tight restrictions with regard to supported hardware. VMware is the only company that provides hardware drivers for the VMware-supported hardware. The compatibility lists provided by VMware are living documents that will continue to change as new hardware is approved.

Master It You want to reconfigure an existing physical server as an ESX Server host.

Plan an ESX Server deployment. A great deal of detailed planning and projecting is required to deploy a scalable virtual infrastructure.

Master It Your company wants to achieve the greatest ROI while maintaining high performance and availability levels. You need to produce a report that details the virtual infrastructure hardware specifications and costs.

Install ESX Server. ESX Server is a fairly straightforward installation process with only one or two details to pay close attention to. 

Master It You need to reinstall ESX Server and want to be sure that inadvertent data loss cannot occur. The ESX Server will boot from local disks.

Perform postinstallation configuration. Once the installation of ESX Server is complete the configuration can be tweaked to meet the needs of the organization.

Master It After installing ESX Server, the web-based management page is returning a “page not found” error.

Master It Your department heads have defined a company policy mandating the installation of antivirus software into the Service Console. Additional software might be installed at a later date.

Install the Virtual Infrastructure Client (VI Client). The Virtual Infrastructure Client is a flexible management tool that allows management of an ESX Server host directly or by connecting to a VirtualCenter installation.

Master It You want to manage the ESX Server hosts from your administrative workstation. 

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