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- Page 1 ® VMware Infrastructure 3.0.2 Update 1 for Dell™ PowerEdge™ Systems Deployment Guide w w w . d e l l . c o m | s u p p o r t . d e l l . c o m...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
........Dell-Supported Configurations Dell-Supported ESX Server Configurations .. - Page 4 Installing and Using Dell OpenManage ..Additional Resources ......
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Page 5: Overview
• Installing ESX Server and VirtualCenter — provides guidelines for installing the ESX Server software and VirtualCenter. • Installing Dell OpenManage™ — provides references to install and use Dell OpenManage. • Additional Resources — provides references to additional documentation. Introduction This document helps you to deploy VMware Infrastructure 3.0.2 on... -
Page 6: What's New
PowerEdge systems and storage systems. Supported New Hardware • Servers: PowerEdge 1950-III, PowerEdge 2950-III, PowerEdge 2900-III, PowerEdge R900 • Storage Systems: Dell PowerVault™ NX1950 for Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage only, and PowerVault MD1000 Supported New Software • Dell OpenManage 5.3 Deployment Guide... -
Page 7: Processors
Standard Edition, and Enterprise Edition. Standard and Enterprise Editions are available through the Dell Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) channel and also through Dell Software and Peripherals (S&P). Starter Edition is available only through S&P . Table 1-1 describes the features available in these editions. -
Page 8: Activation Code And License Key
PowerEdge systems. Dell-Supported Configurations Dell-Supported ESX Server Configurations Table 1-2 lists the current Dell-supported ESX Server configurations. For more information on legacy server support, see the ESX Server 3.x Systems Compatibility Guide. For more information on supported network and Fibre Channel adapters, see the ESX Server 3.x I/O Compatibility Guide for ESX... - Page 9 Table 1-2. Dell-Supported ESX Server Configurations Server PowerEdge PowerEdge PowerEdge PowerEdge PowerEdge 1950-III 1955 2900-III 2950-III 2970 Processors Two AMD dual/quad-core dual/quad-core dual/quad-core dual/quad-core Opteron Intel Xeon Intel Xeon Intel Xeon Intel Xeon 2200/2300 processors processors processors processors series processors...
- Page 10 Table 1-3. Dell-Supported ESX Server Configurations Server R900 PowerEdge 6850 PowerEdge 6950 Processors Two/four Quad-Core Two/four single/dual- Two/four AMD Opteron™ Xeon® 7300 series core Intel Xeon 8200/8300 series processors processors processors Memory (Min/Max) 1 GB/64 GB 1 GB/64 GB 2 GB/64 GB...
- Page 11 VMware ESX Server or the iSCSI initiators in the guest operating systems. • Dell PowerVault MD1000 is supported to provide external storage to a single ESX host or to a maximum of two hosts in a split configuration. Features that require shared storage among ESX hosts, such as VMotion, HA, and DRS, are not supported with PowerVault MD1000.
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Page 12: Dell-Supported Virtualcenter Configurations
VirtualCenter, see the EMC Support Matrix (ESM) at www.emc.com/interoperability. For additional, non-qualified Dell configurations, see the ESX Server 3.x I/O Compatibility Guide and the ESX Server 3.x Storage/SAN Compatibility Guide at www.vmware.com/support/pubs. For more information on legacy server support, see the VMware support documents at www.dell.com/vmware... -
Page 13: Vmware Infrastructure Architecture
VMware Infrastructure Architecture VMware Infrastructure consists of the following components as shown in Figure 1-2: • ESX Server — allows multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on a single PowerEdge system. • VirtualCenter server — manages multiple ESX Servers and runs on Windows Server 2003. - Page 14 Figure 1-2. VMware Infrastructure Components Using Dell PowerEdge Systems and Storage Systems VMware Infrastructure client license server PowerEdge system as storage ESX Server hosts interconnect fabric VirtualCenter server Ethernet VirtualCenter fabric database external storage for virtual machines Before deploying VMware Infrastructure, follow the guidelines given below: •...
- Page 15 Size the resource requirements for the virtual machines, such as the microprocessor requirements, memory size, and networking. For more information on general sizing and scaling studies, see White Papers under Resources at www.dell.com/vmware. For articles on performance and sizing, see www.vmware.com/support/pubs. •...
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Page 16: Installing Esx Server And Virtualcenter
Dell|EMC SAN CX3-20/CX3-40/CX3-80 CX3-20/CX3-40/CX3-80 For information on typical configurations using PowerEdge 1955 blade servers, see Deployment of VMware Infrastructure 3.x on Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers available in Support Documents under Resources at www.dell.com/vmware. Installing ESX Server and VirtualCenter This section describes the important guidelines for installing VirtualCenter 2.0.x and ESX Server 3.0.x software on PowerEdge systems. -
Page 17: Installing Virtualcenter
Installing VirtualCenter Follow the guidelines given below for installing VirtualCenter: • Install license server if required. • Create a new database to store VirtualCenter data. • Install VirtualCenter server. • Install VMware Infrastructure client. For more information about installing or upgrading VirtualCenter, see the Installation and Upgrade Guide under VMware Infrastructure 3 at www.vmware.com/support/pubs. - Page 18 RAID Configuration Before installing the ESX Server software, ensure that the physical disks have the required RAID configurations. Use the appropriate RAID level depending on the number of local physical disks. RAID 0 is not recommended since it does not provide data redundancy. Recommended Disk Partitioning for the ESX Server Software The following table lists the recommended disk partitioning for the ESX Server software.
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Page 19: Tips For Configuring Vmotion
Documents under Resources at www.dell.com/vmware. Installing ESX Server on PowerEdge Blade Servers For installing ESX Server on PowerEdge Blade servers, see Deployment of VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3.x on Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers available in Support Documents under Resources at www.dell.com/vmware. Deployment Guide... -
Page 20: Fibre Channel Environment Setup With The Esx Server Software
CX-series storage system. Installing and Using Dell OpenManage For information on installing and using the Dell OpenManage management suite, including Dell IT Assistant and DRAC, the known issues and the uninstallation steps, see the Support Documents under Resources at www.dell.com/vmware. -
Page 21: Additional Resources
Technical Support Resources • VMware Support website at www.vmware.com/support • Dell hardware support at www.dell.com/support • Dell deployment and professional services at www.dell.com/services Discussion Forums VMware discussion forums at http://vmware.com/communities/content Knowledge Base VMware Knowledge Base articles at www.vmware.com/support/kb Deployment Guide... - Page 22 Deployment Guide...