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Create a Windows Server 2019 VM on the ESXi host and start that VM. Also install VMware tools on the VM, because without that, newly provisioned devices will not be visible to the VMs. Edit the settings of this VM to configure the network controller and the VMware Para Virtualized SCSI controller.
To create VM and edit settings follow these steps:
Figure 46. VM creation and controller setup