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Deployment Guide—VMware IaaS on PowerEdge MX Servers and PowerMax Storage
Introduction Predeployment Requirements Physical Layout Network Configuration SAN Storage Deployment and Configuration Management Cluster Deployment Compute Cluster Deployment
Prerequisites
Installing ESXi on the compute hosts
Configuring the ESXi management network on the compute cluster
Adding ESXi hosts to vCenter
Creating and configuring vSphere Distributed Switch
Configuring host networking
Creating a compute cluster
Management Software and Data Protection Deployment References Site Survey

Prerequisites

Prerequisites

  • To deploy the compute cluster, you need:

    • iDRAC IP addresses or FQDNs
    • iDRAC credentials
    • iDRAC Enterprise license applied on all nodes
    • Dell EMC-customized ESXi 6.5 image

    For download instructions, see VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5.x on Dell EMC PowerEdge Systems Image Customization Information on Dell EMC Online Support. Make a note of the image location on your system because you will need it when mounting virtual media.

    • Hostnames, Management VLAN ID, and IP address information
    • vSphere credentials
    • Static IP addresses for each of the management servers
    • (Optional) DNS server records for hostnames

    Note: The iDRAC User Guide provides instructions for setting up the iDRAC, including configuring the IP address. For a link to the guide, see the iDRAC page on Dell EMC Online Support.