VMware ESXi Installation and Setup - VMware vSphere 7

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02 APR 2020 Modified on 11 AUG 2020 VMware vSphere 7.0 VMware ESXi 7.0

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1 About VMware ESXi Installation and Setup 5

Updated Information 6

2 Introduction to vSphere Installation and Setup 7

3 Overview of the vSphere Installation and Setup Process 8

4 About ESXi Evaluation and Licensed Modes 11

5 Installing and Setting Up ESXi 12

ESXi Requirements 12 ESXi Hardware Requirements 12 Supported Remote Management Server Models and Firmware Versions 15 Recommendations for Enhanced ESXi Performance 15 Incoming and Outgoing Firewall Ports for ESXi Hosts 17 Required Free Space for System Logging 19 VMware Host Client System Requirements 20 ESXi Passwords and Account Lockout 20

Preparing for Installing ESXi 22 Download the ESXi Installer 22 Options for Installing ESXi 23 Media Options for Booting the ESXi Installer 24 Using Remote Management Applications 35 Customizing Installations with vSphere ESXi Image Builder 35 Required Information for ESXi Installation 74

Installing ESXi 75 Installing ESXi Interactively 75 Installing or Upgrading Hosts by Using a Script 79 PXE Booting the ESXi Installer 95 Installing ESXi Using vSphere Auto Deploy 102 Troubleshooting vSphere Auto Deploy 191

Setting Up ESXi 198 ESXi Autoconfiguration 198 About the Direct Console ESXi Interface 198 Enable ESXi Shell and SSH Access with the Direct Console User Interface 202 Managing ESXi Remotely 203 Set the Password for the Administrator Account 203

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Configuring the BIOS Boot Settings 203 Configuring Network Settings 205 Storage Behavior 211 Configuring System Logging 213 Set the Host Image Profile Acceptance Level 215 Remove All Custom Packages on ESXi 216 Disable Support for Non-ASCII Characters in Virtual Machine File and Directory Names 216 Reset the System Configuration 217 After You Install and Set Up ESXi 217 Managing ESXi Remotely 218 Licensing ESXi Hosts 218 View System Logs 220

6 Troubleshooting ESXi Booting 221

Host Stops Unexpectedly at Bootup When Sharing a Boot Disk with Another Host 221 Host Fails to Boot After You Install ESXi in UEFI Mode 222

7 Decommission an ESXi Host 223

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About VMware ESXi Installation and Setup

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VMware ESXi Installation and Setup describes how to install and configure VMware ESXiTM.

Intended Audience

VMware ESXi Installation and Setup is intended for experienced administrators who want to install and configure ESXi. This information is written for experienced Windows or Linux system administrators who are familiar with virtual machine technology and data center operations. The information about using the Image Builder and VMware vSphere? Auto DeployTM is written for administrators who have experience with Microsoft PowerShell and VMware vSphere? PowerCLITM.

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Updated Information

This VMware ESXi Installation & Setup guide is updated with each release of the product or when necessary.

This table provides the update history of the VMware ESXi Installation & Setup guide.

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Description

11 AUG 2020

At VMware, we value inclusion. To foster this principle within our customer, partner, and internal community, we are replacing some of the terminology in our content. We have updated this guide to remove instances of non-inclusive language.

30 APR 2020 n Updated local disk size values for a boot partition with a VMFS datastore in ESXi Hardware Requirements.

n Added ESXi 7.0 rollback information in ESXi Hardware Requirements. n Updated information about upgrading systems for device alias profiles in Using the Device Alias

Configuration Host Profile.

02 APR 2020 Initial release.

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Introduction to vSphere Installation and Setup

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vSphere 7.0 provides various options for installation and setup. To ensure a successful vSphere deployment, you should understand the installation and setup options, and the sequence of tasks.

The two core components of vSphere are ESXi and vCenter Server. ESXi is the virtualization platform on which you can create and run virtual machines and virtual appliances. vCenter Server is a service that acts as a central administrator for ESXi hosts connected in a network. vCenter Server lets you pool and manage the resources of multiple hosts.

You deploy the vCenter Server appliance, a preconfigured virtual machine optimized for running vCenter Server and the vCenter Server components. You can deploy the vCenter Server appliance on ESXi hosts or on vCenter Server instances.

For detailed information about the vCenter Server installation process, see vCenter Server Installation and Setup.

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Overview of the vSphere Installation and Setup Process

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vSphere is a sophisticated product with multiple components to install and set up. To ensure a successful vSphere deployment, understand the sequence of tasks required.

Installing vSphere includes the following tasks:

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