Question: How To Install VMware ESXi 5.0

Installing VMware vSphere Hypervisor AKA ESXi 5.0 is not such a hard task however you need to make sure your server is compatible with ESXi I 5.0.

To check that go to the VMware Compatibility website and check If your hardware can run ESXI.

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php

If all OK, Go to the Download page and download ESXi (you will need a logon account).

http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere_hypervisor_esxi/5_0

The ESXi installation takes 10 minutes.

Once you download the ISO image and burned it, Insert it to the server and boot from it.

 

Press Enter to start the installer.

Accept License agreement.

Select install drive

Select Keyboard Layout

Set root password

Press F11 to start install

Press Enter to Rebot

All done, remove media let ESXI server start.

After the server boots, go to the URL in the ESXi screen and download the VMware Client software to manage you host.


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