
Contents 3
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
VMware License Offerings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
vSphere 4 Architecture Overview . . . . . . . . . . 6
ESXi Architecture Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Supported Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Supported vSphere 4 Configuration Solutions
. . . . . 23
Configuring vSphere 4 Using
Dell Fibre
Channel SAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configuring vSphere 4 Using
iSCSI SAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
ESXi and vCenter Deployment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Guidelines for Deploying ESXi
. . . . . . . . . . . 25
Best Practices Checklist for
Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Booting ESXi
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuring the Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring Lockdown Mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring, Restarting, Testing,
or Disabling the Management
Network Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Additional Setup Steps
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Deploying vCenter Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing vSphere Client
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Image Recovery
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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