Sunday, October 28, 2012

Using Hardware Vendor Customaries Edition VMware ESXi

If you install a VMware ESXi to a DELL or HP Server, you should consider to use the hardware vendor customaries edition for better performance and stability.

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For the VMware ISO file, you may download from DELL or HP website.

DELL

Please go to Dell support website (http://support.dell.com)

1. Select "Support for Enterprise IT"
2. Go to "Drivers and Downloads"
3. "Enter Service tag" or select "Choose from a list of all Dell products" option
4. Select "Servers, Storage, & Networking" option
5. Select "PowerEdge"
6. Select the system as per your configuration
7. Once the system is selected
8. Select the "Operating System" as ESXi 4.x or ESXi 5.0 as per your requirement
9. Click "Enterprise Solutions" sub tab and The ISO image is listed there

 

HP

Please go to http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/vmware/esxi-image.html to download those file and document.

Reference:

http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20029811/download.aspx

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