Dell R720 installing VMware ESX4.1U2

The current VMware low-level virtualization software is already in the ESXI5.5U2 version, and users need to deploy early VMware on the Dell R720, which is said to be the world's largest buyer, based on the realities of their data center. esx4.1 version, this version is also the last ESX version, subsequent versions are in the form of ESXi.

In comparison to the new Dell 12G Server (Dell currently has 13 generations of the latest server) installed on the old ESX products, to worry about is the array card and network card driver can be recognized, relative to the traditional Linux server, such as: RHEL installed interface can be entered by the Linux DD to solve the drive problem (such as 1), then in the early ESX also have similar operation mode.

It is also necessary to note that the Dell server for esx4.1 Update2 and above the version of the array card is recognized, for different manufacturers of network cards, need to be manually loaded, different manufacturers of network card drivers can be directly to the official website of VMware download.

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/searchresults#site=my_download&client=my_download&getfields=*& Output=xml_no_dtd&filter=0&proxyreload=1&proxystylesheet=my_download_en&num=10&entqr=3 &start=0&q=esx&dscaf=__&requiredfields=dsca_category:infrastructure%2520%2526%2520operations% 2520management.dsca_lang:en

For the installation of the new ESXI5.5U2 can be downloaded directly from Dell's official website

Http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04?c=&l=&s=bsd Enter the appropriate service tag

Select the operating system to find the appropriate system download for VMware esxi5.5

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Here's a look at how to install the earlier VMware esx4.1 using Dell R720. Place the installation disk in the optical drive or use the Dell IDRAC (virtual remote console) to map the image to the installed R720 server (RAID modification is omitted prior to installation)

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If you select No in this step to use the drive that comes with the installation disk, there may be two possible drivers on the disc that can be fully installed. The two discs are missing the driver, then can not be installed, you need to choose here to load third-party driver.

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The above are the drivers that appear on the CD that are not available to find the NIC, cannot install requires a reboot, the following is the process of choosing to load a third-party driver

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It is important to note that the previous esx4.1 U2 installation disk needs to be reloaded to facilitate subsequent installation

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Dell R720 installing VMware ESX4.1U2