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VMware®Infrastructure 3.0.2
Update 1 for Dell™ PowerEdge™
Systems
Deployment Guide

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Contents 3
Contents
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What’s New? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Supported New Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Supported New Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Activation Code and License Key . . . . . . . . . . 8
Downloading the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Optional Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Dell-Supported Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Dell-Supported ESX Server Configurations . . . . . 8
Dell-Supported VirtualCenter Configurations . . . 12
VMware Infrastructure Architecture . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing ESX Server and VirtualCenter . . . . . . . . 16
Installing VirtualCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing ESX Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Tips for Configuring VMotion . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing ESX Server on PowerEdge
Blade Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Fibre Channel Environment Setup With the
ESX Server Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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Installing and Using Dell OpenManage . . . . . . . . . 20
Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Product Documentation Resources . . . . . . . . 21
Technical Support Resources . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Discussion Forums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Knowledge Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Deployment Guide 5
Overview
This document is a companion guide to the VMware®Infrastructure 3.0.2
guides and provides additional information for supporting the Dell™
PowerEdge™ systems. The document covers the following:
• Introduction — provides a brief overview of the VMware ESX Server and
VMware VirtualCenter products and technologies.
•
What’s New — provides information about additional supported hardware
and updated software in this release.
•
Licensing — provides a list of licensing options available to customers.
•
Dell-Supported Configurations — provides a list of qualified and
supported ESX Server and VirtualCenter configurations.
•
Installing ESX Server and VirtualCenter — provides guidelines for
installing the ESX Server software and VirtualCenter.
•
Installing Dell OpenManage™ — provides references to install and use
Dell OpenManage.
•
Additional Resources — provides references to additional documentation.
Introduction
This document helps you to deploy VMware Infrastructure 3.0.2on
PowerEdge systems and provides information specific to Dell servers and
storage systems, recommended configurations, best practices, and additional
resources. VMware Infrastructure consists of the ESX Server software
and VirtualCenter.
ESX Server allows multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on a
single physical server. These operating systems, referred to as virtual machines,
can be created and managed faster than possible with conventional systems,
since the virtual machines do not interact directly with the physical hardware.
Each of these virtual machines run in a resource-isolated, secure environment
and can include Microsoft® Windows®, Linux, Novell®NetWare®, and
Sun Solaris operating systems with their associated applications.

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Figure 1-1. VMware ESX Server Architecture
VirtualCenter is a management application that monitors and manages
virtual machines and ESX Server hosts. With VirtualCenter, users can create,
start, stop, and migrate virtual machines across the entire physical data
center. Advanced features such as VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling
(DRS) and VMware High Availability are available with VirtualCenter 2.0.x.
What’s New?
This release includes the new generation of VMware Infrastructure for the
new PowerEdge systems and storage systems.
Supported New Hardware
• Servers: PowerEdge 1950-III, PowerEdge 2950-III, PowerEdge 2900-III,
PowerEdge R900
•
Storage Systems: Dell PowerVault™ NX1950 for Internet SCSI (iSCSI)
storage only, and PowerVault MD1000
Supported New Software
• Dell OpenManage 5.3

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Processors
• AMD™ Opteron™ 2300 and 8300 processors
•Intel
®
Xeon
®
5400 and 7300 processors
Licensing
VMware Infrastructure 3.0.2is available in three editions: Starter Edition,
Standard Edition, and Enterprise Edition. Standard and Enterprise Editions
are available through the Dell Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
channel and also through Dell Software and Peripherals (S&P). Starter
Edition is available only through S&P. Table 1-1 describes the features
available in these editions.
Table 1-1. Licensing Features
Features VMware
Infrastructure—
Starter
VMware
Infrastructure—
Standard
VMware
Infrastructure—
Enterprise
ESX Server X X X
VirtualCenter Agent X X X
SAN Connectivity X X
Virtual SMP™ (symmetric
multiprocessing)
XX
VMotion™ X
DRS X
High Availability X
Consolidated Backup X
Physical CPU Licensing Not Applicable 2 CPU or 4 CPU 2 CPU or 4 CPU
Dell Offering S&P OEM, S&P OEM, S&P
Software Subscription Not Applicable 1 to 3 years 1 to 3 years
NOTE: ESX Server can have a maximum of 8 GB RAM in the Starter Edition.

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Activation Code and License Key
To access your VMware software and the Software Subscription Services, you
must register your software within 30 days of purchase at
www.vmware.com/code/dell with the activation code of the license certificate.
You must exchange each activation code for a license key to install the
software and receive proper subscription services. If you have multiple
activation codes, you can either register all the codes with one license
administrator or multiple activation codes with different license
administrators.
NOTE: If you purchased a 4-CPU license, you will get two 2-CPU software license
activation codes. You will need both the activation codes for product registration
and activation.
Downloading the Software
You can download the VMware Infrastructure 3.0.2software at
www.vmware.com/download/vi. If you want to download and run
VirtualCenter, you must first purchase a VirtualCenter license.
Optional Media
You may order the media for your VMware Infrastructure or VirtualCenter
software on PowerEdge systems.
Dell-Supported Configurations
Dell-Supported ESX Server Configurations
Table 1-2 lists the current Dell-supported ESX Server configurations. For
more information on legacy server support, see the ESX Server 3.x Systems
Compatibility Guide. For more information on supported network and Fibre
Channel adapters, see the ESX Server 3.x I/O Compatibility Guide for ESX
Server at www.vmware.com/support/pubs.

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Table 1-2. Dell-Supported ESX Server Configurations
Server PowerEdge
1950-III
PowerEdge
1955
PowerEdge
2900-III
PowerEdge
2950-III
PowerEdge
2970
Processors Two
dual/quad-core
Intel Xeon
processors
Two
dual/quad-core
Intel Xeon
processors
Two
dual/quad-core
Intel Xeon
processors
Two
dual/quad-core
Intel Xeon
processors
Tw o A M D
Opteron
2200/2300
series
processors
Memory
(Min/Max)
1 GB/32 GB 1 GB/32 GB 1 GB/48 GB 1 GB/32 GB 2 GB/32 GB
Storage
Adapter for
Internal Disks
PERC 6/i
Integrated
Serial-attached
SCSI (SAS)
5/iR Integrated
PERC 6/i
Integrated
PERC 6/i
Integrated
PERC 5/i
Integrated
Storage
Adapter for
External Disks
PERC 5/E,
SAS RAID,
PERC6/E
PERC 5/E,
SAS RAID,
PERC6/E
PERC 5/E,
SAS RAID,
PERC6/E
PERC 5/E, 6/E
and SAS RAID
Networking Two integrated
network ports,
All supported
peripheral
NICs
Two integrated
network ports
All supported
NIC daughter
cards
Two integrated
network ports
All supported
peripheral
NICs
Two integrated
network ports
All supported
peripheral
NICs
Two integrated
network ports
All supported
peripheral
NICs
Fibre Channel
HBA (required
for SAN
Connectivity
only)
All supported
Fibre Channel
HBAs
All supported
Fibre Channel
daughter cards
All supported
Fibre Channel
HBAs
All supported
Fibre Channel
HBAs
All supported
Fibre Channel
HBAs
Dell Remote
Access
Controller
(DRAC)
(highly
recommended)
DRAC 5 DRAC/MC DRAC 5 DRAC 5 DRAC 5
Internal
Storage
Up to two 3.5”
or four 2.5”
SAS disks
Up to two 2.5”
SAS disks
Up to eight
3.5” SAS disks
(up to 10 disks
with Flexbay
option)
Up to six 3.5”
or eight 2.5”
SAS disks
Up to six 3.5”
or eight 2.5”
SAS disks

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Table 1-3. Dell-Supported ESX Server Configurations
Server R900 PowerEdge 6850 PowerEdge 6950
Processors Two/four Quad-Core
Xeon® 7300 series
processors
Two/four single/dual-
core Intel Xeon
processors
Two/four AMD Opteron™
8200/8300 series
processors
Memory (Min/Max) 1 GB/64 GB 1 GB/64 GB 2 GB/64 GB
Storage Adapter for
Internal Disks
PERC 6/i Integrated PERC 4e/Di (for
small computer
system interface
[SCSI] disks) and
PERC 5/i Adapter
(for SAS disks)
PERC 5/i Integrated
Storage Adapter for
External Disks
PERC 5/E,
SAS RAID, PERC6E
PERC 5/E,
SAS RAID
PERC 5/E,
SAS RAID, PERC6E
Networking Four integrated
network ports
All supported
peripheral NICs
Two integrated
network ports
All supported
peripheral NICs
Two integrated network
ports
All supported peripheral
NICs
Fibre Channel HBA
(required for SAN
Connectivity only)
All supported Fibre
Channel HBAs
All supported Fibre
Channel HBAs
All supported Fibre
Channel HBAs
Dell Remote Access
Controller (DRAC)
(highly
recommended)
DRAC 5 DRAC 4 DRAC 5
Internal Storage Up to eight 2.5" or five
3.5" SAS disks
Up to five 3.5”
SAS/SCSI or eight
2.5” SAS disks
Up to five 3.5” SAS disks