Comments on: Video: vSphere4 Unleashed: 01 – Installing ESX4.0

By: Hany Michael

Hany Michael — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:49:02 +0000

Why don't you open an SR with VMware? the info your provided here might not be enough to troubleshoot this issue further…good luck.

By: Baha_j

Baha_j — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:31:07 +0000

Thanks for video. can you help me. there are dell m1000e + brocade 4424 + dell powerconnect modules for blade + 6* dell m6(0/1)0 razors. storage on hp msa2012fc. i installed vmware esx. but it doesnt see no fc controllers. and no disk in storage. what i need to do to use our storage???

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By: Hany Michael

Hany Michael — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:37:43 +0000

Thanks, and you are right! BTW the ESX 4.0 partitioning best practices are all over the internet if you google it.

By: virtuel

virtuel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:25:46 +0000

great video. I was left a little disappointed because I wanted to see more of the manual partitioning for vSphere – partition sizing etc best practices.

tres bien

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:36:53 +0000

Thanks!

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By: Hany Michael

Hany Michael — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:15:05 +0000

Hi Juan,

I used also the M1000e chassis in my video, and as far as I know it comes with the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) module as a standard not option. This is where you can access the console of your blades and mount virtual CDs. I believe it is set for DHCP by default, but you can use your chassis LCD to set it to static IP, note also that the CMC IP address will default to the standard IP address settings of 192.168.0.120, 255.255.255.0, and gateway of 192.168.0.1. The default username is “root” and password is “calvin”.

As per the VT, the vSphere will still work on processors that doesn’t have FT (I’m already using some old HP blades with no VT) but for things like FT to work, yes you must have VT. You should refer also to the compatibility matrix for the FT, to ensure that you have a supported processor.

Hope this helps.

By: Juan

Juan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:29:05 +0000

Hi Hany,

We have the new Dell blade chassis (m1000e) and the predecessor with the 1855 and 1955 blade servers. I don’t know if that chassis has the virtual CD option. Do you know ? I’ve read that you need VT support to get vsphere running, so with the 1855 blades that’s not going to happen!

Thanks.
Juan

By: Hany Michael

Hany Michael — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:39:47 +0000

Thanks Juan, glad you liked them. As per the CD/DVD support, it depends what kind of blade you are using, in HP & Dell I used the virtual CD, I just mounted the dvd iso file and done everything remotely from my laptop. In IBM HS2x blades I can do the same also, but I have the option of using the builtin CD/DVD drive on the BladeCenter chassis.