Dell External OEMR 2950, Deployment Manual

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Deployment Guide
RAID Configuration
Before installing the ESX Server software, ensure that the physical disks have
the required RAID configurations. Use the appropriate RAID level depending
on the number of local physical disks. RAID 0 is not recommended since it
does not provide data redundancy.
Recommended Disk Partitioning for the ESX Server Software
The following table lists the recommended disk partitioning for the ESX
Server software. When installing the ESX Server software, choose the
Manual
Partitioning option and use Table 1-5 to create the disk partitions.
After Installation
After installing the ESX Server software, connect to the ESX Server host
using VMware Infrastructure client and perform the following steps:
• Name the local virtual machine file system (VMFS) partition. This will
improve usability and also enable easy identification.
• Create one or more virtual switches for virtual machines and VMkernel,
and bind the physical adapters accordingly. Virtual switches for Service
Console and virtual machines are created by default during ESX Server
installation.
Table 1-5. Suggested Disk Partitioning Within ESX Server
Mount
Point Type Recommended
Size Notes
swap swap 544 MB This is for the Service Console only and
not
for
the ESX Server software
/boot ext3 100 MB Holds the boot kernel image
/ ext3 10 GB Holds the Service Console and ESX Server
kernel
/var ext3 4 GB Holds the log files
(none) vmkcore 102 MB Holds the core dump file for the VMkernel
(none) vmfs3 Remaining Holds the configuration and disk files for the
virtual machines
NOTE:
It is recommended that you set the root (/) partition size to a minimum of 10-GB.