Appendix D Notes on VMware installation
D.1 Building the RAID environment in the VMware internal disk.
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Appendix D Notes on VMware installation
This appendix describes how to install VMware vSphere using the RAID environment configured in
internal HDD/SSD and it also provides notes on installation.
Hereafter, VMware vSphere is mentioned as VMware.
D.1 Building the RAID environment in the VMware internal
disk.
In the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series, RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 1E, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, RAID
60 are supported in internal HDD/SSD.
For details on building a RAID configuration using internal hard disks, see the SAS RAID controller Guide
below.
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PRIMEQUEST 2400E/2800E/2800B
LSI MegaRAID SAS 2.0 Software
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PRIMEQUEST 2400E2/2800E2/2800B2
LSI MegaRAID SAS 3.0 Software
D.2 Installing VMware Bundled Software
The bundled software is stored in ServerView Suite DVD(Tools) . The files are copied from ServerView
Suite DVD(Tools) and then used.
Further, the bundled software necessary for VMware vSphere are as mentioned below.
TABLE D.1 Installation of the software attached to VMware
Bundled software
Installation destination
ServerView ESXi CIM Provider
VMware ESXi
D.3 Setting of PCI Bus mode
VMware vShere 5 does not support segment mode. Set “PCI Address mode” menu in MMB Web-UI to
PCI Bus mode.
VMware vShere 6 supports segment mode, but segment mode and vt-d function cannot be used at the
same time.
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If vt-d function is used for VMware vShere 6, set “PCI Address mode” menu in MMB Web-UI to PCI
Bus mode. For the detail of setting PCI Address mode, see “ [Mode] window” of “1.3.9 [Partition#x]
menu” of PRIMEQUEST 2000 series Tool Reference (CA92344-0539).
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If segment mode is used for VMware vShere 6, disable vt-d function in EFI menu. For the detail of
setting PCI Address mode, see “ [Mode] window” of “3.4.3 [CPU Configuration] menu” of
PRIMEQUEST 2000 series Tool Reference (CA92344-0539).