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Summary of Contents for VmWare ESX Server 2.12 Deployment

Page 1: ...w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m VMware ESX Server 2 1 2 Software for Dell PowerEdge Servers Deployment Guide ...

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Page 3: ...w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m VMware ESX Server 2 1 2 Software for Dell PowerEdge Servers Deployment Guide ...

Page 4: ...marks used in this text Dell the DELL logo and PowerEdge are trademarks of Dell Inc VMware VMotion and ESX Server are trademarks of VMware Inc EMC is a registered trademark of EMC Corporation Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Intel Xeon and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft and Windows are registered tra...

Page 5: ... 1 2 Software 12 Before Installation 13 Recommended Local Disk Partitioning 14 Service Console Configuration 15 After Installation 16 SAN Environment Setup with ESX Server Software 16 Setting Up Manual Load Balancing 18 Dell OpenManage in a VMware ESX Server Environment 18 OpenManage Software Overview 18 Using the Dell Remote Access Card III DRAC III on PE 6650 20 Installing OpenManage Server Admi...

Page 6: ...ted Devices for a SAN attached ESX Server System 1 8 Table 1 4 Recommended VirtualCenter Server Configuration 1 8 Table 1 5 Suggested Disk Partitioning within VMware ESX Server 1 14 Table 1 6 Limiting Resources by Application Type 1 23 Figures Figure 1 1 VMware ESX Server Architecture 1 5 Figure 1 2 Non VirtualCenter Configuration One or More PowerEdge Servers with Optional SAN 1 9 Figure 1 3 Virt...

Page 7: ... 1 VMware ESX Server Architecture VMware VirtualCenter is a management application that monitors and manages virtual machines distributed across ESX Server installations as well as the ESX Server systems themselves VirtualCenter can show global task lists each individual ESX Server or each individual VM When VirtualCenter managed ESX Server farms have a common Storage Area Network SAN they can tak...

Page 8: ...dware and software infrastructure Upgrade to current and standard hardware independently of software upgrades This document is a companion guide to the VMware ESX Server 2 1 Installation Guide and provides specific information as it relates to Dell servers and Dell recommended configurations For the latest version of this document see www dell com vmware under the Resource tab For more information...

Page 9: ...ing USB When ESX Server Disables It The following tables list Dell s recommended configurations Table 1 1 shows the common baseline configuration For standalone configurations add the contents of Table 1 2 to that of Table 1 1 For SAN attached configurations add the contents of Table 1 3 to that of Table 1 1 Table 1 1 Base ESX Server System Hardware Configuration Device Class Configuration Configu...

Page 10: ...e Class Configuration Host Bus Adapter HBA One fiber channel host bus adapter HBA or Two fiber channel host bus adapters HBAs for HBA failover configurations For higher availability on the PE 1850 the Qlogic QLA 2342 dual port HBA card is recommended Storage Two internal hard disks 15K RPM at RAID 1 recommended Table 1 4 Recommended VirtualCenter Server Configuration Resource Class Recommendation ...

Page 11: ...on with VMware VirtualCenter is VMware ESX Server 2 1 2 software on each PowerEdge server with a single VirtualCenter 1 1 Server on a PowerEdge 1850 managing all ESX Server installations in a farm For additional performance or VMware VMotion features Dell EMC CX300 CX500 or CX700 storage is required Figure 1 3 shows the configuration when using VirtualCenter and Figure 1 4 shows the configuration ...

Page 12: ...w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m 10 Deployment Guide Figure 1 3 VirtualCenter Configuration with SAN for VMotion Figure 1 4 VirtualCenter Configuration with SAN for VMotion with HBA Failover ...

Page 13: ...tual Machine an encapsulation of an operating system and its application with dynamic features beyond physical machines NOTE An explanation of the VMware ESX Server software component product license information can be found at the www dell com vmware under the Product and Services tab Understanding VirtualCenter Components VirtualCenter Server a management server for network connected VMware ESX ...

Page 14: ...enter agent for ESX Server 2 1 2 This agent will be installed automatically on ESX Server 2 1 2 systems when VirtualCenter discovers them Current Hardware and Software Qualification List For current Dell qualified configurations of VMware ESX Server software and VirtualCenter see www dell com vmware For Dell EMC qualified storage configurations of VMware ESX Server software and VirtualCenter see E...

Page 15: ...m vmware Size the resource requirements for the Service Console Identify resource sensitive VMs and dedicate the required resources to those VMs for example dedicating a NIC to a file server Gather the required network information such as IP addresses gateways and so on Determine the most appropriate local disk partitioning scheme See below for recommended disk partitioning VirtualCenter If you ar...

Page 16: ...ic test found in the Utility Partition before the installation of ESX Server software Recommended Local Disk Partitioning The following table lists the recommended local disk partitioning for the ESX Server system When installing the ESX Server system choose the Manual Partitioning option and use the following table to create the local disk partitions Table 1 5 Suggested Disk Partitioning within V...

Page 17: ...or the Service Console depends on the number of virtual machines that are planned to run on the ESX Server system It is recommended that more memory around 128 MB be allocated to the Service Console if Dell OpenManage is installed The amount of memory dedicated to the Service Console can be changed at any time but requires a reboot of the ESX Server system vmimages ext3 10 GB Holds both ISO image ...

Page 18: ...llation Guide SAN Environment Setup with ESX Server Software Advanced features such as VMotion technology require a Storage Area Network SAN environment using Dell EMC CX300 CX500 or CX700 storage devices Setting up the SAN for ESX Server systems does not require any special steps This section provides a quick overview of the general concepts of a SAN and the steps needed to set up a SAN environme...

Page 19: ...ssor This is highly recommended for better load balancing 5 Manually register the servers hosts connected to the SAN see below for step by step instructions 6 Create Storage Groups containing the servers and the LUNs For detailed information about setting up the storage device and creating LUNs RAID groups and Storage Groups see the EMC Navisphere Manager Administrator s Guide This document comes ...

Page 20: ...the service console NOTE EMC PowerPath is not supported with ESX software Setting Up Manual Load Balancing Automatic load balancing is not supported in VMware ESX Server software Load balancing can be achieved by manually configuring the preferred path for each LUN from the ESX MUI For more information about load balancing refer to Configuring redundancy and load balancing in Dell EMC Storage for ...

Page 21: ...ne system management A management station can be used to remotely manage one or more managed systems from a central location By installing IT Assistant on a management station you can effectively manage from one to hundreds of remote managed systems For more information about OpenManage see the OpenManage Product Documentation CD ROM which comes with the Dell Server and is also available at www de...

Page 22: ...can only monitor hardware components that are shared with the VMware Service Console The following devices are dedicated exclusively to VMkernel CPU1 CPU2 and CPU3 on PE6650 or CPU1 on PE 2850 and PE 1850 Network Interface Cards and Host Bus Adapter HBA which are dedicated to virtual machines Using the Dell Remote Access Card III DRAC III on PE 6650 If a DRAC III remote access card has been instal...

Page 23: ...ssages to the management console Edit etc snmp snmpd conf and add the following line to the end of the file trapsink ITA_IP_Address public Starting Your Server Administrator Session To start a Server Administrator session on a remote system open the following URL in your web browser https hostname 1311 where hostname is the assigned name for the managed node system and 1311 is the default port The...

Page 24: ...ive screen savers Ensure that each VM s guest OS type is correct in its configuration file To ensure best device performance ensure that you are using supported devices See www dell com vmware for details For best performance VMs should use separate resources from the Service Console specifically Ethernet NIC cards Ideally each VM should be running only one application For CPU bound workloads enab...

Page 25: ...5 VMware performance metrics can be accessed by exploring the directory structure at proc vmware within the Service Console For better backup practices it is recommended to create two virtual disks for each virtual machine one virtual disk containing OS application installation files and the other virtual disk containing user data This allows for more frequent backup of the data virtual disk Ident...

Page 26: ...l installation including application Windows Terminal Service WTS performance is greatly improved by setting the workload attribute to Terminal Services This option can be enabled in the MUI when creating the virtual machine or by adding the following line in the configuration file of the virtual machine workload TerminalServices Similarly Citrix MetaFrame XP performs better by installing hotfix X...

Page 27: ...card installation One benefit is that you get accelerated SVGA X server instead of the X server installed for example with Red Hat Linux 9 To install VMware tools see the manual for your VMware product NOTE Depending on the Linux distribution and kernel version the VMware tools installation script may need to re compile the VMware tools agent This will require that the make utility and a C compile...

Page 28: ... 2 1 2 Features Documentation Install Guide Admin Guide Scripting Guide SAN Backup Troubleshooting also see the KnowledgeBase www vmware com support Technical Support Resources Dell specific VMware information and additional documentation are located at www dell com vmware VMware support website at www vmware com Dell hardware support at www dell com support Dell deployment and professional servic...

Page 29: ...ESX Server RAID 13 Server Console 15 VirtualCenter server 8 9 D documentation OpenManage product 19 documents ESX Server 2 1 installation guide 6 13 16 DRAC III 20 E ESX Server architecture 5 farms 5 9 ESX Server 2 1 installation guide 6 13 16 ESX Server environment OpenManage installation 18 ESX Server software 5 11 components 11 installation 12 SAN setup 16 ESX Server systems base hardware confi...

Page 30: ...OpenManage 18 OpenManage Server Administrator 21 planning 13 installation guide ESX Server 2 1 software 6 13 16 guest OS 6 21 25 L Linux OS installation 25 tuning tips 25 load balancing automatic 18 manual 18 local disk partitions 14 LUN 16 M management server ESX 11 N newsgroups 26 O OpenManage installation on ESX Server system 18 product documentation 19 software overview 18 ...

Page 31: ... tuning tips 24 planning ESX Server software installation 13 Q qualification hardware and software 12 R RAID 16 configuration 13 registering host servers 17 remote access card 20 remote management 21 resources newsgroups 26 technical support 26 VMware configuration documentation 25 S SAN 5 7 16 Server Administrator installation 21 starting a session 21 server console configuration 15 servers manua...

Page 32: ...4 V VirtualCenter 5 7 13 components 11 server configuration 8 VirtualCenter components VirtualCenter Agent 12 VirtualCenter Client 11 VirtualCenter Server 11 VirtualCenter Template Repository 12 VMotion 5 7 VMware configuration documentation 25 Tools 22 24 25 W Windows tuning tips 24 Windows 2000 tuning tips 24 Windows 2003 tuning tips 24 Windows NT4 tuning tips 25 Z zoning 17 ...

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