After you finish
Close the web browser and proceed to
Map the ISO file on a VxFlex Ready Node 14G
Map the ISO file on a VxFlex Ready Node 14G server
Map the ISO file on a VxFlex Ready Node 14G server.
Before you begin
Ensure that you can access the console.
Procedure
1. Open the KVM console, using the Launch link.
2. In the DELL System Setup screen, select Virtual Media
>
Connect Virtual
Media.
The Initializing connection screen is displayed with a connecting message.
You may have to wait for some time for the connecting message to finish.
3. In the DELL System Setup screen, select Virtual Media
>
Map CD/DVD.
4. From the Virtual Media - Map CD/DVD screen, browse and set up the
ISO
file
and then click Map Device.
5. To verify the
ISO
file selection, click Virtual Media and view the ISO selection
in the drop down list.
6. Reset the server:
a. In the main DELL System Setup console window, select Power
>
Reset
System (warm boot) to display the list of keyboard keys with related
functionality.
b. Press F11. The Boot Manager Main Menu pane is displayed.
c. Select One-shot BIOS Boot Menu. The Select Legacy Boot Option pane is
displayed.
d. Select Virtual Optical Drive.
e. Proceed to
Prepare ESXi servers for deployment
The server boots using the OS ISO file and finishes the installation.
7. If the node contains a factory-installed OS, the datastores will not be visible in
the vSphere Web Client. The BOSS card is partitioned, and the OS is installed in
the visible partition. To use the remaining storage on the BOSS card for the
datastore, perform the following steps:
a. In the vSphere Web Client, select Storage
>
New Datastore
>
Create New
VMFS datastore.
b. Select the empty partition for the datastore.
Datastore 1 is created on the empty BOSS card.
Prepare ESXi servers for deployment
Before deploying VxFlex OS on ESXi servers, you must prepare the servers.
Before you begin
Ensure that you have:
Installing the Operating System
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