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VMware®Infrastructure 3.0.2

Update 1 for Dell™ PowerEdge™

Systems

Deployment Guide

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December 2007 Rev. A01

Contents 3

Contents

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

What’s New? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Supported New Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Supported New Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Activation Code and License Key . . . . . . . . . . 8

Downloading the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Optional Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Dell-Supported Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Dell-Supported ESX Server Configurations . . . . . 8

Dell-Supported VirtualCenter Configurations . . . 12

VMware Infrastructure Architecture . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installing ESX Server and VirtualCenter . . . . . . . . 16

Installing VirtualCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Installing ESX Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Tips for Configuring VMotion . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installing ESX Server on PowerEdge

Blade Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Fibre Channel Environment Setup With the

ESX Server Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

4Contents

Installing and Using Dell OpenManage . . . . . . . . . 20

Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Product Documentation Resources . . . . . . . . 21

Technical Support Resources . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Discussion Forums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Knowledge Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Deployment Guide 5

Overview

This document is a companion guide to the VMware®Infrastructure 3.0.2

guides and provides additional information for supporting the Dell™

PowerEdge™ systems. The document covers the following:

•

Introduction

— provides a brief overview of the VMware ESX Server and

VMware VirtualCenter products and technologies.

•

What’s New

— provides information about additional supported hardware

and updated software in this release.

•

Licensing

— provides a list of licensing options available to customers.

•

Dell-Supported Configurations

— provides a list of qualified and

supported ESX Server and VirtualCenter configurations.

•

Installing ESX Server and VirtualCenter

— provides guidelines for

installing the ESX Server software and VirtualCenter.

•

Installing Dell OpenManage™

— provides references to install and use

Dell OpenManage.

•

Additional Resources

— provides references to additional documentation.

Introduction

This document helps you to deploy VMware Infrastructure 3.0.2on

PowerEdge systems and provides information specific to Dell servers and

storage systems, recommended configurations, best practices, and additional

resources. VMware Infrastructure consists of the ESX Server software

and VirtualCenter.

ESX Server allows multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on a

single physical server. These operating systems, referred to as virtual machines,

can be created and managed faster than possible with conventional systems,

since the virtual machines do not interact directly with the physical hardware.

Each of these virtual machines run in a resource-isolated, secure environment

and can include Microsoft® Windows®, Linux, Novell®NetWare®, and

Sun Solaris operating systems with their associated applications.

6Deployment Guide

Figure 1-1. VMware ESX Server Architecture

VirtualCenter is a management application that monitors and manages

virtual machines and ESX Server hosts. With VirtualCenter, users can create,

start, stop, and migrate virtual machines across the entire physical data

center. Advanced features such as VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling

(DRS) and VMware High Availability are available with VirtualCenter 2.0.x.

What’s New?

This release includes the new generation of VMware Infrastructure for the

new PowerEdge systems and storage systems.

Supported New Hardware

•

Servers:

PowerEdge 1950-III, PowerEdge 2950-III, PowerEdge 2900-III,

PowerEdge R900

•

Storage Systems:

Dell PowerVault™ NX1950 for Internet SCSI (iSCSI)

storage only, and PowerVault MD1000

Supported New Software

• Dell OpenManage 5.3

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Processors

• AMD™ Opteron™ 2300 and 8300 processors

•Intel

Xeon

5400 and 7300 processors

Licensing

VMware Infrastructure 3.0.2is available in three editions: Starter Edition,

Standard Edition, and Enterprise Edition. Standard and Enterprise Editions

are available through the Dell Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)

channel and also through Dell Software and Peripherals (S&P). Starter

Edition is available only through S&P. Table 1-1 describes the features

available in these editions.

Table 1-1. Licensing Features

Features VMware

Infrastructure—

Starter

VMware

Infrastructure—

Standard

VMware

Infrastructure—

Enterprise

ESX Server X X X

VirtualCenter Agent X X X

SAN Connectivity X X

Virtual SMP™ (symmetric

multiprocessing)

VMotion™ X

DRS X

High Availability X

Consolidated Backup X

Physical CPU Licensing Not Applicable 2 CPU or 4 CPU 2 CPU or 4 CPU

Dell Offering S&P OEM, S&P OEM, S&P

Software Subscription Not Applicable 1 to 3 years 1 to 3 years

NOTE: ESX Server can have a maximum of 8 GB RAM in the Starter Edition.

8Deployment Guide

Activation Code and License Key

To access your VMware software and the Software Subscription Services, you

must register your software within 30 days of purchase at

www.vmware.com/code/dell with the activation code of the license certificate.

You must exchange each activation code for a license key to install the

software and receive proper subscription services. If you have multiple

activation codes, you can either register all the codes with one license

administrator or multiple activation codes with different license

administrators.

NOTE: If you purchased a 4-CPU license, you will get two 2-CPU software license

activation codes. You will need both the activation codes for product registration

and activation.

Downloading the Software

You can download the VMware Infrastructure 3.0.2software at

www.vmware.com/download/vi. If you want to download and run

VirtualCenter, you must first purchase a VirtualCenter license.

Optional Media

You may order the media for your VMware Infrastructure or VirtualCenter

software on PowerEdge systems.

Dell-Supported Configurations

Dell-Supported ESX Server Configurations

Table 1-2 lists the current Dell-supported ESX Server configurations. For

more information on legacy server support, see the ESX Server 3.x Systems

Compatibility Guide. For more information on supported network and Fibre

Channel adapters, see the ESX Server 3.x I/O Compatibility Guide for ESX

Server at www.vmware.com/support/pubs.

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Table 1-2. Dell-Supported ESX Server Configurations

Server PowerEdge

1950-III

PowerEdge

1955

PowerEdge

2900-III

PowerEdge

2950-III

PowerEdge

2970

Processors Two

dual/quad-core

Intel Xeon

processors

Two

dual/quad-core

Intel Xeon

processors

Two

dual/quad-core

Intel Xeon

processors

Two

dual/quad-core

Intel Xeon

processors

Tw o A M D

Opteron

2200/2300

series

processors

Memory

(Min/Max)

1 GB/32 GB 1 GB/32 GB 1 GB/48 GB 1 GB/32 GB 2 GB/32 GB

Storage

Adapter for

Internal Disks

PERC 6/i

Integrated

Serial-attached

SCSI (SAS)

5/iR Integrated

PERC 6/i

Integrated

PERC 6/i

Integrated

PERC 5/i

Integrated

Storage

Adapter for

External Disks

PERC 5/E,

SAS RAID,

PERC6/E

PERC 5/E,

SAS RAID,

PERC6/E

PERC 5/E,

SAS RAID,

PERC6/E

PERC 5/E, 6/E

and SAS RAID

Networking Two integrated

network ports,

All supported

peripheral

NICs

Two integrated

network ports

All supported

NIC daughter

cards

Two integrated

network ports

All supported

peripheral

NICs

Two integrated

network ports

All supported

peripheral

NICs

Two integrated

network ports

All supported

peripheral

NICs

Fibre Channel

HBA (required

for SAN

Connectivity

only)

All supported

Fibre Channel

HBAs

All supported

Fibre Channel

daughter cards

All supported

Fibre Channel

HBAs

All supported

Fibre Channel

HBAs

All supported

Fibre Channel

HBAs

Dell Remote

Access

Controller

(DRAC)

(highly

recommended)

DRAC 5 DRAC/MC DRAC 5 DRAC 5 DRAC 5

Internal

Storage

Up to two 3.5”

or four 2.5”

SAS disks

Up to two 2.5”

SAS disks

Up to eight

3.5” SAS disks

(up to 10 disks

with Flexbay

option)

Up to six 3.5”

or eight 2.5”

SAS disks

Up to six 3.5”

or eight 2.5”

SAS disks

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Table 1-3. Dell-Supported ESX Server Configurations

Server R900 PowerEdge 6850 PowerEdge 6950

Processors Two/four Quad-Core

Xeon® 7300 series

processors

Two/four single/dual-

core Intel Xeon

processors

Two/four AMD Opteron™

8200/8300 series

processors

Memory (Min/Max) 1 GB/64 GB 1 GB/64 GB 2 GB/64 GB

Storage Adapter for

Internal Disks

PERC 6/i Integrated PERC 4e/Di (for

small computer

system interface

[SCSI] disks) and

PERC 5/i Adapter

(for SAS disks)

PERC 5/i Integrated

Storage Adapter for

External Disks

PERC 5/E,

SAS RAID, PERC6E

PERC 5/E,

SAS RAID

PERC 5/E,

SAS RAID, PERC6E

Networking Four integrated

network ports

All supported

peripheral NICs

Two integrated

network ports

All supported

peripheral NICs

Two integrated network

ports

All supported peripheral

NICs

Fibre Channel HBA

(required for SAN

Connectivity only)

All supported Fibre

Channel HBAs

All supported Fibre

Channel HBAs

All supported Fibre

Channel HBAs

Dell Remote Access

Controller (DRAC)

(highly

recommended)

DRAC 5 DRAC 4 DRAC 5

Internal Storage Up to eight 2.5" or five

3.5" SAS disks

Up to five 3.5”

SAS/SCSI or eight

2.5” SAS disks

Up to five 3.5” SAS disks

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