Activity 3 Install and Configure a Basic Inventory for a vSphere Virtualisation Environment

Refer to the Activity Manual for activity instructions.

Exercise 1: System requirements

1. Research the VMware web site to find out the hardware and system resources for ESXi 6.5 installation and use. Record the following requirements:

CPU
RAM
Ethernet network speed
Disk controllers
Disk storage on host machine

2. Research the VMware web site to find out the hardware and system resources for vCenter Server 6.5 installation and use. Record the following requirements:

Supported server operating system
CPU
RAM
Ethernet network speed
Disk controllers
Disk storage on host machine

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-65-installation- setup-guide.pdf

Exercise 6: View the ESXi host with the vSphere Web Client

A. Connect to the ESXi Host with the browser (vSphere Web Client)

2. In the Inventory panel, click Inventory icon to verify that the ESXiA host appears at the top of the inventory view on the left side of the window.

B. View host hardware configuration

1. Click the Configuration tab of the ESXi host. The hardware health status view is displayed. View the status by expanding objects in the Sensor list.

2. In the Hardware panel, click Processors. View the processor model, processor speed, and other information about the ESXi host processors.

3. In the Hardware panel, select Memory. View the total physical memory and how much memory is used by the system and by the virtual machines.

C. Configure DNS and routing information for the ESXi host

4. In the DNS and Routing Configuration panel, enter the following values. When you are finished, click OK.

(c) Look for hosts in the following domains Verify the domain name with that on the planning table in Exercise 2.