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Understand ESXi compatibility requirements. Unlike traditional operating systems like Windows or Linux, ESXi has much stricter hardware compatibility requirements. This helps ensure a stable, well-tested product line that can support even the most mission-critical applications.

Master It You have some older servers onto which you’d like to deploy ESXi. They aren’t on the Compatibility Guide. Will they work with ESXi?

Plan an ESXi deployment. Deploying ESXi will affect many different areas of your organization – not only the server team but also the networking team, the storage team, and the security team. There are many issues to consider, including server hardware, storage hardware, storage protocols or connection types, network topology, and network connections. Failing to plan properly could result in an unstable and unsupported implementation.

Master It Name three areas of networking that must be considered in a vSphere design.

Master It What are some of the different types of storage that ESXi can be installed on?

Deploy ESXi. ESXi can be installed onto any supported and compatible hardware platform. You have three different ways to deploy ESXi: install it interactively, perform an unattended installation, or use vSphere Auto Deploy to provision ESXi as it boots up.

Master It Your manager asks you to provide him with a copy of the unattended installation script that you will be using when you roll out ESXi using vSphere Auto Deploy. Is this something you can give him?

Master It Name two advantages and two disadvantages of using vSphere Auto Deploy to provision ESXi hosts.

Perform postinstallation configuration of ESXi. Following the installation of ESXi, some additional configuration steps may be required. For example, if the wrong NIC is assigned to the management network, the server won’t be accessible across the network. You’ll also need to configure time synchronization.

Master It You’ve installed ESXi on your server, but the welcome web page is inaccessible, and the server doesn’t respond to a ping. What could be the problem?

Install the vSphere Desktop Client. ESXi is managed using the vSphere Desktop Client, an application that provides the functionality to manage the virtualization platform.

Master It List two ways by which you can install the vSphere Desktop Client.