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HP VMw ar e E SX i 4. 1 and Updat es Ge tting S tar ted Gui de f o r J une 20 1 2 Abstract This gui de is intended to pr ovi de setup inf or mation f or HP VMw ar e E SXi.
Notices © Cop y ri ght 2008 , 20 1 2 Hew lett-P ackar d De velopme nt Com pan y , L.P . The inf or mation con tained her ein is su bjec t to c hange w ithout noti ce . The o nly w arr anties for HP pr oducts and servi ces ar e set f orth in the e xpre ss war r anty statemen ts accompan y ing suc h pr oducts and se rvi ces.
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2 Ov er v ie w Thank y ou for do wnloading HP VMw ar e E SXi 4. 1 and updates. HP ha s seamles sl y integr ated VMw ar e E SXi, deli ver ing acti ve HP Pr oLian t management and consoli dated lif ecy cle management fo r a consist ent , reli able Pr oL iant e xper ie nce .
VMw ar e vS pher e inc ludes the f ollo wing co mponen ts: • Virtual machine —A virtual machine is a so ftwar e -based computer ca pable of r unning an oper ating s y stem suc h as Mi c r os oft® W indo ws® or GNU/L in u x as if the oper ating s yst em is installed on a ph ysi cal mac hine .
3 C onf igur ation HP r ecommends u pgr ading to the late st Pr oLi ant f ir m w ar e r ev isi ons . F or more inf or mati on , see the serv er doc ument atio n av aila ble at http://www .hp.com/go/s erv er/f ir m w ar e/updat es NO TE: F or mor e inf or matio n r elated t o RBS U, s ee the R OM-Ba sed Setu p Utility User Gui de .
a. C onf i gur e the fla sh de v ice t o boot bef or e the hard dr i v e . By def ault , flash media is conf igur ed to boot bef or e the har d dr i ve . b. Boo t the serv er , and then pr es s F9 to ente r R OM Bas ed Setu p Utility (RBS U) . c. Sc r oll do wn to S tandar d Boot Or der (IPL), and then pre ss Enter .
4 Inst allati on Inst alling the so ftwar e image locall y 1 . P lace the installati on CD in to the CD-R OM dr iv e , and then boo t the serv er . 2. F ollo w the onsc r een ins tr ucti ons to co mplete the ins tallati on . Inst alling the so ftwar e image r emotel y u sing iL O 2 , iL O 3 or iL O 4 1 .
5 A c ti v ating the s tandalo ne li cens e When do wnloading the E SXi image fr om HP or VMw ar e , the installati on IS O includes a tr ial ser ial number . T o obtain a pe rmanen t lice nse se r ial n umber : 1 . R egister at the VMw are w ebsite https://www .
6 Upgr ading to a f ull lice nse If y ou pur chase a li cens e fo r VMw ar e vS pher e E s sen tials , E ss enti als P lu s, S tandar d, Ad v anced , Enter pr ise o r Enter pr is e P lus o r their r especti ve Acce ler ati on kits , fo llo w the instr uc tio ns inc luded in y our pac k age to r edeem and apply the li cense .
7 Updating VMw ar e E SX i 4. 1 Updates and pat c hes f or VMw ar e E SX i ar e pr o vided and de li v er ed b y VMwar e . T hes e update s and patc hes inc lude the lates t E SXi so ftwar e fr om VMw ar e as w ell as updated CIM pr ov ide rs f r om HP .
8 R eco v er ing f r om a s y s tem f ailur e If y ou encoun ter a s yste m failur e and need to re inst all the softw ar e , see Installing HP VMw are E SXi 4. 1 and updates . IMPORT ANT: Using the ins tallati on CD comple tel y er ases all e x isting data and u ser co nf igur ation.
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