ESXi Notes (Part1)

Hi This is me again with some brief notes, so let's start:


1- ESXi Installation Forms:
   
    a) ESXi Installable : is the “traditional” form of the vSphere hypervisor. Users have the option of installing ESXi onto local hard drives within the server or installing ESXi in a boot from a SAN configuration, and you can either interactively install ESXi or perform an unattended (or scripted) installation. You also have the option of provisioning ESXi in a stateless fashion.

    b) ESXi Embedded : refers to the original equipment manufacturer(OEM) installation of the vSphere hypervisor onto a persistentstorage device inside qualified hardware. This is an exciting option that saves administrators the time of performinganytype of installation. The embedded hypervisor truly allows for the Plug and Play hardware-type atmosphere. You can see that major server manufacturers are banking on this idea because their server designs include an internal USB port or SD card slot.


2- ESXi Deployment methods:

  a) Interactive installation of ESXi : simple and straightforward as possible, boot from the CD-ROM drive and install locally or remotely via an IP-based KVM or other remote management facility.

  b) Unattended (scripted) installation of ESXi : Through the use of an installation script (often referred to as a kickstart script) that automates the installation routine. By using an installation script, users can create unattended installation routines that make it easy to quicklydeploy multiple instances of ESXi.

  c) Stateless provisioning of ESXi (Auto Deploy) : you are instead building an
environment where ESXi is directly loaded intomemory on a physical host as it boots. vSphere Auto Deploy uses a set of rules (called deployment rules) to control which hosts are assigned a particular ESXi image (called an image profile). Because ESXi isn’t actually installed on the local disks, this means that deploying a new ESXi image is as simple as modifying the deployment rule to point that physical host to a new image profile and thenrebooting. When the host boots up, it will receive a new image profile.

VCP-DCV Journey

Hey guys, This is me again seeking for another challenge  , May be some of you know already that I'm in the middle of my CCIE(R&S)v5 studies you gotta watch me when i received an e-mail indicating that i will join VCP Bootcamp, i felt like :

Unfortunately I have to pause my CCIE studies now and start preparing for my new challenge so here is my plane of attack :

1- My Lab: