1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 4
Chassis physical design.........................................................................................................................................................4
2 Create a serial console connection................................................................................................. 8
3 Create bootable USB drive...........................................................................................................10
4 Configure BIOS and install Ubuntu 18.10 operating system............................................................. 12
Configure BIOS to boot from USB drive...........................................................................................................................12
Installation of Ubuntu 18.10 operating system..................................................................................................................13
Configure BIOS to boot from SSD...............................................................................................................................15
5 Configure BIOS and install Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system ...........................................16
Configure BIOS to boot from USB.................................................................................................................................... 16
Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 operating system....................................................................................................16
Start RHEL operating system installation......................................................................................................................... 17
Configure BIOS to boot from SSD.....................................................................................................................................17
6 Configure BIOS and install ADVA 18.3 operating system installation................................................ 19
Configure BIOS to boot from USB.................................................................................................................................... 19
Install ADVA 18.3 operating system................................................................................................................................... 21
Configure BIOS to boot from SSD.................................................................................................................................... 22
7 Download and install VMware ESXi 6.7......................................................................................... 25
Create bootable USB drive for ESXi 6.7...........................................................................................................................25
Configure BIOS to boot from USB....................................................................................................................................26
Install VMware ESXi 6.7 operating system...................................................................................................................... 28
Configure BIOS to boot from SSD....................................................................................................................................29
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