Dell EMC Virtual Edge Platform 1405 Series User Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 4
Chassis physical design...................................................................................................................................................... 4
Chapter 2: Create a serial console connection..............................................................................10
Chapter 3: Create bootable USB drive..........................................................................................12
Chapter 4: Configure BIOS and install Ubuntu 18.04 operating system to SSD............................. 14
Configure BIOS to boot from USB drive...................................................................................................................... 14
Installation of Ubuntu 18.04 operating system to SSD............................................................................................. 15
Configure BIOS to boot from SSD...........................................................................................................................16
Chapter 5: Configure BIOS and install Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system to SSD...........18
Configure BIOS to boot from USB................................................................................................................................ 18
Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 operating system............................................................................................. 18
Start RHEL operating system installation.................................................................................................................... 19
Configure BIOS to boot from SSD.................................................................................................................................19
Chapter 6: Configure BIOS and install ADVA 18.4 operating system installation to SSD................21
Configure BIOS to boot from USB.................................................................................................................................21
Install ADVA 18.4 operating system.............................................................................................................................. 22
Configure BIOS to boot from SSD................................................................................................................................ 23
Chapter 7: Download and install VMware ESXi 7.0....................................................................... 26
Create bootable USB drive for ESXi 7.0......................................................................................................................26
Configure BIOS to boot from USB................................................................................................................................ 27
Install VMware ESXi 7.0 operating system................................................................................................................. 28
Configure BIOS to boot from SSD................................................................................................................................29
Chapter 8: LTE modem detection................................................................................................ 33
LTE modem detection on Versa.................................................................................................................................... 33
LTE modem detection on ADVA.................................................................................................................................... 33
LTE modem detection on ESXi...................................................................................................................................... 34
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Dell EMC Virtual Edge Platform 1405 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Dell
Model	EMC Virtual Edge Platform 1405 Series
Category	Network Hardware
Language	English