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InstallingVMwareESXi5.0
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallVMware
®
ESXi5.0,whichisavirtualizationhypervisor.
ToinstallVMwareESXi5.0,dothefollowing:
Notes:
•Ensurethatyouhavepreparedalltherequireditemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem.See“Before
installinganoperatingsystem”onpage1
.
•TheVMwareESXi5.0isnotsupportedononboardSATAsoftwareRAIDconguration.
•Followtheinstructionsonthescreeninadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
1.Inserttheinstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetastherststartupdevice.Then,
starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
2.Whenthemessage“PressT abtoeditoptions”isdisplayed,youcanpressTabandtheneditoptions
dependingonyourneeds.Thefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatyouhavewaitedfor
aroundeightsecondswithouteditinganyoptions.WhentheLoadingESXiinstallerwindowopens,
waitforafewseconds.
3.WhentheWelcometotheVMwareESXi5.0Installationwindowopens,pressEnter.
4.WhentheEndUserLicenseAgreement(EULA)windowopens,pressF11toacceptthelicense
agreementandcontinuewiththeinstallation.
5.WhentheSelectaDisktoInstallorUpgradewindowopens,selectadriveforinstallationandpressEnter.
6.WhentheConrmDiskSelectionwindowopens,pressEnter.
7.Whenyouarepromptedtoselectakeyboardlayout,selectalanguageandpressEnter.Then,you
arepromptedtosetarootpassword.
8.SetarootpasswordandpressEnter.
Note:Therootpasswordmustcontainatleastsevencharacters.
9.WhentheConrmInstallwindowopens,pressF11tostarttheinstallationprocess.
10.WhentheInstallationCompletewindowopens,pressEntertorestarttheserver.Theinstallationnishes.
Removethediscfromtheopticaldrive.
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