Introduction:

To get started with your installation of ESXi5, insert the ESXi5 disc into your server and start it up.

In Figure 1 below, you’ll see the first screen that greets you when you start your server. From this menu, choose the first option to start the ESXi 5 installer.

Figure 1: ESXi 5 boot menu

Once you choose the installation option, the installer provides you with a window that details the status of each file that needs to be loaded. Figure 2 shows you this screen. After that, you’re greeted with a familiar screen that shows you some information about your server, including the processor type and system RAM. The target machine for my sample installation is a virtual machine running on my laptop, hence the relatively minimal hardware configuration. You can see this screen in Figure 3.

Figure 2:Installer load status

Figure 3:Yet another boot screen!

With the preliminaries out of the way, the ESXi 5 installer truly kicks off with a welcome screen containing information regarding VMware’s Compatibility Guide. To continue with the installation process, press Enter.

Figure 4: Kick off the ESXi installation.

Of course, no installation would be complete without having to accept an end user license agreement. To accept the agreement as a part of the installer, press F11. If you don’t accept the agreement, press Escape to abort the installation. You can see this screen in Figure 5.

Figure 5: ESXi 5 end user license agreement

A location to which to install ESXi 5 is the first technical decision you have to make. In Figure 6 below, you can see that I have a single 40 GB volume from which to choose as an install location on my machine.

  

Figure 6: Choose an installation location for ESXi 5

Next up, choose your keyboard layout as US Default.

The root password on your ESXi 5 system is the key to your virtual kingdom, so choose with care. Make sure you provide a strong password. As you can see in figure 7, you have to provide the password twice to make sure you don’t include any typos.

Figure 7: Provide a password for the root user account

The ESXi installer now scans your system to get additional information.

Once that’s complete, you’re asked to confirm the installation by pressing the F11 button .

 Figure 8: Confirm the installation

Once you initiate the installation, your selected disk will be repartitioned. Throughout the process, the installer provides you with an installation status like the one shown in Figure 9.

Figure 9: Installation status

When the installation process has finished, you’ll get a message indicating such as

Figure 10:Installation is complete

The last screen you’ll see is a yellow and gray one like the one shown below. Take note of the IP address on the screen.

Figure 11: ESXi 5 server display

 

Thank You,

Arun Bagal.

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