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Purpose: to create a VMware ESXi virtual machine and install VMware ESXi 5.1in the creation of VMware Workstation 15. Configure the management IP address of VMware ESXi to connect to the VMware ESXi using VMware vSphere Client.

1. Create a VMware ESXi 5.1 virtual machine

(1) create a new virtual machine in VMware Workstation 15 and select "Custom" configuration

(2) choose the highest version of virtual machine hardware compatibility.

(3) Select "install operating system later".

(4) choose VMware ESXi 5 as the client operating system.

(5) configure the save location of the virtual machine

(6) configure virtual processors for virtual machines. VMware ESXi 5.1 requires at least 2 vCPU. Here, it is configured with 1 CPU,2 core.

(7) configure virtual machine memory. VMware ESXi 5.1 requires at least 2GB memory, which is configured as 4GB.

(8) configure the virtual machine network connection method: use network address translation (NAT).

(9) the LSI Logic controller type is default.

(10) Select create New Virtual disk.

(11) change the disk of the virtual machine to 100GB, and store the virtual disk as a single file

(12) next step

(13) Select Custom hardware

(14) before you finish creating the virtual machine, select "Custom hardware". At the new CD/DVD, configure to use the ISO image file, and browse to find the ISO image file VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.1.0.update03-2323236.x86_64.iso of VMware ESXi 5.1 update 3.

2. Install VMware ESXi 5.1

(1) start the VMware ESXi virtual machine and press enter here in the startup menu to enter the installation program of ESXi 5.1

(2) after a long time of system loading process, the installation interface appears and press enter to start the installation.

(3) accept the authorization agreement according to F11

(4) VMware ESXi detects the local hard disk. Press enter to install ESXi in this hard disk.

(5) the keyboard layout is the default American English keyboard. Press enter to continue.

(6) enter the password of the VMware ESXi root user, which should contain at least 7 characters, and press enter to continue.

(7) press F11 to confirm the installation of ESXi, and the selected hard drive will be repartitioned.

(8) after the installation is complete, press enter to restart.

3. Initial configuration of ESXi

(1) after the VMware ESXi is started, press F2 for the initial configuration in the main interface

(2) enter the password of the root user configured when installing VMware ESXi

(3) Select Configure Management Network

(4) Select IP Configuration.

(5) press the spacebar to select "Set static IP address and network Configuration" and configure the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway

Note: the gateway is on the vmnet8 network.

(6) when you press ESC to return to the configuration interface, press Y to confirm the network configuration

(7) Press ESC to return to the main interface, and you can see the domain name and IP address used to manage VMware ESXi.

4. Use VMware vSphere Client to connect to VMware ESXi

(1) Open VMware vSphere Client, enter the IP address of the ESXi server you want to connect to, the user name is root, and the password is the password of the root user configured when installing VMware ESXi, and click to log in.

(2) when a certificate warning appears, select "install this certificate and do not display any security warnings for 192.168.169.131" and click ignore.

(3) notice of VMware evaluation appears. The probationary period of VMware ESXi is 60 days, and there is no restriction on its function during the probationary period.

(4) when you log in to VMware ESXi for the first time using VMware vSphere Client, the home page is displayed by default. Click on the list to enter the ESXi host management interface.

(5) when you need to shut down ESXi, you can select the ESXi host in VMware vSphere Client, and right-click to select shutdown.

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