HP (Hewlett-Packard) 699728-001 User Manual

HP VMware ESXi 4.1 and Updates Getting Started Guide for June 2012

Abstract

This guide is intended to provide setup information for HP VMware ESXi.

HP Part Number: 699778-001 Published: June 2012 Edition: 5

Notices

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1 Navigation tips..........................................................................................4

2 Overview..................................................................................................5

3 Configuration.............................................................................................7

4 Installation.................................................................................................9

Installing the software image locally ...........................................................................................9

Installing the software image remotely using iLO 2, iLO 3 or iLO 4..................................................9

5 Activating the standalone license................................................................10

6 Upgrading to a full license.........................................................................11

7 Updating VMware ESXi 4.1.......................................................................12

8 Recovering from a system failure.................................................................13

Contents 3

1 Navigation tips

Navigating in the HTML document

To navigate through the documentation sequentially:

• Click the Next arrow () for the next topic

• Click Previous arrow () for the previous topic

Navigating using the Internet browser toolbar:

• To return to the last page you viewed, click the Back button on the browser toolbar.

• To return to one of the last nine pages you viewed in this session, click the down arrow to the

side of the Back or Forward button on the browser toolbar, and then click the page you want from the list.

Navigating to documentation on the HP website

• From the URLs in this guide, you may need to make several selections to get to your specific

server documentation.

• For online access to technical documentation, self-help resources, live chat assistance,

community forums of IT experts, technical knowledge base, remote monitoring and diagnostic tools, go to http://www.hp.com/support (http://www.hp.com/support).

• For the latest versions of selected technical documentation, go to

http://www.hp.com/go/bizsupport (http://www.hp.com/go/bizsupport).

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