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VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 installation instructions for IBM eServer servers.
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Installation instructions for VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 for IBM eServer servers
- 1.0 Preinstallation tasks
- 2.0 Installing VMware ESX Server 2.5.1
- 3.0 Creating a new virtual machine in VMware ESX Server 2.5.1
- 4.0 Installing a guest operating system on a virtual machine
- 5.0 Issues and errata on specific IBM xSeries servers with VMware ESX Server 2.5.1
- 6.0 Installing service processor device drivers in the console operating system
- 7.0 Notices
| Installation instructions for VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 for IBM eServer servers |
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Revision level: 1.0
Updated: 30 June 2005
Supported systems:
- IBM eServerxSeries 255 Type 8685
- IBM eServerxSeries 335 Type 8676
- IBM eServerxSeries 336 Type 8837
- IBM eServerxSeries 345 Type 8670
- IBM eServer xSeries 346 Type 8840
- IBM eServer xSeries 360 Type 8686
- IBM eServer xSeries 365 Type 8861, 8862
- IBM eServer xSeries 366 Type 8863
- IBM eServer xSeries 440 Type 8687
- IBM eServer xSeries 445 Type 8870
- IBM eServer xSeries 460 Type 8872, 8878
- IBM eServer 326 Type 8848
- IBM eServer BladeCenter HS20 Type 8678, 8832, 8843
- IBM eServer BladeCenter HS40 Type 8839
- eServer BladeCenter LS20 Type 8850
(C) Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2005.
All rights reserved.
US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication, or
disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM
Corp.
- Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in 7.0 Notices.
| 1.0 Preinstallation tasks |
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Before you install VMware ESX Server 2.5.1, read the information in the following sections.
| 1.1 What you will need |
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Before installing VMware ESX Server 2.5.1, make sure that you have the following items:
- A registered copy of VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 and a valid
product key.
- Note: To use the Virtual SMP add-on, a separate product
key is also required.
- Note: To use the Virtual SMP add-on, a separate product
key is also required.
- Network information for VMware ESX Server 2.5.1.
- The latest firmware updates for your server. For the latest firmware update for your server, go to http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/.
If you are using an IBM ServeRAID adapter, make sure that the latest ServeRAID firmware version is installed.
| 1.2 Where to download device drivers and files |
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Updated device drivers for small computer system interface (SCSI) or redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controllers are sometimes needed during operating system installation on newer servers. If you have an updated device-driver diskette, have the diskette available during the installation.
Attention: A VMware ESX Server is not a Linux operating system. Installing SCSI, network interface card (NIC), RAID, or storage area network (SAN) device drivers for a Linux operating system on a VMware ESX Server will damage it.
You can download VMware ESX device driver updates from http://www.vmware.com/download/.
| 1.3 System hardware compatibility |
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The information in the following sections describes the hardware that VMware ESX Server supports.
| 1.3.1 System hardware support |
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Always download and install the latest BIOS code, firmware code, and service processor firmware available for your server and adapters. For hardware limitations and errata related to specific IBM xSeries servers, see 5.0 Issues and errata on specific IBM xSeries servers with VMware ESX Server 2.5.1. To make sure that your server is supported by both IBM and VMware, go to the following Web sites:
- IBM ServerProven, which lists all servers that IBM supports
with VMware ESX Server:
- For eServer xSeries support, see http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/nos/vmware.html
- For Intel-based IBM blade server support, see http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/nos/vmwaree.html
- For AMD-based eServer server and blade server support, see http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/nos/vmwarea.html
| 1.3.2 SAN support |
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To be sure that your storage area network (SAN) topology is compatible and supported by VMware, see the following information about IBM SAN products:
- The IBM TotalStorage DS4000 family of Fibre Channel storage products is supported in VMware ESX Server 2.5.1. For more information, see the DS4000 interoperability matrix at http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds4000/pdf/interop-matrix.pdf.
- IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) is supported in VMware ESX Server 2.5.1. For more information, see the ESS interoperability matrix at http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds4000/pdf/interop-matrix.pdf.
| 1.3.3 ServeRAID support |
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IBM ServeRAID support for VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 is provided with ServeRAID. For more information, see http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/xseries/controllers/matrix.html.
Use the latest ServeRAID firmware that is available from the IBM Web Site, even when it results in a mismatch between the device driver and the firmware versions.
| 2.0 Installing VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 |
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The two most common methods of installing VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 are by using graphical or text mode.
- Use the graphical-mode installation if you are installing VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 on a server other than an IBM eServer BladeCenter blade server.
- Use the text-based installation if you are installing VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 on an IBM eServer BladeCenter x120, HS20, or HS40.
- Note: For information about installing VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 in a SAN boot configuration, see the VMware ESX Server SAN Configuration Guide at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx25_san_cfg.pdf.
| 2.1 Graphical-mode installation |
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The default installation mode for VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 is through the graphical installer. Use this method if you are installing VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 on a server that is not an IBM eServer BladeCenter blade server.
Complete the following steps to perform a graphical-mode installation:
- Make sure that the network cable is connected to all network adapters before starting the installation.
- Turn on the server and insert the VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 CD into the CD drive.
- In the VMware ESX Welcome screen, press Enter to begin the graphical-mode installer.
- In the VMware ESX Server Welcome screen, click Next.
- In the Installation Type screen, select Custom Installation and click Next.
- In the Keyboard Configuration window, select your keyboard model and layout and click Next.
- In the Mouse Selection window, select the correct mouse type for your system and click Next.
- The End User License Agreement is displayed. Read through this agreement, select the Accept End User License check box, and click Next.
- Type your VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 product key. Type your Virtual SMP product key, if applicable, and click Next.
- In the Device Allocation window, complete the following steps
to configure the hardware for the service console:
- Reserved Memory - Select the amount of memory that is to be
reserved for the service console. Use the following table to find
the correct value.
Number of virtual machines this server supports Console operating system RAM 8 192 MB 16 272 MB 32 384 MB More than 32 800 MB - SCSI Storage Controller - Allocate the SCSI controllers to be used by the service console or the virtual machines. You should give both the service console and the virtual machines access to this device. To configure the storage controllers, select the virtual machine in the Virtual Machines list; then, select the Shared with Service Console check box.
- Ethernet controllers - Allocate the Ethernet controllers to be
used by the service console or the virtual machines. Make sure that
one of the Ethernet controllers is dedicated to the console
operating system.
Important: If you click Next on this screen when no Ethernet controllers are dedicated to the console, connectivity to the VMware Management Interface will be lost.
- Fibre Channel host bus adapters - New to this release of VMware ESX Server, the preferred default allocation for Fibre Channel host bus adapters is "Shared with Service Console" instead of "Dedicated to Virtual Machines".
- Reserved Memory - Select the amount of memory that is to be
reserved for the service console. Use the following table to find
the correct value.
- In the Disk Partitioning Setup window, select Autopartition, and Remove all partitions. Click Next.
- If your hard disk drive is unformatted, a Warning window opens. Select Yes to initialize the hard disk drive.
- In the Partitioning window, autopartition will have already
created some default partitions used by the server, which include:
- A boot partition with mount point /boot, file system type ext3, and 50 MB in size.
- A swap partition: Partition type "swap". Select a partition
size that is at least twice the size of the random access memory
(RAM) that will be assigned to the service console. In most cases,
the default size is not sufficient. Use the following table to
determine the correct size for your swap file.
Number of virtual machines this server supports Swap file size 8 384 MB 16 544 MB 32 768 MB More than 32 1600 MB - A root partition with mount point /, file system type ext3, and 2500 MB in size.
For advanced users: In addition to the required partitions, create two additional partitions so that you can isolate potentially large non-system file areas from the root partition. Because the console operating system is Linux-operating-system-based, if the /root partition runs out of space, the console operating system might lock up. The additional partitions are:
- vmimages partition with a mount point /vmimages, file system
type ext3, and 6000 MB in size. Use this partition to store ISO
images used in virtual machine creation and management.
Note: This partition is for storage of ISO images made from CDs and not DSK files. Only virtual machine file system (VMFS) partitions can store DSK files.
- home partition with a mount point of /home, file system type ext3, and 1800 MB in size. Use this partition for the home directories for all users on the system.
- In the Network Configuration window, configure your first
network adapter and click Next. Make sure that you assign a
static IP address to the console operating system.
Note: The console operating system does not support DDNS. Your network administrator will have to configure any domain name servers (DNSs) to recognize the IP address that is assigned to the console operating system.
- In the Hostname Configuration window, type the Fully Qualified
Domain Name (FQDN) for the server.
Note: If you are using DHCP, the Hostname Configuration window is not displayed.
- In the Time Zone Selection window, select the time zone and click Next.
- In the Account Configuration window, type and confirm your root password. The root password must be at least six characters.
- Below the root password prompts, add one or more non-root users that can log in to the VMware Management Interface, and then click Next.
- Before the text-mode installer starts copying files, an information screen appears, giving the location of the installation log file. Click Next.
- The installation program starts the file copy process. When it is finished, it will configure the console operating system to prepare for the final configuration through the VMware Management Interface. In the ESX Server Installation Complete screen, select Reboot, and press Enter. Remove the CD after it is ejected from the CD drive.
- When the server restarts, a boot menu is displayed. Make sure that you select esx as the option to boot.
- After the server is restarted, the final installation and configuration is done using a Web browser and connecting to the VMware Management Interface.
- From another computer on your network, start one of the
following Web browsers:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.5 or later
- Netscape Navigator version 7.x
- Mozilla version 1.x
- Type the IP address that you assigned to the console operating system to load the VMware Management Interface.
- Install and accept the security certificate. The following
instructions are specific to Internet Explorer.
Note: For information about installing security certificates with other Web browsers, see the documentation that comes with the Web browser.
- In the Security Alert window, click View Certificate.
- In the Certificate window, click Install Certificate.
- In the Certificate Import Wizard window, select Place all certificates in the following store; then, click Browse.
- Select the Show physical stores check box; then, expand the Trusted Root Certification Authorities folder.
- Select the Local Computer folder and click OK.
- Click OK at the message that the import was successful.
- Click OK again to close the Certificate window; then, click Yes to accept the certificate.
- Log in to the VMware Management Interface using the root account that you created during the text mode portion of setup.
- At the top of the Status Monitor page for the VMware Management Interface, there will be two warnings, one about swap space, and the other about virtual Ethernet switches. Click Reconfigure on the swap space warning line.
- In the Swap Configuration screen, click Create in the
Configured Swap Files menu to set up the swap space that the
ESX Server uses as part of its memory management:
- In the Edit Swap File Configuration screen, accept the default file size, and verify that the VMFS Volume where the swap file will be placed is an internal drive, then click OK.
- In the Swap Configuration window, click Activate in the Configured Swap Files menu. After a few seconds, the swap file will be activated and the swap file warning on the Status Monitor page will disappear.
- At the top of the Status Monitor Page, click Reconfigure on the Warning line pertaining to virtual Ethernet switches.
- In the Network Connections screen, read the explanation of virtual Ethernet switches and click Click here at the bottom of the window.
- Type a useful label for the network switch and assign at least one adapter to it. Click Create Switch when finished.
- Click Close in the top right corner of the Network Connections window.
| 2.2 Text-mode installation |
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Use the text-mode installation method if you are installing VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 on an IBM BladeCenter blade server or if other issues prevent you from using the graphical installer. There are known problems if you use the graphical-mode installation. These problems will be corrected in a future release of VMware ESX Server.
Complete the following steps to perform a text-mode installation of VMware ESX Server:
- Make sure that the network cable is connected to all network adapters and Ethernet switch modules before starting the installation.
- Turn on the server or blade server and insert the VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 CD into the CD drive.
- In the VMware ESX Welcome screen, type text and press
Enter to begin the text-mode installation.
Note: If you are installing VMware ESX Server on an IBM eServer BladeCenter unit, wait at least 10 seconds until all necessary USB device drivers and hardware are installed; then, press Enter.
- In the VMware ESX Server Welcome screen, press Enter.
- In the Installation Type screen, select Custom Installation.
- In the Keyboard Selection screen, select us or the appropriate layout for your keyboard and click OK.
- In the Mouse Selection screen, select the correct mouse type for your server and click OK.
- The End User License Agreement is displayed. Read through this agreement, select the Accept End User License check box, and click OK.
- Enter the VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 product key. Type the Virtual SMP product key, if applicable, and click OK.
- If the hard disk drive is unformatted, a Warning window opens. Select Yes to initialize the hard disk drive.
- In the Disk Partitioning Setup window, select Autopartition, and Remove all. Click OK.
- In the Partitioning window, autopartition will have already
created some default partitions used by the server, which include:
- A boot partition with mount point /boot, file system type ext3, and 50 MB in size.
- A swap partition: Partition type "swap". Select a partition
size that is at least twice the size of the random access memory
(RAM) that will be assigned to the service console. In most cases,
the default size is not sufficient. Use the following table to
determine the correct size for your swap file.
Number of virtual machines this server supports Swap file size 8 384 MB 16 544 MB 32 768 MB More than 32 1600 MB - A root partition with mount point /, file system type ext3, and 2500 MB in size.
For advanced users: In addition to the required partitions, create two additional partitions so that you can isolate potentially large non-system file areas from the root partition. Because the console operating system is Linux-operating-system-based, if the /root partition runs out of space, the console operating system might lock up. The additional partitions are:
- vmimages partition with a mount point /vmimages, file system
type ext3, and 6000 MB in size. Use this partition to store ISO
images used in virtual machine creation and management.
Note: This partition is for storage of ISO images made from CDs and not DSK files. Only virtual machine file system (VMFS) partitions can store DSK files.
- home partition with a mount point of /home, file system type ext3, and 1800 MB in size. Use this partition for the home directories for all users on the system.
- In the Network Configuration window, configure your first
network adapter and click OK. Make sure that you assign a
static IP address to the console operating system.
Note: The console operating system does not support DDNS. Your network administrator will have to configure any domain name servers (DNSs) to recognize the IP address that is assigned to the console operating system.
- In the Hostname Configuration window, type the host name of the
server.
Note: If you are using DHCP, the Hostname Configuration window is not displayed.
- In the Time Zone Selection window, select the time zone and click OK.
- In the Root Password window, type and confirm your root password, and then click OK. The root password must be at least six characters.
- In the Add User window, add one or more non-root users that can log in to the VMware Management Interface, and then click OK.
- In the User Account Setup window, add any additional users, and then click OK to start the installation.
- Before the text-mode installer starts copying files, an information screen is displayed, giving the location of the installation log file. Click OK.
- The installation program starts the file copy process. When it is finished, it will configure the console operating system to prepare for the final configuration through the VMware Management Interface. In the ESX Server Installation Complete screen, select Reboot, and press Enter. Remove the CD after it is ejected from the CD drive.
- When the server restarts, a boot menu is displayed. Make sure that you select linux as the option to boot, unless you are installing on a server with a single processor. In that case, select linux-up for Linux uniprocessor mode.
- After the server restarts, the final installation and configuration is performed using a Web browser and connecting to the VMware Management Interface.
- From another computer on your network, start one of the
following Web browsers:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.5 or later
- Netscape Navigator version 7.x
- Mozilla version 1.x
- Enter the IP address that you assigned to the console operating system to load the VMware Management Interface.
- Install and accept the security certificate. The following
instructions are specific to Internet Explorer.
Note: For information about installing security certificates with other Web browsers, see the documentation that comes with the Web browser.
- In the Security Alert window, click View Certificate.
- In the Certificate window, click Install Certificate.
- In the Certificate Import Wizard window, select Place all certificates in the following store; then, click Browse.
- Select the Show physical stores check box; then, expand the Trusted Root Certification Authorities folder.
- Select the Local Computer folder and click OK.
- Click OK at the message that the import was successful.
- Click OK again to close the Certificate window; then, click Yes to accept the certificate.
- Log in to the VMware Management Interface using the root account that you created during the text mode portion of setup. A new window opens and the System Configuration Wizard starts.
- In the Welcome screen, click Next to start the ESX Server Configuration Wizard.
- In the End User License Agreement screen, accept the license agreement and type your VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 product key. Type your Virtual SMP product key, if applicable. Click Next.
- In the Startup Profile window, complete the following steps to
configure the hardware for the service console:
- Reserved Memory - Select the amount of memory that isto be
reserved for the service console. Use the following table to find
the correct value.
Number of virtual machines this server supports Console operating system RAM 8 192 MB 16 272 MB 32 384 MB More than 32 512 MB - SCSI Storage Controller - Allocate the SCSI controllers to be used by the service console or the virtual machines. You should give both the service console and the virtual machines access to this device. To configure the storage controllers, select the virtual machine in the Virtual Machines list; then, select the Shared with Service Console check box.
- Ethernet controllers - Enable the Ethernet controllers to be
used by the service console or the virtual machines. Make sure that
one of the Ethernet controllers is dedicated to the console
operating system.
Important: If you click Next on this screen when no Ethernet controllers are dedicated to the console, connectivity to the VMware Management Interface will be lost.
- Click Next. The VMware ESX Server restarts.
- Reserved Memory - Select the amount of memory that isto be
reserved for the service console. Use the following table to find
the correct value.
- If you are prompted to log in again, log in as root.
- In the server startup menu, select the vmnix kernel and press Enter to start the server.
- In the Storage Configuration screen, create at least one VMFS
partition that will store the DSK files for the virtual machines:
- When creating the first VMFS partition, make sure that the ESX Server installation program creates a core dump partition in it.
- After creating all VMFS partitions, click Next.
- In the Swap Configuration screen, click Create in the
Configured Swap Files menu to set up the swap space that the
ESX Server uses as part of its memory management:
- In the Edit Swap File Configuration screen, accept the default file size, and verify that the VMFS Volume where the swap file will be placed is an internal drive, then click OK.
- In the Swap Configuration window, click Activate in the Configured Swap Files menu.
- In the Network Connections screen, configure installed network adapters to be used by the virtual machines. In most cases, the defaults are sufficient. Click Next.
- In the Security Settings screen, select the level of security that you want and click Next. The default is High. Consider carefully the choices on this screen, because a compromise of the console operating system endangers the security and stability of all virtual machines on the server. For more information, see page 48 of esx2_install.pdf, which is in the root directory of the VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 CD.
- Click OK and the VMware Management Interface Login page opens.
| 2.3 Post-installation updates |
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It is important to install any necessary operating system updates. You can download available patches for VMware ESX Server from http://www.vmware.com/download/esx. Check this Web site often for code patches and security updates.
| 3.0 Creating a new virtual machine in VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 |
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Complete the following steps to create a new virtual machine in VMware ESX Server 2.5.1:
- Open a supported Web browser, enter the IP address for the VMware Management Interface, and log in.
- In the Status Monitor page, click Add Virtual Machine to start the Add Virtual Machine wizard.
- Select the guest operating system, display name, and location
(path and file name). Click Next.
Note: Each virtual machine configuration file (.vmx) must be in its own directory; otherwise, the VMware Management Interface returns an error.
- Select the number of microprocessors to be used by the virtual machine. Unless the Virtual SMP module is installed, the virtual machine is limited to one microprocessor.
- Select the amount of memory to be used by the virtual machine. Click Next.
- In the virtual disk screen, select the type of virtual disk
that you want to create:
- Blank - Creates a new virtual disk
- Existing - Points to an existing DSK file on your VMFS partitions
- System LUN/Disk - Enables access to a physical disk stored on a LUN; also known as RAW mode
- Click Next. The Hardware page for the virtual machine is displayed. Configure additional options, as necessary.
| 4.0 Installing a guest operating system on a virtual machine |
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For information about guest operating-system installations, see the following references:
- The VMware guest operating-system installation instruction index: http://www.vmware.com/support/guestnotes/doc/index.html
- The VMware Guest Operating System Installation Guide in the root directory on the VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 CD. The file name is GuestOS_guide.pdf.
| 5.0 Issues and errata on specific IBM xSeries servers with VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 |
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This section describes issues that might arise when you are installing VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 on specific IBM xSeries servers.
- IBM eServer xSeries 460
To install an 8-way or 16-way server, use the following general procedure:
- Install VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 on an x460 server configured as a 4-way server.
- Install the latest VMware ESX Server v2.5.1 patch, available at http://www.vmware.com/download
- Reconfigure the x460 server as an 8-way or 16-way system.
- IBM eServer BladeCenter HS20 and
BladeCenter HS40
- VMware ESX Server fully supports installations on blade servers
with the following conditions:
- The console operating system can be on an IDE, SCSI, or SAN-based hard disk drive
- All VMFS partitions must be on either SCSI drives or SAN-connected Fibre Channel devices.
- If you are installing VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 on a blade server, use the text-mode installer. There are known problems when you use the graphical-mode installer.
- On HS20 Type 8843 and LS20 Type 8850 blade servers, you must
disable Serial over LAN (SOL) before using the Adapter Teaming
features of VMware ESX Server 2.5.1. To disable SOL, complete the
following steps:
- Establish a Telnet session to the BladeCenter Management Module.
- Type the following command
sol -T blade[x] -status off
where x is the bay number of the blade server. - From the VMware ESX Server v2.5.1 Management User Interface (MUI), enable the Adapter Teaming features.
- VMware ESX Server fully supports installations on blade servers
with the following conditions:
- IBM eServer xSeries 440 and xSeries 445 (all models)
All symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) expansion modules must be populated with random access memory (RAM). Using SMP expansion modules that have no memory installed is not supported by VMware and IBM.
- IBM eServer xSeries 440 and xSeries 445 (16-way)
- The SCSI controllers in both chassis must be dedicated to the same devices. For example, both SCSI controllers must be either dedicated to virtual machines, dedicated to the console operating system, or shared. An example of an invalid configuration is one in which the SCSI controller on the primary chassis is dedicated to virtual machines and the SCSI controller on the secondary chassis is dedicated to the service console. This same limitation also applies to the integrated Broadcom Ethernet controller.
- Hyper-Threading Technology is not supported under VMware ESX Server 2.5.1 on 16-way servers. If you have a 16-way server, disable Hyper-Threading Technology in the BIOS code. For more information, see the documentation that comes with your server.
- IBM ServeRAID support
- See the ServeRAID interoperability matrix located at http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/xseries/controllers/matrix.html
- At this time, ARCCONF is not supported in the console operating system.
- IBM Director support
IBM Director Agent is supported with VMware ESX Server. For more information, see the Hardware and Software Compatibility Guide for IBM Director.
- IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II (Linux daemon)
Some servers come with an IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II or IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA installed (for example, the IBM eServer xSeries 365 and the xSeries 445 servers). Before installing the Remote Supervisor Adapter II device drivers, see your IBM marketing representative or authorized reseller.
| 6.0 Installing service processor device drivers in the console operating system |
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Note: Use the instructions in this section only if you are installing service processor device drivers on a server with a Remote Supervisor Adapter. Do not use these instructions if the server has a Remote Supervisor Adapter II, Remote Supervisor Adapter II-EXA, or Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine.
If the server has a Remote Supervisor Adapter installed, complete the following steps to install the device driver:
- Insert the Advanced System Management device driver diskette into the diskette drive on the ESX Server. You can download the Advance System Management device driver for Red Hat Linux for your server from the IBM device driver matrix Web page.
- To install the Linux device driver on the ESX Server, complete
the following steps:
- On the console operating system, type the following symbolic
link:
cd /usr/src ln -s 2.4.9-vmnix2 linux
- Mount the diskette and install the following package, where
xxx is the version being installed:
mount /mnt/floppy cp /mnt/floppy/ibmasm-src-redhat-WRPxxxA.rpm ~ rpm -ivh ~/ibmasm-src-redhat-WRPxxxA.rpm
- On the console operating system, type the following symbolic
link:
| 7.0 Notices |
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