[THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

Thanks,
 
 

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Hector Minero 
NSWCDD K55 

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        From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan Mann
        Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:38 PM
        To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)
        
        
        The 2950 is listed as compatible with ESXi Installable, which is
the new free product.  With that being said, I think that ESXi will work
on ANY server that ESX 3.5 works on.  The hypevisor is the same, so I
don't see why it wouldn't work.  The core difference is no service
console in ESXi vs ESX.
        
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        From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Minero, Hector B CIV
NSWCDD, K55
        Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:10 PM
        To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)
        
        
         
        I was checking the hardware list and I could not quite
understand if the Dell PowerEdge 2950 is supported by ESXi 3.5
        The list has an X, does that mean it supports it no matter what
CPU, memory, etc you have?
         
        We have a 2950, not a 2950 III.
         
        Thanks,
         

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        Hector Minero 
        NSWCDD K55 

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                From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Mishchenko
                Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:10 PM
                To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)
                
                

                That's pretty much right  ESXi will install on bare
metal.  At the console you'll then set an IP address for the host.  Then
open a browser from a Windows PC (required) and download the VI client
from http://<ip_of_ESXi>/.  You can then use the VI client to configure
the host.  

                 

                ESXi will support VLANs.   With the free licensing, it
is per host.  To install guest OSes - see the quick start guide - 
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3i_i/r35/vi3_35_25_3i_i_get_start.p
df.

                 

                The challenge will be with hardware compatibility as
ESXi supports a limited hardware set.  Here's the official list - 
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi35_systems_guide.pdf  and a whitebox list - 
http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3.5/Whiteboxes_SATA_Controllers_for_ESX_3.
5_3i.htm

                 

                 

                 

                
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                From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Harry Singh
                Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:10 PM
                To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                Subject: [THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)

                 

                I'm pretty new to VMware ESX, i've really only used the
free server versions. I could use a little quick primer ??
                
                To my understanding, i take a clean box, no OS
installed, and boot this clean server with ESXi and setup networking
paramters and such. Then from my management stations, or VI client, i
installthe VMware client management package and manage this server from
my workstation ? How would i go about installing new OS's to this
server? As far as licensing, would it be per user or per server ? Does
ESX support vlanning inside the VM host ?
                
                Thanks everyone

                On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Steve Greenberg <
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

                What is particularly interesting is that they are not
limiting the scalability of the free version, from their web site:

                 

                4-Way Virtual SMP.  Enable a single virtual machine to
use up to four physical processors simultaneously. VMware ESXi extends
this unique feature from two to four processors. With 4-way Virtual SMP
even the most processor intensive software applications like databases
and messaging servers can be virtualized. 
                
                 64GB RAM for virtual machines.  Run the most
memory-intensive workloads in virtual machines with a memory limit
extended to 64GB. 
                
                Support for powerful physical server systems.  Take
advantage of very large server systems with up to 32 logical CPUs and
256GB RAM for large scale server consolidation and DR projects. 
                
                Support for up to 128 powered-on virtual machines.  Take
advantage of very large server systems for enterprise-class server
consolidation and containment with support for up to 128 powered powered
on virtual machines on a single server. 

                 

                 

                 

                I wonder if Citrix will respond by opening up the RAM
limits on XEN Express???

                 

                 

                Steve Greenberg

                 Thin Client Computing

                34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453

                Scottsdale, AZ 85266

                (602) 432-8649

                www.thinclient.net <http://www.thinclient.net> 

                steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

                 

                
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                From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig
                Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:58 AM
                To: THIN; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; vista@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                Subject: [THIN] VMware ESXi now available (Free)

                 

                You can now download the new free VMWare ESXi
Hypervisor.
                See
                https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/login.php?eval=esxi&t=1
                
                VMWare's press release on this is here:
                
http://vmware.com/company/news/releases/esxi_pricing.html
                
                
                Jim Kenzig 
                Blog: http://www.techblink.com

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