[THIN] Re: VMware ESXi now available (Free)
- From: "Dave Mishchenko" <Dave.Mishchenko@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:09:38 -0700
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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