Workstation User’s Manual
90 VMware, Inc.
Installation Requirements for the ESX Guest Operating System
YoucanusetheeasyinstallfeaturetoinstallESX4.0andESXi4.0guestson
Workstation.Beforeyoubegin,makesureyoufulfillthefollowingrequirements:
Hardware‐assistedvirtualizationmustbeenabledfortheESX4.0andESXi4.0
guests.ThehostsystemmusthaveIntelEM64TprocessorswithVT‐xorAMD64
Family10HandlaterprocessorswithAMD‐V.Whereapplicable,VT‐xorAMD‐V
mustbeenabledintheBIOS(orotherfirmware).Po
weroffandrestartIntelhosts
afterchangingtheBIOSsettingstoenablehardwarevirtualization.
ESX4.0guestsmustbeconfiguredwithtwoormorecores.VMwarerecommends
thatthehostsystemshouldhaveatleastasmanycoresastheguest.
Only32‐bitguestsmaybeinstalledtorunasnestedvirtualmachinesinsideanESX
guest.Thesevirtualmachinescanonlybeconfiguredtousebinarytranslation.
VMwareToolsarenotavailableforESX4.0orESXi4.0guests.Donotinstallthe
LinuxversionofVMwareToolsinanESXguest.
ForinstructionsonhowtosetthevirtualEthernetadapteronaLinuxhosttorun
inpromiscuousmode,seetheVMwareknowledgebasearticle287availableonthe
VMwareWebsite.
FormoreinformationonhowtoconfigureESX4.0andESXi4.0,seetheVMware
vSpheredocumentationsetavailableontheVMw
areWebsite.
Respond to Easy Install Prompts
Usuallyyouarenotpromptedforinputduringoperatingsysteminstallationiftheeasy
installfeatureruns.If,however,youdidnotenteralltheeasyinstallinformationinthe
NewVirtualMachinewizard,youmightbepromptedforaproductkey,username,or
password.
Also,iftheoperatingsysteminstallationdi
scorimagespansmu
ltipleCDs,DVDs,or
imagefiles,youmightbepromptedwhentheinstallerrequiresthenextdisk.
To respond to easy install prompts
1Ifyouarepromptedtosupplyaproductkey,username,orpassword,dothe
following:
aClickinthevirtualmachinewindowtoallowmouseandkeyboardinputto
begrabbedbythevirtualmac
hin
e.
bTypeintherequiredinformation.
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