Acer Altos R380 F3 Installation & Configuration Guide - Page 43

Altos R380 F3 Installation Configuration Guide Since there is no way to load the driver during ESXi installation, please create a customized ESXi ISO image with the driver by yourself. Please refer to Appendix D to create the customized ESXi ISO image. 1. Boot the system with VMware ESXI 5.5 Update 2 customized installation CD 2. Select from the boot menu. 3. At the Welcome screen, press Enter to continue with the installation. 4. Accept VMware license by pressing F11. 5. At the Select a Disk screen, select the disk drive on which to install ESXi 5.5 Update 2 and press Enter. 6. Follow the instructions to select the keyboard layout, root password. 7. At Confirm Install screen, press F11 to start the installation. 8. When the installation is completed, press Enter to reboot the host. Please remove the installation CD before the host rebooted. Configure the VMware ESXI 5.5 Update 2 host 1. When the installation is completed, reboot the host into VMware ESXI 5.5 Update 2. 2. Press F2 to configure the host. 3. Select Configure Management Network to set IP address. 4. Select the network adapter which you want to configure in Network Adapters and set the IP address in IP configuration. 5. Press ESC when complete the configuration. 6. Press Y to save the change. Downloading vSphere Client to a PC The vSphere Client is a Windows program that you can use to configure the host and to manage virtual machines. 1. On a Windows-based PC, please launch the web browser. 2. Please use the browser to connect to IP address of VMware ESXi host. 3. At the welcome page, please click Download vSphere Client under Getting Started. vSphere Client Installation on a PC NOTE. The vSphere Client requires the Microsoft .NET Framwork 3.5 SP1. If it is not installed, the vSphere Client installer will install it. 36