Installing VMware ESXi 7 on a Dell PowerEdge R640

VMware VSphere ESXi 7 installation on a Dell PowerEdge R640
Bob takes you through the installation process of installing VMware VSphere ESXi 7 on a Dell PowerEdge PE R640.
Steps include:
- Make sure all firmware (including BIOS) are up to date
- Create a boot USB key from an ISO
- Select the installation target
- Walk-through of the installation process
- Change the IP address
- Log into the newly installed VMware console

Important notes from VMware documentation:
ESXi 7.0 Installation on M.2 and Other Non-USB Low-End Flash Media
Unlike USB flash devices, the ESXi installer creates system storage volumes and a VMFS datastore on M.2 and other non-USB low-end flash media. If you deploy a virtual machine or migrate a virtual machine to this boot device datastore, the boot device can be worn out quickly depending on the endurance of the flash device and the characteristics of the workload. As even read-only workloads can cause problems on low-end flash devices, you should install ESXi only on high-endurance flash media.

If you install ESXi on M.2 or other non-USB low-end flash media, delete the VMFS datastore on the device immediately after installation. For more information on removing VMFS datastores, see the vSphere Storage documentation.
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[TDHobbies]

I have been wanting a bare metal server for years and being new to this type of hardware along with the software, this video touches on every part of the server that I need to address, like the updates and even the iDRAC. I just bought a Precision tower 7910 for home use Thanks for taking the time to make this video, it is going to be extremely helpful.

[lwa.dev]

I'm new to VMware technology and I really learned some interesting stuff...cheers pal!

[ianjharris]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video!

[VandersonT_]

Followed every step with you. Thanks for the help

[viniciusclksk]

Nice video, Bob! Thank you for sharing.

[syadmin]

Just the video i was looking for. Thanks

[patluvsvettes]

Excellent video! Thanks for posting this.

[bartholomeusboro]

thank you for sharing knowledge, good video

[joaquinparra]

ty, very well explained... grettings from mexico :v

[ankitachauhan]

Excellent, just the video I was looking for! :)

[ftnetops]

Are you familiar with the IDRAC update issues with SHA1 ? and the recent removal of the ability to manually control fans in recent IDRAC updates ? I have a used T420, and can't update BIOS without a newer IDRAC version, that has updated SHA, but may take the fan control away. I think it's one of the newest updates that took the Fan control ability away. Wondering what you may or may not have done in relation to this.

[sajnamenon]

Hey Bob, your video was really amazing and indeed very insightful.
However would like to know few things:
1) Min specification required for a test setup (in lab) in terms of Cores, RAM, Storage size in order to accommodate few VMs/containers for testing purpose (as ESXi ver 7 does support K8s as per my understanding)
2) Could HP server Gen9/10 would also be a good option to go with as opposed to Dell R440/R640 servers?
3) Any tips from your side that i should take care of before the lab setup with VMware softwares installed in it?
Thank you once again in advance

[sagan]

I rarely hear people say "Snapshots are not BACKUPS". Thank you. SNAPSHOTS ARE NOT BACKUPS

[hugohew]

Hi would you be able to show how do create HA for vSphere, thank you.

[shabacksibanda]

Thanks for the video Bob, but there's something that I don't understand i did the very same thing in installing and configuring, now ny problem is that i can't see my hard drives, and i heard you saying that you created the data storage, so i wanna ask how did you create the data storage in order for me to see the hard drives
Please help

[reloader]

Great video quick question. I have a Dell R720 with 4 sockets and 64 cores I want to set up only 1 vm (server2019) that's all I need. And I want to use all 4 sockets and as much of the cores as possible mins what esxi 7 needs to run on. Is there a socket limit and a core limit per vm. Or do I need to buy the licenses to unlock that feature. I tryed Esxi 6 and I could not use all the power my server had to offer. Thanks for your help

[NaYnO]

I have been starting VMware journe, also ill buy a server to make my own lap at home and do a lot of practice

[SteinerSE]

Do you use the Dell customized install image or the official from VMware?

[julliandavis]

I did enjoy your video, however after I got the ESXi 7 installed and up and running, I added a host but I can't get an IP assigned to it at all. Any thoughts on what i need to check?

[remoteclient]

Hi do you have a guide on how to setup guess VMs on ESXI 7