If you followed the instructions in Part 5 – Create the Nested ESXi Virtual Machines you should be able to power-on each virtual machine and the installation of ESXi should begin. Its important to remember that VMware Cloud Foundation requires VMware-ESXi-6.5.0-Update2-8294253.
ESXi Installation
- Configure the Password to VMware123!
- Configure the Management Network IP Address
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Note: This is the IPv4 Address for sfo01m01esx01.
- Set the VLAN ID to 1611
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- Configure DNS
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- Enable SSH
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Once you have finished installing ESXi, disconnect the ESXi Installer ISO from the VM.
Post-installation Tasks
Connect to the ESXi UI and perform the following tasks:
- Remove the local datastore (datastore1)
- Configure NTP by adding an NTP Server and starting the Service
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- Configure the NTP Service to Start and Stop with host
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- Configure the VLAN ID of VM Network Port Group to 1611
- Configure the MTU Size of vSwitch0 to 9000
After you have finished the Post-installation Tasks, now is a good time to create a vApp for the Virtual Machines and export the vApp as an OVF. This will allow you to quickly re-deploy the environment in the future. The size of the vApp is 1.51GB, and should include 18 files.
