Updated Information
This ESX Configuration Guide is updated with each release of the product or when necessary. This table provides the update history of the ESX Configuration Guide.
Revision Description
EN-000328-04 n Updated procedure in “Generate New Certificates for the ESX Host,” on page 184.
nUpdated procedure in “Replace a Default Certificate with a CA-Signed Certificate,” on page 185.
EN-000328-03 n Modified Step 2 in “Configure a Host to Use a Directory Service,” on page 181 section.
nChanged the commands in Step 2 and Step 9 of “Configure SSL Timeouts,” on page 185 section.
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Minor revisions. |
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Initial release. |
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About This Book
This manual, the ESXConfiguration Guide, provides information on how to configure networking for VMware® ESX, including how to create virtual switches and ports and how to set up networking for virtual machines, VMware vMotion™, and IP storage. It also discusses configuring the file system and various types of storage such as iSCSI and Fibre Channel. The guide provides a discussion of security features built into ESX and the measures that you can take to safeguard ESX from attack. In addition, it includes a list of ESX technical support commands along with their VMware vSphere™ Client equivalents and a description of the vmkfstools utility.
This information covers ESX 4.1.
Intended Audience
This manual is intended for anyone who needs to install, upgrade, or use ESX. The information in this manual is written for experienced Windows or Linux system administrators who are familiar with virtual machine technology and datacenter operations.
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VMware vSphere Documentation
The vSphere documentation consists of the combined VMware vCenter Server and ESX documentation set.
Abbreviations Used in Figures
The figures in this manual use the abbreviations listed in Table 1.
Table 1. Abbreviations
Abbreviation |
Description |
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database |
vCenter Server database |
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datastore |
Storage for the managed host |
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dsk# |
Storage disk for the managed host |
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Table 1. Abbreviations (Continued)
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hostn |
vCenter Server managed hosts |
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SAN |
Storage Area Network type datastore shared between |
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managed hosts |
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tmplt |
Template |
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user# |
User with access permissions |
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VC |
vCenter Server |
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VM# |
Virtual machines on a managed host |
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