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Tips for Configuring VMotion
To use the VMotion feature, follow the guidelines listed below:
• Set up a gigabit ethernet migration network and a VMkernel port group
between all the copies of ESX configured for VMotion.
• Create consistent network labels for each of the network port groups to
which VMs are attached.
For information on the VMotion configuration setup, see the VMware
documentation at
vmware.com/support/pubs
.
For information on VMotion compatibility, see the
VMware VMotion and
64-Bit Virtual Machine Support for Dell PowerEdge Systems
available at
support.dell.com/manuals.
Installing vCenter Server
For information about installing or upgrading vCenter Server, see the
Installation Guide
and
Upgrade Guide
for ESX 4 under
VMware vSphere 4
at
vmware.com/support/pubs
.
vCenter Server is supported on a limited set of Windows operating systems.
For more information, see
vmware.com/support/pubs
.
Related Information
NOTE:
For Dell VMware documentation including systems management for
VMware, see support.dell.com/manuals. Navigate to Software, select
Virtualization Solutions and then VMware Software.
• For information on downloading ESX and licensing options, see
VMware vSphere 4 on Dell PowerEdge Systems Getting Started Guide
at
support.dell.com/manuals
.
• For more information about different vSphere editions, see
VMware vSphere Editions Comparison
at
vmware.com
.
• For a complete list of Dell-supported systems and storage, see
VMware
ESX/ESXi 4 on Dell PowerEdge Systems and Storage Compatibility Matrix
at
support.dell.com/manuals
.
• For known issues, see
VMware vSphere 4 on Dell PowerEdge Systems
Release Notes
at
support.dell.com/manuals
.
