Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

Esxi system installation or need to reinstall the already installed esxi
environment: Dell R730 server.
Preparation: the installation of the VMware ESXi 5.5.0 image to be ready ahead of time, will do the installation via CD, U disk, idrac management interface mount mode.

1, loading VMware ESXi 5.5.0 version ISO file, ESXi boot loader, and starts the installation. Press enter, enter the installation interface. as the picture shows:
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

2, the installation ESXi boot loading process, this should wait, on the window can clearly see a variety of information, including host configuration (CPU, memory), a version number, kernel, hardware platform, etc., shown in FIG. :
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

3, VMware ESXi into the installation interface, see "Welcome to 5.5.0 Installation the VMware ESXi" interface, press 'Enter key' to start the installation, the next step. as the picture shows:
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

4, in the "End User License Agreement" screen, press the 'F11' key to acceptance of the license agreement. as the picture shows:
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

5, in the "Select a Disk to Install or Upgrade" interface, we can choose the location of the installation disk, now only one disk, press 'Enter key' can, as shown:
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

6、如果没有出现这个界面,请忽略此步骤。
如果有这个界面出现,就是本机以前安装过ESXi并且存在使用中,就会弹出“ESXi and VMFS Found”的界面,它是提示你可以找到一个ESXi与VMFS数据存储,选择如下:
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( )Upgrade ESXi,preserve VMFS datastore 更新这个ESXi、保留ESXi数据存储。
( )Install ESXi,preserve VMFS datastore 安装新的ESXi、保留数据存储。
( X )Install ESXi,overwrite VMFS datastore 安装新的ESXi、覆盖VMFS数据存储。
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建议:以前版本是ESXi 5.X,可选第1项;安装全新的ESXi,但须保留数据库,可选第2项;如是重装并且数据不要,可选第3项。现在是重装,那我选择第3项,如图所示:
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

7、在“Please a keyboard layout”界面,选择“US Default”,按‘回车键’即可,如图所示:
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

8、在“Enter a root password”界面,这里可以设置管理员密码(默认是用户为root),建议设置一个复杂的密码。如图所示:
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

9、在“Confirn Install”界面,按‘回车键’即可,如图所示:
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

10. If you are installing (including initialized hard drive installed) on the new server, which will pop up when "Confirm Install" interface, and will be prompted to re-partition the disk, and the disk data will be deleted. VMware ESXi then start the installation, and can be seen the percentage of installation progress, as shown:
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

11, VMware ESXi 5.5.0 After installation is complete (generally faster installation), which will pop up when "Installation Complete" interface, "Press Enter 'will restart the system. Tip Tip and need to remove the installation CD before restarting. as the picture shows:
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

12, such as VMware ESXi starts successfully, the system interface installation is complete, you can clearly see the server a variety of information, the information shows the CPU model servers running VMware ESXi 5.5.0 host memory size and management address.
NOTE: In the VMware ESXi 5 or 6, the management console default address via DHCP, there is no network address, such as DHCP or DHCP is not available, this address may be time management console or 169.254.xx. 0.0.0.0 This case needs to be provided and modifications may address management console, so in order to use vSphere Client Manager.
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

13, press the F2 key, enter a password to enter the IP address configuration, DNS, modify the password information, VLAN and the like.
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

14, in the "Configure Password" is to change the password, you need to enter the old and new password; the "Configure Managenent Network" to configure the network IP address, DNS, VLAN, to talk about this two points.
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

15, configure the IP address in the "IP configuration" in.
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

16, configure the DNS service "DNS configuration" in.
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi

17 press esc to exit the configuration information will pop up if an error just changed, click the Y, you can save, save it.
Installation Esxi system & reinstall the system Esxi
So far, I hope you can help.

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