- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction
- Installing vSphere VMware ESXi 8.0
- Download the Dell customized ESXi image files
- To install, enable or to disable ESXi
- Enabling Dell Fault Resilient Memory
- Enable Dell NUMA Fault Resilient Memory
- Dell NVDIMM-N persistent memory
- Intel Optane Data Center Persistent Memory Module
- 4K Native hard drive support with ESXi hosts
- Trusted Platform Module
- Quick Boot
- HTTP or HTTPS boot
- vSphere Life Cycle Manager
- Dell add-on package
- Surprise removal of NVMe device
- Data Processing Unit
- Installing ESXi on flash media
- Installing ESXi on the hard drive
- Installing ESXi on the BOSS-S1 or BOSS-N1 device
- Enabling or disabling flash storage device
- Configuring one-time boot to ESXi
- Configuring boot sequence to ESXi
- VMware ESXi Secure boot support for Dell PowerEdge Servers
- Downloading patches and updates for ESXi
- Creating vCenter Server installation media
- Installing vCenter Server
- Deploying VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x
- Back up and restore configuration
- Troubleshooting ESXi
- Getting help
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x on Dell PowerEdge Systems Installation Instructions and Important Information Guide
Data Processing Unit
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0 supports Data Processing Unit (DPU) from NVIDIA and Pensando SmartNIC devices. DPU devices are based on PCIe form factor which can be installed or configured to the PowerEdge servers which help in offloading networking and security services from the CPU.
Data Processing Unit supported cards:
- Pensando DSC2-25 Dual Port 25 GbE
- Pensando DSC2-100 Dual Port 100 GbE
- NVIDIA Bluefield-2 Dual Port 25 GbE (Supported minimum ESXi version build : 8.0b - Build 21203435)
The following requirements must be met before DPU deployment:
- To enable the operating system baseboard management controller (BMC) pass-through (USB NIC) for communication between the host operating system and iDRAC in the system BIOS.
- To enable the global single root I/O virtualization (SRIOV) in the system BIOS.
- To view the DPU firmware, supported system versions, and the systems supporting distributed service engine (DSE), see VMware Compatibility Guide.
- Uniform pass through (UPTv2) supported guest operating systems for DSE, see Distributed Services Engine (DSE) UPTv2 VMXNET3 driver requirements (90548).
NOTE:For more information about DSE features, see vSphere on
vSphere Distributed Services Engine.
NOTE:For more information about DPU, see
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 User's Guide at
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide
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