VMWare ESXi is a bare bones Hyperviser, think very thin OS install and it is the host, your servers are Guest systems. They run as if they are on the hardware but share resources. This is much faster and effecient than something like VMWare workstation or VMware server but you do not have a useable OS for that PC, it is just a thin host to other operating systems.
You load it on the server/PC, access it via a web page and then load your other operating systems. I love it, and you can make backups of the entire OS or create snapshots so say your going to do lab 5, you take a snap shot before you start, then do the lab, once completed, you can revert to the start and do the lab again. You can have multiple images or snapshots that you can move around to practice what you want. I am sure that is how IPExpert is changing the servers so easily for us when we use their rack rental. Hopefully this makes sense but the best way to do it is to buy or build a supported system and load it up, you will find it very easy to use. I built mine with an i7 860 CPU, 16 GB RAM, Gigabit motherboard, ATI video card, a few intel supported NIC's (the one on the board is not support in my case) and several smaller HDD (320GB-500GB) as I find the I/O bottle neck ends up begin the disk access and by spreading out the OS's, they run much better. Also if you get into using this, ESXi On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Sears, Michael (msears) < michael.se...@compucom.com> wrote: > Does it load on top of Linux or windows? What operating system are you using or does it need one. As you can tell I'm not really a Server Guy. > > Michael Sears > CompuCom > US West, Professional Services > Senior IPT Engineer > Office: +1 720.344.6833 > Mobile: +1 303.328.5590 > Fax: +1 978.863.0740 > Conf: +1 866-389-9494 #6159225 Host Code: 879 7896 > E-Mail: michael.se...@compucom.com > Web: http://www.compucom.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Lake [mailto:whl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 12:59 PM > To: Sears, Michael (msears) > Cc: ccie_voice@onlinestudylist.com > Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] LAB SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMS AND VMWARE RECOMMENDATIONS > > Use VMWare ESXi, it is free and works very well for this. I am using it on my system and it is a quad core desktop based system. Hardest part is the NIC's need to be specific brand, but I just added ones in that are supported. > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:28 AM, <michael.se...@compucom.com> wrote: >> I'm Building my Servers and will be loading an IOS and VMWARE. I'm >> hoping to get recommendations from the group on type of IOS (I've been >> looking at >> (ubuntu-11.04-desktop-i386.iso) to load for IOS and what VMWARE >> product >> (VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.i386.tar.gz) is easiest to use and >> install. I have two Cisco MCS 7815's. This VMWare seems pretty >> complicated and expensive and I'm hoping to find something a little >> cheaper (Free) and a little more user friendly. I'm hoping to load the following on VMWARE: >> >> >> >> · Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7.0 >> >> · Cisco Unified Contact Center Express 7.0 >> >> · Cisco Unified Presence 7.0 >> >> · Cisco Unity Connection 7.0 >> >> >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, >> please visit www.ipexpert.com >> >> Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out >> www.PlatinumPlacement.com >> > > > > >
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