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VMware vSphere 6.7 Data Center Design Cookbook

You're reading from   VMware vSphere 6.7 Data Center Design Cookbook Over 100 practical recipes to help you design a powerful virtual infrastructure based on vSphere 6.7

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789801514
Length 392 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Hersey Cartwright Hersey Cartwright
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Mike Brown Mike Brown
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. The Virtual Data Center 2. The Discovery Process FREE CHAPTER 3. The Design Factors 4. vSphere Management Design 5. vSphere Storage Design 6. vSphere Network Design 7. vSphere Compute Design 8. vSphere Physical Design 9. Virtual Machine Design 10. vSphere Security Design 11. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity 12. Design Documentation 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

The best practices for ESXi host BIOS settings

The BIOS settings will vary, depending on the hardware manufacturer and the BIOS version. Supported BIOS versions should be verified on the VMware HCL for the hardware selected. The following screenshot shows the HCL details of a Dell PowerEdge R620, with the supported BIOS versions:

HCL details with supported BIOS versions

If the hardware is supported but the running BIOS version is not supported, the BIOS should be upgraded to a supported version.

How to do it...

The BIOS manufacturer and the BIOS version will determine the BIOS settings available for a particular server. The following settings are provided as a guideline for optimizing the BIOS for an ESXi installation. Ask...

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