Install and Configure ESXi Hosts for the Management Workload Domain

To deploy ESXi 8.0 Update 1c in the Telco Cloud Platform 5G Edition 3.1 environment, you must first install the ESXi 8.0 U1 ISO image and then apply the ESXi 8.0 Update 1c patch. For detailed steps to install the ESXi ISO image and to apply the patch, see the VMware vSphere documentation.

Procedure

1. Install ESXi hosts.
   Note:

   Logs are stored on non-persistent storage. Refer to the corresponding product documentation to configure a syslog server or a scratch partition. Later, change syslog to point to Aria Operations for Logs.

2. Specify the network parameters for the host. Use static IP or DHCP addresses and ensure that the VLAN ID is set for the management network.
3. Specify a root password for the ESXi host.
4. Configure the ESXi hosts:
   1. Verify that the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the ESXi host is resolvable.
   2. Configure the appropriate VLAN ID for the VMkernel port group.
   3. Verify that all ESXi hosts can ping each other.