Install and Configure ESXi Hosts for Compute Workload Domain

Install the ESXi hypervisor on the physical servers that you use for the Edge and Compute Clusters in the Compute Workload domain.

For detailed instructions, see the VMware vSphere 8.0 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.

   • To download ESXi, see the Telco Cloud Platform Essentials or Advanced downloads page.

2. Specify the network parameters such as IP address, Netmask, Gateway, DNS, and FQDN for the host.

   • Use static IP or DHCP addresses.

   • 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 FQDNs of ESXi hosts are resolvable for both forward and reverse lookup.
   2. Configure the appropriate VLAN ID for the VMkernel port group.
   3. Configure and synchronize NTP with ESXi hosts.
   4. Verify that all ESXi hosts can ping each other.