VMware® Infrastructure 3.5 Update 2 Deployment Guide

This document is a companion guide to the VMware® Infrastructure 3.5 guides and provides additional information for supporting the Dell™ PowerEdge™ systems. The following topics are discussed: • "Introduction" on page 5 — provides a brief overview of the VMware ESX™ 3.5 and VMware VirtualCenter products and technologies. • "What’s New?" on page 6 — provides information about additional supported hardware and updated software in this release. • "Licensing" on page 7 — provides a list of the licensing options available to customers. • "Dell-Supported Configurations" on page 9 — provides a list of qualified and supported VMware ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter configurations. • "VMware Infrastructure Architecture" on page 17— discusses the different components of the VMware deployment. • "Installing ESX and VirtualCenter" on page 22 — provides guidelines for installing VMware ESX 3.5 software and VirtualCenter. • "Installing and Using Dell OpenManage™" on page 26 — provides references to install and use Dell OpenManage. • "Additional Resources" on page 27 — provides references to additional documentation.