

Select “Network Adapters” to select additional “vmnics” for the Management vSphere Standard Switch.Select “Configure Management Network” and press “Enter”.Press “F2”, enter the root credentials and press “Enter” to login.After the ESXi host has booted, verify that the message “VMware ESXi 6.5.0 (VMKernel Release Build 4887370)” appears on the DCUI Console.Wait for the “Installation Complete” message and then press “Enter” to reboot the ESXi host.Enter the “root” password and press “Enter” to continue.Select the Keyboard Input layout and press “Enter” to continue.Select your boot “Storage Device” and press “Enter” to continue.NOTE: For Mac OS X users with nested ESXi, use the Fn+Command+F11 key sequence to send F11 to the DCUI.Wait for the “Welcome to VMware ESXi 6.5.0 Installation” message to appear.The boot process will begin with the Boot Menu and progress to the Loading ESXi screen.Power-On the host hardware and allow the host to boot from the ISO image.Connect to the DCUI console of the host.Mount the ESXi 6.5 ISO image to the host.


vSphere 6.5 Basics – Part 3 – vCenter Server Install with Windows Server 2016 (with vSphere Update Manager option).vSphere 6.5 Basics – Part 2 – vCenter Server Appliance Install.vSphere 6.5 Basics – Part 1 – ESXi Install.

This is a 6 part series, describing the installation basics of vSphere 6.5: This is part 1 of the vSphere 6.5 Basics, detailing the installation and initial configuration of ESXi 6.5.
