| October 15, 2012
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Creating Virtual Lab Environment – Part 7

Step 15 – Verifying all components

  1. Install vSphere Client in vCenter VM
  2. Open vSphere Client and make sure that you can login to vCenter Server.
    Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 09.03.19
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  3. Close vSphere Client
  4. Open vSphere Client again and connect to ESXi-01. Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.39.26
  5. In vSphere Client, go to Configuration > Storage Adapters.
  6. Enable Software iSCSI Initiator, then connect to your iSCSI Target. Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.40.00 Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.41.23 Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.42.20
  7. Verify that you can see 3 LUNs that you created.
    Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.45.27
  8. Disable Software iSCSI Adapter.
    Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.43.05
  9. Go to Configuration > Storage.
  10. Add New NFS Datastore and point it to your NFS Share.
    Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.43.36 Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.44.10
  11. Verify that NFS Datastore is mounted.
    Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.44.46
  12. Unmount NFS Datastore.
  13. Restart ESXi Server, and close vSphere Client.
  14. From vCenter Server you can ping all components in your Lab Environment and also make sure that you can ping Internet site such as google.com
    Ping ESXi-01
    Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.46.27
    Ping ESXi-02
    Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.46.44
    Ping DC
    Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.47.04
    Ping Openfiler
    Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.47.38
    Ping Default Gateway
    Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.48.06
    Ping Internet host
    Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 19.48.24
  15. Now everything is ready and functioning, and you are ready to go, Good Luck!!!
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