Avocent ACS V6000 - Manual (Page 10)

Installation
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ACS v6000 virtual console server requirements
The virtual console server runs as a virtual machine and it requires a VMware
®
ESX
®
or ESXi
®
server running version 4.1 and one vCenter server. A client PC running the VMware
infrastructure client software (vSphere
®
) is also necessary. The following are the minimum system
requirements for the ACS v6000 virtual console server in the host system (VMware ESX or ESXi
server).
• 2 GB hard drive space
• 512 MB memory
• Network adaptor
• Access to the ACS v6000 virtual console server ISO file
An ACS v6000 virtual console server can be installed from an ISO file. The installation
procedure is a two-stage process: creating the virtual machine and installing the virtual console
server onto the virtual machine.
To create the virtual machine using the vSphere client:
1. From the ESX or ESXi server home screen, click the Virtual Machine Wizard icon.
2. For the Virtual Machine configuration click Typical, then click Next.
3. Choose an appropriate name for your virtual console server, then click Next.
4. Select the data storage volume on which you wish to create the new virtual console server,
then click Next.
5. Under Guest Operating System click Linux, and from the pull-down menu select Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 2, then click Next.
6. Confirm the number of virtual processors is 1 and click Next.