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Cisco UCS B230 M2 Blade Server:
Uncompromised virtual desktop performance
7. Type infra for name, and view5.com for domain.
8. Enter 172.0.0.10 for preferred DNS.
9. Close DNS.
Setting up a VM to host Microsoft Windows Active Directory® server (DC1)
1. From a Microsoft Windows server or workstation, connect to the infra server via the VMware vSphere client.
2. Log in as root to the infra server.
3. In the vSphere client, connect to the vCenter Server, and browse to the ESXi host.
4. Click the Virtual Machines tab.
5. Right-click, and choose New Virtual Machine.
6. Choose Custom, and click Next.
7. Assign the name DC1 to the virtual machine, and click Next.
8. Select NFS-infra data store, and click Next.
9. Choose Virtual Machine Version 8, and click Next.
10. Choose Windows, choose Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit), and click Next.
11. Choose two virtual processors, and click Next.
12. Choose 4GB RAM, and click Next.
13. Click 1 for the number of NICs, select E1000, connect to the data network, and click Next.
14. Leave the default virtual storage controller, and click Next.
15. Choose to create a new virtual disk, and click Next.
16. Make the OS virtual disk size 20 GB, choose thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, specify the OS datastore on the
external storage, and click Next.
17. Keep the default virtual device node (0:0), and click Next.
18. Click Finish.
19. Right-click the VM, and choose Edit Settings.
20. On the Hardware tab, click Add…
21. Click Hard Disk, and click Next.
22. Click Create a new virtual disk, and click Next.
23. Specify 20GB for the virtual disk size, choose thick-provisioned lazy zeroed, and specify datastore1.
24. Choose SCSI (1:2) for the device node, and click Next.
25. On the Hardware tab, click Add…
26. Click Finish, and click OK.
27. Click the Resources tab, and click Memory.
28. Connect the VM virtual CD-ROM to the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 installation disk.
29. Start the VM.
Installing the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system on the VM
1. Choose the language, time and currency, and keyboard input. Click Next.
2. Click Install Now.
3. Choose Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (Full Installation), and click Next.
4. Accept the license terms, and click Next.
5. Click Custom.
6. Click the Disk, and click Drive options (advanced).
7. Click NewApplyFormat, and click Next.
8. After the installation completes, click OK to set the Administrator password.
9. Enter the administrator password twice, and click OK.
10. Connect the machine to the Internet, and install all available Windows updates. Restart as necessary.
11. Enable remote desktop access.
12. Change the hostname to DC1 and reboot when prompted.
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