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2 VMware ESXi 5.5 – 6.5 Host Configuration | Rapid EqualLogic Configuration Series | Implementation Guide | REC4004
Revisions
Date
Status
April 2012
Initial release
September 2012
Updates for VMware
®
ESXi™ 5.1 and MEM 1.1.1
October 2012
Correction in section 2: “Enable flow control on iSCSI NICs”
December 2012
Added info for connecting to iSCSI volumes
April 2013
Added info for setting Software Initiator LoginTimeout parameter
December 2013
Added info for ESXi 5.5, MEM 1.2, and Dell™ PS Series firmware version 7
July 2015
Added info for ESXi 6.0, MEM 1.3, and Dell PS Series firmware version 7.1.x
Removed info for ESXi 4.x and 5.0
September 2017
Added info for ESXi 6.5 and Dell PS Series firmware version 9.x
Removed info for ESXi 5.1
Document conventions
Format
Description
Example
Bold
User input: menus,
tabs, buttons
In the Console tab, select Troubleshooting and click OK.
[Keystroke]
Keystroke
Verify the results and press [Enter].
[Key1]+[Key2]
Combination
keystroke
Press [Alt]+[F1] to open the local console.
Screen text
Console or
command-line text
Type the command: setup.pl
Italic screen
text
Placeholder or
variable
Type: server=host IP address
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