Specifications

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The datacenter in a box performance test: Comparing Dell and HP
blade solutions
Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110 solution
HP D2200sb + VSA solution
address, subnet, and gateway information, and
select the appropriate network interface. Click
Next.
16. At the Configuration details screen, enter an
appropriate virtual appliance name, and click Next.
17. At the Configuring Virtual SAN Appliance screen,
check two VMDK location checkboxes, select the
appropriate datastore that corresponds with the
attached D2200sb, and enter the desired size of
each VMDK. In our case, we used all available
space. Click Next.
18. At the Configure and install another virtual
appliance screen, select the No, I am done radio
button, and click Next.
19. At the confirmation pop up, click Yes.
20. At the summary screen, click Deploy.
21. Click Finish when the deployment process
completes.
22. Click Install VSA for VMware ESX Server.
23. At the Winzip self-extractor screen, click Unzip.
24. Click OK.
25. At the command prompt, type 2 for the GUI
wizard, and press Enter.
26. At the welcome screen, click Next.
27. Accept the EULA by checking the radio button, and
click Next.
28. At the ESX host discovery screen, enter the IP
address of the second ESX host and the
appropriate login credentials, and click Next.
29. At the connect to ESX host screen, click Next.
30. At the Type of virtual appliance screen, leave
Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA) selected, and click
Next.
31. At the Select the datastore screen, select the RAID
1 partition to store the virtual appliance files, and
click Next.
32. At the Network settings screen, enter the IP
address, subnet, and gateway information, and
select the appropriate network interface. Click
Next.