Installing and Configuring VMware ESXi Virtualization Environment

Scenario

You want to install and configure VMware ESXi for running Desigo CC in virtual machines.

This page refers to ESXi V6.7. For more information, see the ESXi documentation. For example, http://masteringvmware.com/how-to-install-esxi-6-7-step-by-step/.
ESXi V7.0 and ESXi V8.0 have a similar installation procedure, see https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-esxi-installation/GUID-B2F01BF5-078A-4C7E-B505-5DFFED0B8C38.html

Prerequisites

• You have a category C or D computer on which to run VMware ESXi V6.7, V7.0 or V8.0.
• You have a software utility to create a bootable USB drive. For example, Rufus (see https://rufus.ie).
• You have a VMware ESXi license and you have downloaded the VMware vSphere Hypervisor V6.7 (or V7.0, V8.0) ISO disk-image file from the VMware website.
• You have a Windows license for the virtual stations you intend to create.
• You have a Windows ISO disk-image file for all editions you need to install.
• You have a USB drive stick with at least 4 GB capacity.

Overview