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Getting Started with ESX Server 3i Installable

Figure 1. VMware Infrastructure Components

Managing Hosts

Therearetwoprimarymethodsformanaginghosts:

 Single‐hostmanagement–UsetheVI ClienttoconnecttoasingleESX Server 3i

hostandmanagevirtualmachinesandtheirresources.WhentheVI Clientis

connectedtoanESX Server 3i,theVI Clientdisplaysonlytheoptionsappropriate

tosingle‐hostmanagement.

 Multiple‐hostmanagement–UsetheVI ClienttoconnecttoaVirtualCenter

Serverandmanagemanyvirtualmachinesandtheirresourcesdistributedover

multipleESX Server 3ihosts.WhenconnectedtoaVirtualCenterServer,the

VI ClientdisplaysalltheoptionsavailabletotheVMwareInfrastructure

environmentandformanagingmultiplehosts.

Deployinga

VirtualCenterServerprovidesmanyadvantagesoverdeployingasingle,

standaloneESX Server 3ihost.Table 1illustratessomeofthekeyadvantagesand

comparesmultiple‐hostmanagementwithVirtualCenterversussingle‐host

management.

VI Client

VirtualCenter Server

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