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ESX Server 3 and VirtualCenter Installation Guide

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Mouse Selection

Herearesomemouseidentificationhints:

 Iftheconnectorisround,yourmouseisaPS/2orabusmouse.

 Iftheconnectoristrapezoidalwithnineholes,itisaserialmouse.

 Iftheconnectorisaflatrectanglewithaslot,itisaUSBmouse.

Trytofindanexactmatch–Ifyoucannotfindanexactmatch,chooseamousetype

thatiscompatiblewithyours.Otherwise,choosetheappropriategenericmousetype.

Three‐buttonmouseemulation–Duringthe

installation,selectingthisboxenables

youtousemiddle‐mousebuttonfunctionalitybyclickingbothmousebuttonsatonce.

Recommended Partitioning

FollowthisproceduretoselectRecommendedasapartitioningoptionin“Toinstall

ESX Server”onpage 84.

To partition your hard drive using the recommended partitioning

1 SelectavolumeonwhichtoinstalltheESX Serversoftware.

2TopreserveexistingVMFSpartitionswithexistingvirtualmachines,selectKeep

virtualmachinesandtheVMFS.

Thisusuallyappliesonlyifyouareinstallingon

topofapreviousversionof

ESX Server.

3 SelectRecommendedpartitioningandclickNext(graphicalinstaller)orOK(text

installer).

Awarningdialogboxappears.

4ClickYestocontinuewithyourpartitioningselection.

5 (Optional)Changethepartitionsettings:

 New–Selectadiskandclickthisbuttontocreateanewpartition.

 Edit–Selectapartitionandclickthisbuttontochangeanexistingpartition.

 Delete–Selectapartitionandclickthisbuttontoremoveanexistingpartition.

 Reset–Clickthisbuttontorestorethedefaultpartitioningscheme.

6ClickNext(graphicalinstaller)orOK(textinstaller),andcontinuewith“Toinstall

ESX Server”onpage 84.