vCenter setup

vCenter installation

• Download vCenter (VMware vCenter Server 7.0Uxx) .ISO flle from VMware downloads center: Download VMware vSphere - VMware Customer Connect. Free trials are available. Please note that a VMware account is needed for downloading, it can be created for free on their website as well.

• Please follow the steps as suggested here for installing vCenter: How To Install vCenter 7 Server Appliance on ESXi Host | ComputingForGeeks.

• Add all vPLC hosts (servers) in vCenter

Additional configurations

• Set power management policy to “High Performance”: VMware vSphere: Power Management Policy | Day Three Best Practices | Dell Technologies Info Hub

• Disable hyperthreading: Follow this guide but disable instead of enable Enable Hyperthreading