ESXi ISO (VMWare vSphere 6.7.0)

you can install manufacturing connect edge on a virtual machine using the esxi hypervisor (vmware vsphere 6 7 0) with an iso file a typical manufacturing connect edge virtual file for esxi deployment adheres to a naming convention as follows \<product> std 3 1 5 0 amd64 iso before you begin prepare your environment for running virtualization by using vmware esxi hypervisor review verified vm versions docid 36xpluiltp2qajsr8lthw and confirm the correct version to download see vmware the virtual machine will run on the same physical network card as the host environment to ensure that the device can communicate with data sources such as plc, dcs or cnc and can be accessed through the web ui, make sure that communication can be established adjust the system clock for the host environment prior to installing manufacturing connect edge utc is recommended the 15 day trial period may be rejected and invalidated by the license server if the system clock is not adjusted if this happens, contact your litmus representative obtain a valid file in the iso format you can download it from manufacturing connect (mc) > edge management > downloads alternatively, you can obtain an iso file from litmus to use esxi hypervisor iso to install manufacturing connect edge, you will need to do the following step 1 create a virtual machine step 2 log in to manufacturing connect edge to jump to a specific section, refer to the table of contents on the right side and click the corresponding step step 1 create a virtual machine you will first need to create the virtual machine that will run manufacturing connect edge to install the esxi hypervisor virtual machine start the vmware (vmware vsphere 6 7 0) application the vmware esxi application appears from the left panel, select virtual machines click create/register vm the new virtual machine wizard > select creation type window appears select creation type select create a new virtual machine and click next select a name and guest os this section allows you to provide a name for the virtual machine and identify the guest operating system enter the details for the name and guest os name enter a name for the virtual machine compatibility your selection must be compatible with your esxi version guest os family (linux) guest os family the operating system is based on linux guest os version the kernel used for the operating system is a 64 bit yocto kernel select storage you will need to select a datastore for the virtual machine's configuration files and all of its virtual disks select a datastore and click next note the datastore must have at least 50 gb of free capacity customize settings you will need to configure the virtual machine hardware and virtual machine additional options configure the virtual hardware parameters cpu parameter select 4 this value is recommended to improve the performance of the vm if the host system permits or the vm is a production deployment, more cores should be allocated memory parameter enter 8 gb or set the memory size to the desired allocation at least 2048 mb should be allocated to prevent significant reduction in performance if the host system permits, more memory is better hard disk 1 parameter enter a minimum of 25 gb in the hard disk field depending on your storage requirements, you may have to select a higher value note the vm should boot up successfully with the hard disk controller location configured with an scsi controller if there are issues with the vm booting up, follow up with your it department review this configuration by expanding this section network adapter 1 parameter note by default, vms are defined with two network cards they are configured for the first network card as a bridged network and the second network card as nat based on the esxi host environment, if a nat network exists, a second network adapter must be added and set to nat if a nat network exists, move to the next section otherwise, skip it to confirm the network adapter click add network adapter from the new network adapter drop down list, select nat network cd/dvd drive 1 parameter to configure the cd/dvd drive from the cd / dvd drive 1 drop down list, select datastore iso file the datastore browser appears select the iso file, and then click select click the vm options tab to configure the vm options select the vm options tab expand boot options and select bios from the firmware drop down list bios is needed for the installer to load click next click finish the new virtual machine link appears in the virtual machine list step 2 run operating system installer you will run the installer that will install manufacturing connect edge notes during the installation, the progress bar may decrease at times due to partitioning the time to complete the installation is based on the size of the hard disk drive large disk drives will cause the installation to take longer to partition the disk and therefore longer to complete setting up the virtual machine to configure the operating system installer click the new virtual machine link the virtual machine details pane appears click the terminal shell to start the virtual machine some errors appear in the terminal window you can disregard them the welcome to operating system installer appears in the terminal shell from the welcome to operating system installer screen, enter yes and press enter select a drive to install (sda) appears enter sda and press enter to confirm installation and format partitions appears enter yes and press enter the installation begins during the installation, another error appears regarding an invalid partition table you can disregard it when the installation completes, close the terminal shell from the virtual machine details pane, click edit the edit settings dialog box appears select the vm options tab expand boot options and select efi from the firmware drop down list click save the virtual machine details pane appears click power on , and then click the terminal shell the welcome window appears note the ip address required for log in step 3 log in to manufacturing connect edge see access the manufacturing connect edge web ui docid\ o3ekdp0z j7ithaal0mwi for details on logging in see access the terminal user interface docid\ qshf w5zqofde xozajrh for instructions on how to navigate and log in for the first time