ESXi ISO (VMWare vSphere 7.0.3.01400)

you can install manufacturing connect edge on a virtual machine (vm) using the esxi hypervisor (vmware vsphere 7 0 3 01400) 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 install manufacturing connect edge on vmware vsphere 7 0 3 01400, you will need to do the following step 1 create a virtual machine step 2 run operating system installer step 3 disable startup of iso file step 4 start manufacturing connect edge step 5 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 7 0 3 01400) application for the folder you want to add the virtual machine to, right click the folder name and select new virtual machine the new virtual machine window displays select creation type select create a new virtual machine and click next select name and folder enter a name for the virtual machine and review/update the location of the virtual machine select compute resource select the destination compute resource for the virtual machine deployment select storage select where the configuration and disk files for the virtual machine will be stored ensure that there is at least 50 gb of free capacity select compatibility select compatibility for this virtual machine depending on the hosts in your environment your selection must be compatible with your esxi version guest os family (linux) select guest os select the guest os that will be installed on the virtual machine 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 customize hardware configure the parameters for the virtual machine virtual hardware from the virtual hardware tab, configure the following parameters cpu the recommended number of cpus is 4 you can allocate more depending on the setup and requirements of your environment memory the recommended amount of memory is 8 gb, and the minimum is 2048 mb you can allocate more depending on the setup and requirements of your environment new hard disk the recommended hard disk capacity is 25 gb, and the minimum is 16 gb configuring 16 gb provides the vm with about 2 gb data storage you can allocate more depending on the setup and requirements of your environment new network configure the appropriate network for the vm to connect to select the checkbox to connect to the network when the vm powers up notes 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 new cd/dvd drive select datastore iso file and choose the iso file select the checkbox to load the iso file the first time the vm powers up after manufacturing connect edge is installed and running, you will need to unselect the checkbox you can expand each section and make additional configurations depending on the requirements of your environment vm options click the vm options tab, open the boot options section, and unselect secure boot enabled checkbox you can expand each section and make additional configurations depending on the requirements of your environment review configuration review the configurations for the vm when done, click finish step 2 run operating system installer you will run the operating system 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 run the operating system installer select the vm from the navigation menu and click the play icon to power up the vm 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 ignore it when the installation completes, close the terminal shell and make sure the vm is powered off step 3 disable startup of iso file once manufacturing connect edge is successfully installed, you will need to disable the setting that loads the iso file when the vm powers on right click the vm from the navigation menu and select edit settings for cd/dvd drive 1 , unselect the connect at power on checkbox step 4 start manufacturing connect edge click the play icon again to power up the vm click launch web console and wait for the screen to load up and display connection information refer to the numerical ip address open a new browser window and enter this address to access manufacturing connect edge step 5 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