Building an ESXi server for Network Engineers - Part 2 ESXi 6.7 Download & Install

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Welcome to Network Engineer Pro. I'm Rafael, CCIE 64356. Have you ever wanted to build your own virtualization server so you can studying for certs like the CCNA, CCNP and CCIE? Or easily run CML, GNS, EVE-NG, Automation, CSR1000v and more? If so then check out part 2 of my journey to build a virtualization beast for network engineers, it's easy and I want to show you all the steps in the process.

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00:00 Intro
01:44 Download ESXi 6.7
04:28 Download Rufus and make bootable USB
07:14 Install ESXi on Dell PowerEdge R620
11:12 Login to ESXi & quick tour
12:59 Outro


In today's video which is part 2 of 3, I am taking my new to me, Dell PowerEdge R620 and installing ESXi 6.7. The end goal is to turn this server into a virtualization beast for network engineers to handle CML, GNS, EVE-NG, Automation, CSR1000v and more. I want to show you all the steps in the process. This is a 3 part mini series.

In part 1 I configured the iDRAC7 port and setup a RAID 5.
https://youtu.be/Th6L27picC8

Part 2 (This video) is downloading and installing ESXi 6.7 on my Dell PowerEdge R620.

Part 3 is creating a VM and installing EVE-NG Community Edition.
https://youtu.be/n9w6eVTUG7Q

How to import Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) IOSv Router & Switch images into EVE-NG
https://youtu.be/XlL6g7jIT74

So let me tell you why I am building this server.
The reason I got this server is because I'm a network engineer, I'm constantly testing and labbing things out for work, studying for certifications or i just straight up forgot how something works so i go an lab it out.

I use a combination of csr1000v's, cisco modeling labs, eve-ng and all kinds of other things. I was running all those on VMware workstation player, which is a type 2 hypervisor installed on my windows 10 pc.

That windows 10 pc is also used for video editing, photoshop and gaming and it was just starting to be too much for it and i was running out of resources.

So I wanted to get something dedicated just for networking and labbing purposes that I don't have to worry about running out of resources for hopefully a long time.

I hope this video helps someone.

#CCNA #CCNP #CCIE
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