Adding Hard Disk to ESXi 5.1 Server

The ESXi 5.1 doesn't support RAID configuration, there for better to use RAID 0 for minimum number of hard disk and add the remaining hard disk through vSphere Client.

The steps is as follows:

host > storage > add storage > Disk/LUN > next

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Installing ESXi 5.1

The ESXi 5.1 is available in below given link:

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VCL-VSP510-ESXI-51U2&productId=285#errorCheckDiv

or

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi5&lp=default


The system compatibility can be checked using :

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?lp=default



The ESXi server can be accessed through vSphere Client:

http://www.empirion.co.uk/vmware/vmware-vsphere-client-direct-download-links/


Installation procedure is available in:

For ESXi Installation:

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/06/vmware-esxi-installation-guide/


For vSphere Client:
https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.install.doc%2FGUID-1F4EB138-3301-4AC9-9B48-61166E0EBE24.html