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Getting Started with ESX Server 3i Installable
Figure 1. VMware Infrastructure Components
Managing Hosts
Therearetwoprimarymethodsformanaginghosts:
Single‐hostmanagement–UsetheVI ClienttoconnecttoasingleESX Server 3i
hostandmanagevirtualmachinesandtheirresources.WhentheVI Clientis
connectedtoanESX Server 3i,theVI Clientdisplaysonlytheoptionsappropriate
tosingle‐hostmanagement.
Multiple‐hostmanagement–UsetheVI ClienttoconnecttoaVirtualCenter
Serverandmanagemanyvirtualmachinesandtheirresourcesdistributedover
multipleESX Server 3ihosts.WhenconnectedtoaVirtualCenterServer,the
VI ClientdisplaysalltheoptionsavailabletotheVMwareInfrastructure
environmentandformanagingmultiplehosts.
Deployinga
VirtualCenterServerprovidesmanyadvantagesoverdeployingasingle,
standaloneESX Server 3ihost.Table 1illustratessomeofthekeyadvantagesand
comparesmultiple‐hostmanagementwithVirtualCenterversussingle‐host
management.
VI Client
VirtualCenter Server
hosts
host
datacenter
host
virtual machines
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