The Mac Mini VMware ESXi 5 Server Part 2 Installation. January 1. 0th, 2. Paraguin. This is Part 2 of the Mac Mini VMware ESXi 5 Server. If you want to read about the research and decision making involved in getting to this point, please refer to Part 1 in the previous blog post. As we also like to skip the fluff and get to the hardcore details, were going to jump right in with the installation of VMware ESXi 5. Build 4. 69. 51. 2 Released in 82. We also tried this and it worked on a previous VMware ESXi 5. Build 4. 41. 35. 4. OS-X-Lion12.jpg' alt='Os X Lion 10.7.0 Download' title='Os X Lion 10.7.0 Download' />Latest GIMP version. Mac OS X version required for Tiger 10. Leopard 10. 5. 7 for SnowLeopard 10. Lion 10. 7. 0. 20062008 Mac Mini Core 2 Duo CPU Upgrades Chip Swaps and EFIFirmware Updates mini 1,1 to 2,1 OS X Lion on Core2Duo Updated Minis First Posted 2006. This article explains how to set up Mac OS X for the minimum number of fonts. Also how to avoid font conflicts, and troubleshooting of font issues. Definitely feel free to link to this as we like sharing the knowledge as well. Update for quick links 13. To make linking to the other pages easier. What we used Mac Mini Mid 2. The Mac Mini VMware ESXi 5 Server Part 2 Installation January 10th, 2012 1016 pm Paraguin. This is Part 2 of the Mac Mini VMware. Account Options. Make a Bootable Mac OS X 10. Lion Installer from a USB Flash Drive. Product detail F6W14AHP LaserJet Pro MFP M426fdn Includes features, specifications and warranty information, as well links to technical support, product data. We picked this because mostly because of the Quad Core i. Note After reading through most of the Apple documentation, the hard drives can be linked with software raid on Mac OS X, but software raid isnt really an option for VMware ESXi. We recommend a backup plan to be ready since one dead hard drive could be a really bad day if you get too dependent on these systems. Upgraded Memory Though Apple says it maxes out at 8 gb. We found that Corsair CMSO1. GX3. M2. A1. 33. 3C9 2 x 8. G tested fine based on the Newegg comments. We must warn those willing to go outside of the specifications Apple has set and say were not at fault if you lose your warranty For this tutorial, were doing it with the stock 4 gb to show that it works. Apple Super Drive Since the Mac Mini 2. You can choose to use a USB drive, but we didnt want the hassle of trying to get it to install off USB as formatting 4 or 8 gb flash sticks is a pain to wait. USB Keyboard and Mouse We are using standard Windows keyboard and 2 button mouse. DVI connection to monitor Yes, youll need a monitor with DVI if you want to use the HDMI DVI connector that the Mac Mini 2. CD burner with a PC or Mac that is currently working in order to burn VMware ESXi 5 ISO register at VMware for free and a NIC driver disc. Network cable Youre going to be happy when this works on the network, but in the mean time youll need it to verify it actually works. Step 1 Burn the VMware ESXi ISO to a CDHeres the link to the VMware v. Sphere Hypervisor ESXi download page. The basics are Click on Download, create sign in to VMware, download the ISO, and burn to a CD. If you need further assistance than this, youll probably in over your head with VMware basics. Step 2 Download the updated Broadcom NIC Driver VMware SiteSo, this is the elusive driver. As many of you may notice the release dates of the Build 4. Broadcom Net. Xtreme I Gigabit driver via VMware are nearly identical in August 2. ISO.   We must say, this was a true pain to find as we had to install VMware ESXi on the Mac Mini first, figure out the driver version, and then determine how to find an updated driver and patch it. Colin. Ng and all those who found that the NIC driver wasnt working, shouts out to you for throwing out the pointer and heres the gift back to you guys. Again, heres the download link VMware ESXi 5. Driver CD for Broadcom Net. Xtreme I Gigabit Ethernet Driver 3. From i. Fix. It, this driver also appears in the Mac Mini 2. The file download is small so it should download quick. Step 3 Burn the Broadcom NIC Driver to a CDYes, we burned that Zip file to a CD as well since well show you in the following instructions on how to mount it and use it. Plus we have to make use of that Super. Drive we bought.   Some of you may know how to slipstream it, but we decided to just go it manually and are more than happy to link it to your blog with how to slipstream it into one smooth install process. Step 4 Connect the Super. Drive to the Mac Mini 2. Start the installation. Plug the Super. Drive into the Mac Mini. Load the VMware ESXi installation CD into the Super. Drive.   This goes without saying, but youll also need the keyboard, mouse, network cable, monitor, and power plugged in as well. Hold down the letter C on the keyboard while powering on the Mac Mini. This will kick it to start booting from the Super. Drive.   You should see the VMware ESXi screen from the CD load up and then boot into the setup screens. Step 5 Install VMware ESXi 5. So for those who just want to see how the installation works, weve detailed it with the camera to ensure this is real and how we did it. Continuing from Step 4, the system will be loading the CD and you should see the following load screen. Next after the CD has been copied on the Mac Mini. Cd Label Software Broderick. Then the VMware setup will start up. The prompt to Welcome you to the ESXi 5. Installation will begin. Hit the Enter key to continue. After reading the EULA and agreeing to it, click on lt F1. Continue. The drive selection will appear. We selected the first drive in the array to install ESXi. Hit the Enter key to continue. The system will ask you to confirm the drive selection. Hit the Enter key to continue. Select the keyboard layout that works the best for you. Hit the Enter key to continue. Enter a root password. Also confirm the password. Hit Enter key to continue. Confirm the installation as the disks will get repartitioned. Hit the lt F1. 1 key to start the installation. Note that this doesnt mean you cant go back and run the Lion recovery it will still work. The installation will start as you watch the progress bar. Once installation is complete, a screen will appear stating that a reboot is required to complete it. Hit the Enter key to reboot the system. Step 6 Configure Network and Test. The system has booted up at this point. You should be able to see the VMware screen that informs you to hit lt F2 in order to go into the configuration. After hitting the lt F2 key, a prompt for the root password will appear in order to access the configuration and run the network tests. On the menu screen that appears, you will want to select Configure Management NetworkFrom here, you can click on IP Configuration in order to update it to a static IP or adjust the DHCP settings We prefer static since its a test VM ecosystem, you are probably building a DC and DNS server in the VMsHeres the screen as it appears by default but allows you to change from DHCP to static. Hit the Enter key to confirm the entries. Going back to the System Customization screen. Click on the Test Management Network. As you can see from the screen shot that the network ping tests fail on our test network. Our goal here was to show you how it is not working and this is expected behavior. Step 7 Enable ESXi Shell. After verifying that the network tests have failed, the next part is to enable the ESXi shell. This will allow us to be able to update the NIC driver now. Go to the System Customization screen again and select Troubleshooting Options. Hit the Enter key on at least the first option Enable ESXi Shell. After hitting enter the text should change to Disable ESXi Shell as seen in the screen shot. That is how you know the ESXi Shell has been turned on. In order to get to the actual shell. On you keyboard, hit the ALTF1 keys together. You should be sent to the shell. Log in with the username root and the password that you set during the installation. You will be presented a command prompt after logging in. Step 8 Update the Broadcom NIC driver. The following are the commands of how to mount the CD from the Super. Drive, copy the driver over to the local system, update the driver on the system, and then reboot. Please follow these instructions carefully as they need to be done in a specific order for this to work properly. As a reference, we got this information on how to mount a CD ROM from virtually. Ghetto VMWare Scripts Resources. Also, to find the instructions on how to update the driver, we pieced it together from another blog from Emulex Installing or Updating Emulex Drivers on VMware ESXi 5. Load the VMkernel module vmkloadmod iso. Mount the CD vsish e set vmk.