Nested Esx 6.7 Virtual Lab

Hey all I am in a process of upgrading my existing lab which had been running for a while now. I decided to move to commodity hardware partly to show that we can run a decent lab using traditional hardware.

The new virtual lab will be using Dell desktop Optiplex 7010.

Configuration/ BOM

intel i7 with 3.4 GHz – 8 cores

32 GB RAM – 4 times 8GB 1600 Bus speed

2 TB HDD

100 GB SSD for vSAN LAB setup

Bill of material I paid just under 400£ for this desktop which is a lot less pricey when compare to other options like super micros systems.

Here is the unboxing video with my kids as they are very exited to get it un-boxed.

Un-boxing Dell Optiplex 7010

This will be configured with ESX 6.7 Update 2 GA which was launched on 2 April on this Dell desktop.

So far Successfully managed to installed nested esx 6.7 and run VM’s with in the nexsted ESX

i have configured vCetner 6.7 and vRops with 2 nested ESX servers. the plan is to add another virtual esx server and enable vSAN once i install a SSD.

I will be positing the full process on how to setup the nested esx on my next post stay tuned.