This chapter describes the basic concepts of virtualization and introduces VMware vSphere ESXi 5 and VMware vCenter 5. It also covers how to connect to vCenter Server by VMware vSphere Client and configure the ESXi settings.
VMware vCenter Server allows you to centrally manage many VMware ESXi hosts and their virtual machines. For large deployments, you can deploy virtual machines from the VM template, which can result in reduced system administrator operations.
In this chapter, you will learn the following topics:
Comparing physical and virtual architecture
Deploying a VMware ESXi host
Deploying a VMware vCenter Server
Deploying a VMware vCenter Server Appliance
Connecting to VMware vCenter Server by vSphere Client
Connecting to VMware vCenter Server by vSphere Web Client